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# Director, Inventory Management & Planning at Poshmark

- **Company:** Poshmark
- **Location:** Redwood City, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-11-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/poshmark/edec37aa-e736-46f1-94ae-67dda542c8ea

## Job description

## About Poshmark

Poshmark is the leading fashion marketplace where style comes alive through discovery, self-expression, and human connection. Powered by a vibrant community of 165 million members, Poshmark brings real people and taste to shopping through a social experience shaped by shared discovery. Buying and selling fashion feels simple, joyful, and personal, while every item tells its own story. Poshmark empowers sellers to grow meaningful businesses, keeps fashion in circulation longer, and gives shoppers access to unique and trusted finds, from everyday pieces to one-of-a-kind vintage and luxury.

This role is critical to building and leading the end-to-end inventory planning and allocation function across Poshmark. You will ensure inventory is optimized across all categories and channels while balancing in-stock performance across Stores, E-commerce, and the Warehouse. As the architect of inventory planning, you will build out the function, strategies, processes, tools, and team needed to support and scale Poshmark. This role reports to the VP of Merchandising.

## Responsibilities

Store Allocation & Warehouse Management

- Develop and maintain inventory forecasts for the Distribution Center, Merchandising, Finance, and Store teams.
- Lead onboarding, testing, and scaling of the inventory management system for owned and store inventory.
- Partner with Distribution Center operations to optimize inbound scheduling, storage utilization, and inventory flow.
- Partner with Merchandising on store allocations and the timing of new product launches.
- Manage store stock pulls and inventory sendbacks as needed.

Inventory Strategy & Open-to-Buy

- Create and run weekly category- and brand-level reporting to drive deeper merchandising insights.
- Build a monthly Open-to-Buy for owned inventory that aligns with Store and E-commerce sales budgets and optimizes turn.
- Own end-to-end inventory for [Poshmark.com](http://Poshmark.com), the warehouse, and store locations.
- Establish sell-through and weeks-on-hand targets by product type.
- Track and manage owned inventory and product lifecycle with the Merchandising team.
- Develop a markdown cadence, and identify and resolve inventory gluts.

Cross-Functional Partnership

- Partner with the Data Analytics and Tech teams to develop and implement an inventory tracking and forecasting system.
- Collaborate with Merchandising, Store Operations, and Finance to align inventory strategy with business priorities.
- Represent the planning function to senior leadership, clearly communicating inventory position, risks, and opportunities.

## Requirements

- 3+ years of experience at the senior manager level or above in retail inventory planning or management.
- Experience building merchandise planning and inventory management tools and processes from the ground up.
- Experience consolidating data sources into clear, actionable insights.
- Experience working with distribution center operations and retail store allocation.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable plans.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, anticipate needs, and build frameworks independently.
- Experience in multi-category retail or DTC environments preferred.

## About Poshmark

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Poshmark is a social commerce marketplace where users can buy and sell new and secondhand fashion, home goods, electronics, and more, combining social engagement with ecommerce.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Naver Corporation in January 2023 for $1.2 billion; formerly public with ticker POSH on NASDAQ)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Manish Chandra, Chetan Pungaliya, Gautam Golwala, Tracy Sun

## Core Business
- **Industries**: Social commerce, retail fashion resale, ecommerce
- **Target Customers**: B2C — individual sellers and buyers (primarily consumers), with a strong focus on women’s fashion and expanding into men’s, kids’, pets, home, and beauty categories
- **Mission Statement**: "To put people at the heart of commerce, empowering everyone to thrive."

## Products & Services
- **[Poshmark Marketplace]**: A social marketplace app and website where users buy and sell new or used items across fashion, home, electronics, and beauty. Core features include "Posh Shows" (live selling events), "Closet Clear Out," and "Offer to Likers." It is a peer-to-peer platform with a strong community focus.
- **[Posh Protect]**: Buyer protection program that ensures items are as described or the buyer gets a refund.
- **[Posh Post]**: A simplified shipping service with flat-rate labeling for sellers.
- **[Poshmark for Brands/Partners]**: Programs enabling brands to engage with the community, manage official closets, and run promotions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Naver Corporation in January 2023 for $1.2 billion (all-cash transaction). Prior to going private, its market cap was approximately $1.2 billion at the time of the deal announcement.
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: Annual revenue of approximately **$326 million** (latest available, from pre-acquisition filings; private company post-acquisition, financials not publicly disclosed).
- **Key Metric (Community)**: Over **80 million registered users** across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and India; over **350 million items sold** to date; sellers have generated over **$8 billion in earnings**.
- **Key Metric (Funding)**: Prior to its IPO, Poshmark raised over $150 million from investors including Mayfield Fund, GGV Capital, Menlo Ventures, and others.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Naver Corporation (parent company), Mayfield Fund, GGV Capital, Menlo Ventures, Rakuten, and others.
- **Growth Signals**: International expansion into Canada, Australia, and India; launch of "Posh Shows" live shopping; headcount growth of 5% YoY to approximately 1,855 employees; active hiring in engineering, data science, and product roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Community-First Social Commerce**: A highly engaged, loyal community of buyers and sellers—over 130 million items sold—differentiating it from traditional resale platforms like ThredUp or eBay.
- **Established Brand & Trust**: The "Posh Protect" program and consistent user experience create strong trust, with over $8 billion in seller earnings to date.
- **Data & Personalization Moat**: A large dataset on user preferences, selling patterns, and fashion trends powers recommendation algorithms and seller tools.
- **Parent Company Backing**: Naver’s resources (technology, AI, global reach) provide stability while allowing Poshmark to operate independently.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding Live Commerce**: Investing in "Posh Shows" to compete with TikTok Shop and other live selling formats, especially in the U.S. and international markets.
- **International Growth**: Deepening presence in Canada, Australia, and India, which are newer markets relative to the U.S.
- **Platform Enhancements**: Improving seller tools (e.g., AI-driven pricing, inventory management, shipping logistics) to increase conversion and user retention.
- **Sustainability & Circular Economy**: Positioning the platform as a leader in sustainable fashion (keeping items in circulation), which aligns with growing consumer trends.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Core values include "Focus on People," "Lead with Love," and "Embrace Your Weirdness." The company emphasizes authenticity, inclusion, and connection—both within the team and with the community.
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid workplace model (mix of remote and on-site, varying by team). Redwood City HQ is the primary hub, with offices in Chennai, Vancouver, and New York City. Many engineering and corporate roles are expected to work from the office on a regular basis.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health & wellness, flexible PTO, parental/family leave, 401K plan, remote work support, learning & development programs, and fun company events. Personal style (or not) is encouraged.
- **Engineering Culture**: Tech stack includes AWS, Java, Python, Kotlin, Ruby on Rails, Swift, Kubernetes, Terraform, and more. Teams work on ML, infrastructure, data engineering, and platform products. The company focuses on empowering engineers with autonomy and driving impact from day one.
- **Stability & Outlook**: Backed by Naver, a large and stable tech conglomerate, Poshmark has a solid financial footing and is actively hiring in engineering, data, and product roles.
- **Employee Ratings**: 4.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (417 reviews) — Work-Life Balance: 4.3, Compensation: 3.6, Culture: 4.3, Career: 3.8.

## Sources
1. [poshmark.com](https://poshmark.com/about)
2. [poshmark.com](https://poshmark.com/careers)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/poshmark)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/poshmark)
5. [investors.poshmark.com](https://investors.poshmark.com/news/news-details/2022/Naver-to-Acquire-Poshmark/default.aspx)
6. [boards.greenhouse.io](https://boards.greenhouse.io/poshmark)
7. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/poshmark)

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