Buying and Planning Lead - Owndays

Mission Brief: Build the Intelligence Layer That Moves Owndays' Global Merchandise

Owndays is a global eyewear brand with a rapidly expanding footprint across Asia, the Middle East, and beyond. Operating an integrated value chain across design, manufacturing, retail, and e-commerce, Owndays is building a tech-enabled, data- led omni-channel business. With thousands of SKUs and a complex supplier network, we are reimagining how merchandise flows — from vendor to warehouse to customer — with intelligence, precision, and speed.

This is not a role about managing stock. It is about building the intelligence layer that ensures the right product is in the right place at the right time — powered by data, driven by AI, and led by you. As Buying, Planning & Merchandise Lead, you will own the strategic and operational command of Owndays' end-to-end merchandise flow — from demand sensing and OTB to vendor capacity and warehouse inflow — turning raw signals into precision decisions and transforming replenishment from reactive to predictive.

This is a hands-on leadership role that will require needs-based travel across Owndays' geographies — to work directly with vendors, manufacturing partners, warehouses, and regional teams as the business demands.

Core Mandate: Turning Merchandise Flow Into a Data-Led Advantage

1. Demand Forecasting & SOP

Global Forecast Ownership: Own demand forecasting across all categories, channels, and regions — frames, lenses,sunglasses, and accessories.

Forecast Accuracy: Drive forecast accuracy through disciplined S&OP cycles, sell-through analysis, and seasonality modelling; set and own MAPE/WAPE targets that are best-in-class for a retailer of Owndays' complexity.

One Demand View: Translate top-down financial plans and bottom-up category plans into a single, executable demand view.

ML-Driven Sensing: Lead the adoption of machine learning-based demand sensing tools; partner with Data Science and Engineering to sharpen algorithms and replenishment triggers.

1. Open-to-Buy & Buying Planning

OTB Ownership: Own the Open-to-Buy process end-to-end — building, tracking, and re-forecasting across seasons.

Inflow & Assortment Planning: Manage inflow planning, phasing, and depth-vs-breadth decisions aligned to sales, stock cover, and margin targets; partner with buying and category teams to convert assortment plans into actionable buy quantities.