Director, Global Planning & Strategy

About FemTec Health

Founded in 2020 by Dr. Kimon Angelides and publicly launched in October 2021, FemTec Health is the leading Health and Beauty Sciences Company focused on women’s health. FemTech Health’s mission is to revolutionize women’s healthcare by using state-of-the-art genomics, predictive intelligence, and digital technologies to create an experience that is unified, coordinated, and provides personalized services and products that are meaningful and effective for women. FemTec Health’s brands include Birchbox and Awesome Woman. 

Position Overview

Birchbox is seeking a Director, Global Planning & Strategy to drive success in achieving the revenue targets for the global eshops (United States, United Kingdom, and Spain). This position is responsible for creating global strategies for buying and assortment planning and overseeing local implementation.  The Director, Global Planning & Strategy will use their knowledge of retail and e-commerce industry trends to provide direction to our e-commerce shop businesses.  

This is a remote based position, open to candidates in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global strategic direction for the Birchbox e-commerce shop assortment planning, including having a perspective on the size and growth potential for divisional, department, subclass and singular products and brands.  

• Manage a team of market specific eshop Managers and Associates in implementing global strategy at a local level.

• Identify opportunities to expand new or existing categories, as well as refine existing assortments to build assortment plans that achieve topline revenue goals.

• Partner with the Finance team and Business Intelligence and Analytics team to build financial sales, gross margin, and inventory plans for samples and full-size to align with topline financial goals and execute them. 

• Optimize cash flow by managing sample and full-size inventory budget to drive profitable growth in both e-commerce and subscription businesses.

• Deliver regular business insights recapping performance and providing recommendations for merchandising and marketing initiatives based on revenue and inventory trends.

• Model potential deal terms and assess financial and strategic impact to the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above

• 7+ years of experience in a quantitative role (planning, finance, buying, etc.)

• Skilled in Excel, Google Analytics, Metabase (BI reporting)

• Experience in beauty, subscription, well-being or healthcare related industries 

• Highly analytical with an ability to synthesize large amounts of data and create actionable insights and develop strategy

A Successful Candidate is…

• A strong team leader who effectively fosters relationships within their team and with cross-functional partners.

• Motivated by being part of an environment where they can see the real impact of their day to day work.

• A quick learner of complex and technical concepts who shares their knowledge with the right stakeholders to improve decision making.

• Skillful at prioritizing tasks appropriately, managing time effectively, and guiding a team through a resolution process.

• Able to demonstrate sound judgement and decision making in the face of ambiguity.

FemTec Health welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We celebrate how different perspectives benefit our employees, our products, and our community. We are focused on cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment that encourages collaboration, creativity, and innovation. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.