Lenskart Head of Inventory

Role overview

Lenskart Head of Inventory at Lenskart

Responsibilities

• Design systems and guardrails that scale as the business does.
• Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performance inventory team that is as comfortable reading a demand model as they are walking a warehouse floor. 🧩 The Essentials

Required qualifications

• 8–12 years in inventory management, supply chain, or merchandise planning — with at least 5 years in a strategic leadership role.
• Demonstrated track record in high-SKU, omni-channel, or retail-at-scale environments.
• Experience with automated warehouses, phygital retail models, or in-house manufacturing ecosystems is a strong advantage.
• Technical Depth: Hands-on fluency with ERP/WMS platforms and advanced analytics tools.
• Practical experience applying forecasting methodologies (time-series, statistical, ML-assisted) to real inventory decisions — not just familiarity with the theory.
• Bachelor's in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Research, or related quantitative field.
• Domain: Retail, eyewear, fashion, consumer goods, or a fast-moving category with high SKU complexity.
• Consulting backgrounds welcome, provided they come with deep operational exposure. 🧠 The Mindset AI-Native Thinking.
• You don't just use data — you build systems that generate it, interpret it, and act on it.
• You see inventory planning as a technology problem as much as an operations one, and you are excited by what AI/ML can unlock in forecasting, allocation, and replenishment.
• Bias for Precision at Scale.
• You are energized by complexity — millions of SKUs, hundreds of suppliers, thousands of stores — and you know how to bring rigour and clarity to decisions that others find overwhelming.
• Ownership Mentality.
• You take full accountability for outcomes.
• When a stockout happens or inventory turns slip, you don't escalate the problem — you solve it.
• You hold yourself and your team to a higher standard because you understand the direct link between inventory health and customer experience.
• Builder's Drive.
• This is a role for someone who wants to build, not just manage.
• You are excited by the opportunity to design new systems, challenge legacy processes, and leave behind a playbook that didn't exist before you.
• Transformational Communication.
• You can walk a boardroom through working capital strategy and walk a warehouse floor with equal authority.
• You bring people along on the journey — influencing without mandating, inspiring without over-promising.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Employment details

• Location: Gurugram

About the employer

• 🔭 Head of Inventory — Lenskart Mission Brief: Own the Intelligence Behind Every Product, in Every Store, Everywhere Lenskart is not a retailer that happens to sell online.
• As Head of Inventory, you will own the strategic and operational command of Lenskart's entire inventory ecosystem.
• Set the vision for how Lenskart uses predictive analytics to eliminate stockouts, reduce obsolescence, and unlock working capital at scale.

Additional role details

• We are a technology company that has reimagined eyewear — and we are now reimagining inventory.
• With over 2,600 stores across multiple geographies, an in-house manufacturing ecosystem, and a rapidly expanding global footprint, the scale of what we move, manage, and optimize is extraordinary.
• This is not a role about counting stock.
• This is a role 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.
• You will be the leader who turns raw data into precision decisions, transforms replenishment from reactive to predictive, and builds a team and culture where AI-first thinking is the default, not the exception. 🎯 What You'll Own Intelligent Inventory Strategy Define and execute a forward-looking inventory strategy across Lenskart's omni-channel network — online platforms, 2,600+ physical stores, and centralized fulfilment hubs.
• Move the organization from static planning models to dynamic, AI-assisted forecasting that responds in real time to demand signals, fashion cycles, and supply chain shifts.
• AI-Powered Demand Forecasting & Replenishment Lead the adoption and continuous improvement of machine learning-based demand sensing tools across frames, lenses, and sunglasses — millions of SKUs spanning fast-moving consumer and fashion-influenced categories.
• Partner with Data Science and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into smarter algorithms, sharper replenishment triggers, and better buying signals.
• Your north star: forecast accuracy (MAPE/WAPE) that is best-in-class for a retailer of Lenskart's complexity.
• End-to-End Inventory Operations Own the full inventory lifecycle — from purchase order strategy and supplier negotiation to stock monitoring, cycle integrity, and shrinkage controls.
• Leverage ERP/WMS platforms to drive 98%+ inventory accuracy, while continuously identifying and eliminating process waste through automation and lean principles.
• Supply Chain Partnership & Procurement Intelligence Collaborate deeply with procurement, supply chain, and manufacturing to build a supplier ecosystem that is agile, resilient, and cost-efficient.
• Lead strategic sourcing decisions that balance Economic Order Quantities with the speed demands of a fashion-adjacent business.
• Bring data to every negotiation and build the frameworks that make our supply relationships a competitive advantage.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Culture of Data Be the leader who makes data-driven inventory decisions the organizational norm, not the exception.
• Partner with Retail Operations, Merchandising, Finance, and E-commerce to ensure inventory strategy serves commercial goals.
• Present insights, KPIs, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership with clarity and conviction.