How a Inventory Planner or Buyer uses ProfitPeak

As the Inventory Planner or Buyer you sit at the intersection of finance, operations, and merchandising. Your responsibility is to make sure the brand has the right products, in the right quantities, at the right time, so marketing and sales efforts can actually convert into profitable revenue.

1. Forecasting & Demand Planning in Forecasting 

• Use SherpaAI to understand your demand forecast including; historical sales, seasonality and trend data.

• Ensure enough inventory for marketing and performance teams on planned campaigns (e.g. Black Friday, product drops) to so that you are ready to meet demand.

2. Buying & Supplier Management in Forecasting

• Identify what purchase orders you need to place with suppliers/manufacturers based on forecasts and lead times.

• Quickly identify MOQs, cost prices, and payment terms to maximise margin and cash flow.

• Understand demand across locations to see if you can rebalance inventory across locations before ordering additional. 

3. Inventory Optimisation in Forecasting and Product Intelligence 

• Track stock levels, sell-through rates, and weeks-of-cover to ensure healthy inventory flow using SherpaAI 

• Using SherpaAI identify slow-moving SKUs, “zombie” products, or broken size curves that need action (markdowns, bundles, or marketing push).

• Using SherpaAI onitor return rates and product quality to reduce waste and improve profitability.

• Using SherpaAI optimise your size curve by product, product type or range to ensure you balance understocking and overstocking. 
• Understand what products are driving new vs return customers to support business growth goals.
• Determine which products are driving higher or lower LTVs for future planning. 
• Understand what products are driving performance marketing to keep them in stock when scaled. 

4. Collaboration Across Teams in ProfitPeak

• Work with performance marketers to make sure ad spend focuses on products with healthy stock and margins.

• Partner with finance to align open-to-buy budgets and cash flow with growth targets.

• Support customer service and ops by anticipating demand spikes and avoiding fulfilment issues.

5. Reporting & Analysis with SherpaAI

• Own reporting on sell-through, inventory health, and product profitability using natural language in real time.

• Recommend markdowns, promotions, or exit strategies for poor performers using SherpaAI.

• Provide insights to product development teams about what sells, what doesn’t, and why using SherpaAI.