Director of Operations Strategy
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Director of Operations Strategy leading inventory strategies and category expansion for Courtyard.io. Collaborating across Finance, Product, and Operations to drive data-informed decisions.
Responsibilities:
- Own the overall inventory strategy across Courtyard’s categories, balancing liquidity, velocity, margin, and customer experience while guiding buying decisions across categories and price tiers.
- Partner with Finance and executive leadership to set inventory budgets, category-level buying targets, and risk parameters tied to capital allocation and marketplace demand.
- Build and maintain forecasting models that inform buying strategy, inventory exposure, and redemption behavior, continuously refining them using marketplace data and post-buy performance.
- Monitor inventory health across aging, redemption exposure, liquidity, and price-band coverage, surfacing risks and recommending corrective actions.
- Lead the strategic evaluation and prioritization of new categories and vertical expansion opportunities, including pilots, feasibility assessments, and scaling plans.
- Develop decision frameworks that enable fast, disciplined tradeoffs across buying strategy, inventory exposure, and capital risk.
- Define and oversee liquidation and de-risking strategies, partnering with Finance and Operations to ensure efficient execution and incorporating insights into future buying strategy.
- Serve as a central connector across Inventory, Finance, Product, Operations, and GTM to align planning, supply strategy, and marketplace initiatives.
- Partner with Finance on Operations budgeting and financial planning, translating category and inventory strategy into cost assumptions, forecasts, and investment priorities.
- Provide executive-level reporting and insights on inventory performance, category growth, capital exposure, and strategic opportunities.
- Mentor and support team members while helping design the structure, processes, and tooling needed to scale the inventory strategy function over time.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in operations strategy, marketplace operations, supply chain, or analytics roles
- Experience developing inventory strategy, forecasting models, and data-driven decision frameworks
- Proven ability to partner with Finance on capital allocation, budgeting, and risk management
- Experience launching or expanding product categories, marketplaces, or new business lines
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear strategic recommendations
- Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives across Product, Operations, and Finance
- Experience managing inventory health metrics (liquidity, velocity, aging, margin)
- Strong communication skills with experience presenting insights to senior leadership
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health insurance packages with dependent coverage
- 401(k) plan with a 4% employer match to help you plan for the future
- $100 monthly dogfooding stipend to support trying out our products firsthand
- Access to employee wellness programs designed to support your overall well-being
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