Commercial & Inventory Manager — Parts & Accessories

Join the Mike’s Bikes Crew as our Commercial & Inventory Manager — Parts & Accessories.

Mike’s Bikes is a community focused bike shop with an international reach. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional hospitality to our neighbors while also being a leading partner to the largest global brands.

The Commercial & Inventory Manager — P&A owns the total buy for everything a rider needs beyond the bike: components, tires and tubes, helmets, apparel, shoes, tools, electronics, nutrition, and more. Store-level SKU selections come to you from our Assortment & Retail Experience Managers; you roll them up into one regional buy, add the stock we hold at our distribution centers, and turn it into purchase orders across a wide vendor and distributor base, then run the weekly allocations that get product to stores. You own vendor terms, total PO volume, and our total commercial commitment — and you’re the checkpoint that catches overlapping requests, budget limits, and vendor minimums before an order is placed. This is a new role on our Purchasing team.

Our Purchasing team runs on a Hybrid Purchasing Model. Process owners run one stage of the buying cycle end-to-end across every category and region, while specialists own a product department or a region where depth really matters. Every role reports to the Director of Purchasing, who is the single accountable owner for any shared work — so you always know who makes the call.

What You’ll Do (and Love Doing):

REGIONAL BUY & ORDERS

• Regional Buy Aggregation: Roll up store-level SKU selections from the Assortment & Retail Experience Managers into one regional buy for your category, adding DC-held stock.
• Pre-Order Conflict Checks: Catch overlapping requests, budget limits, and vendor minimums before any order is placed, and resolve them with the store-level owners.
• Stock Orders: Create, submit, and edit stock purchase orders, including recurring replenishment across a high SKU count.
• Assortment Gap Fills: Source new SKUs or additional units when an Assortment & Retail Experience Manager escalates a gap that reallocation can’t solve.

COMMERCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Dynamic Pricing & Margin Optimization: Monitor category margin levels in real-time and execute strategic pricing adjustments, markdown strategies, and promotional pricing to hit category gross margin targets while maximizing revenue.
• Lifecycle & Sell-Through Strategy: Track product velocity and sell-through rates continuously across all channels; implement proactive clear-outs or gap-fills based on seasonal demand trends and model-year transitions.
• Sales & Marketing Alignment: Partner closely with Marketing, Sales, and E-commerce teams to design and drive targeted commercial campaigns, promotional pushes, store placement strategies, and supplier-funded marketing initiatives that accelerate slow-moving stock or launch high-priority product lines.
• Commercial Vendor Programs: Maximize financial performance by fully leveraging vendor incentives, back-end volume rebates, terms, co-op marketing funds, and special buy opportunities.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

• Weekly Allocations: Run weekly P&A allocations from our distribution center(s) to stores, guided by the store-level selections and inventory targets from the Assortment & Retail Experience Managers.
• Cross-Region & DC Balancing: Own stock balancing between regions and our distribution centers, so each region has the units its stores need.
• DC In-Stock: Keep distribution center stock available for store replenishment, working with Demand & Supply on reorder points.
• Inventory Health: Execute against open-to-buy, net working capital, and inventory health targets for P&A, including aged and slow-moving SKUs.
• In-bound Shipment Planning: Coordinate incoming shipments with vendors against the plan set by Demand & Supply.

VENDOR RELATIONSHIP

• Vendor Terms & Commitment: Own vendor terms, total PO volume, and the total commercial commitment for our P&A brands and distributors.
• Issue Management: Own resolution of delays, unit shortages, damage, and other order issues, working with Purchasing Operations to close them out.
• NPI & Product Lifecycle: Plan new product introductions, line reviews, SKU rationalization, and closeouts, and build the sales plan around them.
• Commercial Strategy & Pricing: Execute the category commercial plan — terms, promotions, and incentives — and keep pricing accurate to company guidelines.

DEPARTMENT STRATEGY & FINANCIALS

• Support the Director in executive vendor negotiations and contribute to department strategy.
• Drive P&A category financial performance — revenue, margin, units, and margin %.

Your Decision Rights:

• Which regional quantities do we buy: You are responsible and accountable for the aggregate regional buy, including DC stock, built from store-level selections.
• Weekly allocations: You are responsible and accountable for weekly allocations from the DC to stores.
• Who fixes assortment gaps: You own the fix when a gap needs a new SKU or more units.
• Who owns transfers and balancing: You are responsible and accountable for cross-region and DC balancing.
• Who is accountable for a lost sale: You are, when there weren’t enough units within the region.
• Pricing & Margin Strategy: You are responsible and accountable for executing pricing adjustments, promotional markdowns, and margin optimization tactics for your category in alignment with company gross margin guidelines.
• Commercial Alignment: You lead commercial push strategies with Marketing and Sales for your category.

How We’ll Measure Success (Core KPIs):

• Targets for each KPI are set with the Director of Purchasing and reviewed regularly.
• Sell-Through: P&A sell-through by brand and season versus plan.
• Category Margin: P&A category gross margin % versus target.
• Category Turns & Aged Inventory %: Category inventory turn, and the share of inventory past aging targets.
• DC In-Stock Rate: In-stock rate at our distribution centers for the product stores rely on.
• Vendor Issue Resolution Time: Time to resolve delays, shortages, and damage with vendors.
• Commercial Planning w/ Marketing & Sales Teams

Training & Growth:

• A structured onboarding with the Director of Purchasing and each process-stage owner, so you understand how the whole buying cycle fits together
• Ongoing mentorship and support to help further your continued development
• Training partnerships and product clinics with top brands in the cycling and outdoor industry
• Cross-training across Demand & Supply, Commercial & Inventory, Retail & Assortment, and Operations
• Career advancement opportunities within Purchasing and other sectors of the bike industry

Perks & Pay:

• Compensation: Salary range $78,000 - $82,000, plus bonus $5,000
• Medical and dental benefits available for full-time employees
• Paid time off and 401(k) with company matching
• Some of the industry’s best employee discounts and perks

What You Bring to the Table:

• Ideally 5+ years of experience in purchasing, buying, replenishment, or inventory planning — bicycle, outdoor, or specialty retail preferred
• Knowledge of bike parts, components, and cycling accessories; shop or service experience is a big plus
• Comfort managing thousands of SKUs and many vendors at once without losing the details
• Strong analytical skills, including reorder points, fill rates, sell-through, and inventory turn
• Excellent negotiation and vendor relationship management skills
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Proficiency with ERP / inventory management systems, Excel or Google Sheets, and Google Workspace

Ready to turn your passion into a career? Apply today and help us keep the wheels turning at Mike’s Bikes. We can’t wait to meet you!