GenAI for Retail Managers: Optimizing Inventory with AI
Master AI tools for inventory management. Enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and boost sales with data-driven insights tailored for retail managers.
Overview
Retail managers today face a constant challenge: too much stock in the wrong places and too little where customers actually need it. Markdowns reduce margins, stockouts affect brand loyalty, and seasonal misses cost real revenue. This course shows how generative AI can help address these challenges and improve everyday inventory decisions.
Designed for retail managers, inventory planners, and operations leaders, this practical course uses ChatGPT and Claude to create smarter demand forecasts, automate replenishment recommendations, optimize markdowns, and build AI-powered store copilots. Learners work with sample POS data, create prompts that generate actionable inventory insights, and develop a ready-to-execute 90-day GenAI roadmap, with no coding required.
Skills you'll gain
Retail Industryretail AI ManagementGenAI
What you'll learn
Identify core GenAI capabilities for retail inventory management and build ROI-based business cases linked to gross margin and inventory turn.
Apply GenAI demand forecasting using POS data and external signals to generate store- and SKU-level predictions with explainable drivers.
Design automated replenishment workflows, omnichannel inventory allocation strategies, and AI-powered store copilot queries using ChatGPT and Claude.
Evaluate GenAI integration approaches for POS, ERP, WMS, and e-commerce platforms while applying data governance for compliant AI adoption.
Who Should Attend
Prerequisites
This course is designed for retail store and district managers, inventory planners, merchandise analysts, e-commerce operations managers, retail buyers, category managers, and regional leaders. It is also suitable for professionals exploring AI-augmented roles in retail operations, logistics, supply chain, or business analytics.
Basic familiarity with retail operations and spreadsheets such as Excel or Google Sheets is recommended. No programming or AI/ML knowledge is required, but learners should have access to a free ChatGPT or Claude account.
Chapters
Explore a structured set of chapters designed to build your skills step by step, with practical examples and hands-on applications.
Meet your instructors
Aseem Singhal
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