Opal Portis

Opal Portis

Vice President, Supply Chain

Fabletics


Opal Portis is a supply chain executive with over 25 years of experience leading global operations and transformation for retail and consumer brands, recognized for driving cross-functional change that enables complex omnichannel businesses to adapt and excel. As Vice President of Supply Chain at Fabletics, she combines expertise in logistics, quality, sustainability, and trade strategy to deliver resilient, high-performing supply chains tailored to organizational growth.

Opal drives responsible sourcing and environmental stewardship through embedded traceability and fiber-level transparency. She streamlines operational planning and transportation to boost agility, sharpen decision-making, and heighten service. Opal collaborates with manufacturers to elevate quality standards and minimize risk across the value chain.

In a rapidly shifting regulatory and geopolitical landscape, Opal has led comprehensive tariff mitigation strategies that mitigate costs, ensure supply continuity, and maintain customer experience. Her work focuses on building technology-enabled, people-centered supply chains that deliver measurable value and long-term competitive advantage.

Speaking in:

Tuesday Jan 13

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 4

Why intelligent inventory is the new retail currency

In today’s retail landscape, shelves and stockrooms are no longer just about availability - they are the new balance sheet of customer trust. Intelligent inventory has become retail’s true currency, determining not just sales, but loyalty.

By unifying AI, RFID, computer vision, and hyperlocalized automation, retailers transform stock from a static asset into a dynamic currency, synchronized across channels, and capable of fueling virtual stylists, conversational analytics, and always-on digital associates.

This session explores why intelligent inventory is now the foundation of profitable, experience-first retail, and how the next wave of leaders will treat it as the ultimate currency for - driving seamless omnichannel fulfillment, elevating customer experience, and enabling autonomous, adaptive stores.