Allocator is responsible for the completion of daily activities that support replenishment, sales and inventory initiatives to make optimum use of the Company’s inventory. S/he acts as the direct liaison to all retail channels for stock level analysis and sales support and very closely with local merchandising team, regional brands merchants and logistic teams

Direct Reporting Line: Senior Merchandising Manager

Key missions are the following:

Define the global strategy on merchandise flow and level of stocks to optimize sales and global inventory

• Define and update store category grading to optimize sales and merchandise allocation plan with the insights of commercial team
• Analyze cluster selling and communicate regularly with stores to capitalize on opportunities
• Assist in pre-season buys preparations by defining and providing store categories, optimal stock levels and minimum buy quantities.
• Define setting and autoreplenishment criteria based on store cluster, store performances and commercial calendar to maximize the sales while not aver-stocks each store
• Define shortage management rule
• Mid-term horizon - participate to the setting up of a new allocation tool by giving the good insights and activity KPI

Lead daily operations and merchandise streams

• Stream in
• Follow-up the orders reception from each brand HQ and/or from U turn
• Liaise with HQ about the delivery planning – forecasted and actual
• Monitor carefully the reorders on best product items to ensure a very quick setting up in stores
• Stream out
• Validate with retail and brand merchant each collection launch based on actual reception in nb of styles and depth
• Manage the merchandise allocation based on Asia HQ buys, store cluster and assortment guidelines
• Monitor/Adapt stock allocation by store and optimize stock replenishment – on a regular base to support sales plan while considering current sales performances, ST level and store max. capacity
• Prepare store openings, coordination with retail and logistics
• Between stores
• Analyze, suggest and execute consolidations based on sales and ST achievement
• When relevant, proceed to transfers between stores based on customers orders

Commercial and marketing operations

• Based on commercial calendar, follow up the seasonal commercial schedule led by regional team and take proper actions
• Propose the global markdown strategy guidance per brand (criteria and discount) based on current sales trends, sell through level and inventory
• Liaise with regional team to validate the final detailed Mkdown file
• Liaise with local IS and retail team to ensure a good execution in stores

Reporting

Define the good reports and KPI to communicate with retail team, regional team, merchandising team such as

• Weekly delivery reports per brand : store delivery vs retroplanning and LY recors
• Weekly allocation report per brand and store with current sales trend and stock level per season and all seasons
• Monthly sales results and inventory level follow-up
• Mkdown
• global guidelines per brand and discount bracket vs LY
• sales reports to analyse each Mkdown period
  

Requirements

• 3– 4 years allocation/planning experience
• Excellent written/verbal communication and diplomacy skills
• Advanced Computer skills - MS Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint). Experience with Storeland, Qlikview and Scortex are preferred but not required.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in an organized manner, prioritize and meet tight deadlines concurrently
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret various Financial and Retail Performance Reports
• Team spirit and flexible way of working
• Detail oriented
• Able to investigate and solve discrepancies.
• English required

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