Sr. Allocations Manager Jobs

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The Senior Allocation Manager is responsible for overseeing all allocations for Boutiques, outlet stores in the US and Canada, and Wholesale. Collaborating closely with the merchandise planning team, buying team, and business leads, the Senior Allocation Manager develops allocation strategies, manages stock movements, and ensures optimal inventory management between warehouses and the ECOM business. The role focuses on maximizing sales and sell-through by accurately distributing inventory across stores.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Work closely with the Buying team to align inventory purchasing at the beginning of each season with allocation requirements.
• Partner with the head of the outlet business to optimize stock levels and assortment in outlet stores.
• Create and maintain comprehensive allocation reports, including Ship to store summaries, build re-caps, store capacity, in-bound tracker, high-turn styles, and core replenishment MOH.
• Collaboration with the Director of Planning and business leads to ensure the appropriate stock levels are allocated to all stores, in line with budget and forecasted sales.
• Foster cross-functional partnerships with Buying, Finance, Business, and Visual Merchandising teams to enhance collaboration and decision-making.
• Develop key allocation strategies and approaches to drive sell-through and increase top-side sales on a seasonal basis.
• Create in-season consolidations between markets and stores to maximize sales opportunities.
• Supervise a team of 2 direct reports, providing support and guidance in their allocation tasks while actively engaging in daily allocation activities.

CORE COMPETANCIES

• Mathematical: Proficient in working with numbers to ensure data accuracy when handling large volumes of information for analysis.
• Communication: Effective communication skills to engage and collaborate with various business partners, fostering open communication and strong working relationships.
• Analytical: Capable of identifying and responding to business trends in various markets.
• Organized: Develops efficient systems for gathering and retrieving information promptly.
• Inventory Management: Demonstrates expertise in managing inventory levels from back of house to the floor and across store locations
• Critical Thinking: Applies critical thinking skills to store and wholesale replenishment, including understanding automated business rules.
• Initiative: Demonstrates a proactive approach to achieving goals and strives for exceptional performance. Self-driven with the ability to work effectively without close supervision.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and presentation creation.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills, highly detail-oriented, and well-organized.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Allocation, with exposure to both large and small retail companies.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.

Core Values and Traits:

Play as One Team:

• Showing respect towards everyone
• Commitment for the team’s work and decisions

Play with Elegance:

• Striving for excellence
• Treating others with fair play and humility

Play by Daring:

• To explore new opportunities
• Having the courage to speak up, experiment and take initiative

Play with Tenacity:

• Learning from our failures
• Constantly seek continuous improvement

At Lacoste, we’re committed to building the best team we can. We hire for potential and support every team member through each step of their career development. Building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive space for our team to think differently and push the status quo is incredibly important to us; and we strive to use these guiding principles as the foundation for how we interact with each other, how we build our business, and how we hold ourselves accountable to our core values.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

At Lacoste, we’re committed to providing equal opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, creed, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, and/or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

* This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. They can be changed orally or in writing at any time by the discretion of management. We as Lacoste associates must also always ensure that all functions of our position are represented with our core values