Allocator

Operations/Financial

• Produce packs for Monday trade meetings which include weekly sales and promotional Reports 

• Attend Key Meetings to understand season performance as well as forward strategies 

• Work within teams to formulate and implement strategies to help drive sales. 

• Ensure the financial success of a product group by allocating stock to stores to meet or exceed sales, gross profit, and inventory turn goals 

• Track and monitor Distribution Center (DC) and Store available inventory for the product group, maximising sales to stock ratios and turn 

• Execute the release of initial product distributions and in season replenishment to stores 

• Monitor and ensure full size availability of best sellers, Continuity lines and seasonal products in stores in order to maximise sell through 

• Work with cross functional teams to ensure timely and accurate execution of new store openings 

• Support planning teams with store, product and size analysis 

• Manage store communications through the system ‘Retail Intelligence to answer store call outs and as well as communicate promotional and mark down changes 

• Use systems including JDA, Microstrategy, Promo MD, and SAP 

Communications/Relationships

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships within cross-functional team (stores, buying, planning, marketing, visual, etc.). In particular the planner and buyer in the team responsible for the product group 

• Communicate initial release and replenishment strategies within cross functional team 

• Participate in cross functional meetings, contributing input on distribution and/ or trading strategies 

• Compose and deliver key trading messages to the wider business. 

• Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge 

• Manage communication regarding inventory/replenishment with field contacts on a store by store basis if required 

• Store visits to gain insight to performance and availability 

• Participate in Company initiatives as appropriate

Information :

• Company : Ralph Lauren
• Position : Allocator
• Location : Watford, Hertfordshire
• Country : GB