United States onlyThe Allocation Specialist supports the Allocation Team within the Category Development team. They help plan, communicate and distribute products for seasonal updates & category resets in retail stores. They work with cross functional teams to ensure projects run smoothly and meet goals. They report to the Director of Allocations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in planning and managing product allocations for seasonal updates & category resets in retail stores across all categories that L&R supports.
- Execute purchasing tasks, within assigned projects/categories such as identifying product needs, placing purchase orders, tracking purchase orders, and releasing customer sales orders.
- Enter items and planograms into ERP system, allocate merchandise in planograms to customers to ensure proper product placement and organization in stores.
- Share reset project updates and potential merchandise availability issues with relevant team members to ensure smooth customer transition and satisfaction.
- Contribute to allocation and reset process improvement, while collaborating with peer groups.
- Establish strong relationships with supporting and complimentary departments.
- Identify and lead reporting development that enables improved speed, accuracy and scale.
- Initiate and lead cross department meetings that address immediate customer issues and needs.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
- Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
REQUIREMENTS
- 2-5 years of merchandise allocaiton experience within a retail or distribution environment. Familiarity with assortment planning, planograms, allocations or merchandise operations are preferred.
- Strong critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication skills, including presenting to cross functional groups.
- Proficiency in Excel, including advanced functions such as VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables and report creation.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Effective time management skills.
- Familiarity with Asana, Outlook, and Teams.
- Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills with Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong sense and ability of ownership, independent thinking and can-do attitude.
- Curiosity and vigor to learn, grow and challenge the status quo.
- Passion for exceeding customer expectations.
WORK SCHEDULE/HOURS: Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM
PAY RANGE: $60,000 - $65,000 per year
BENEFITS:
- Fully remote
- 401(k)
- Health Insurance
- Health savings account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
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