Hybrid Allocator: Optimize Stock & Store Performance

Seasalt; Falmouth; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days leave

50% employee discount

Flexible benefits

Private medical

Employee assistance

Pension 7% employer

Life assurance

Family leave

Hybrid working

Learning & development

Volunteer days

Inclusion network

Retail savings hub

Job summary

Seasalt, a growing omnichannel retailer, is hiring an Allocator to join the Head Office in Cornwall. This full-time, permanent role combines 40% on-site at the Head Office with remote UK work for the remaining days.

You’ll work with Channel Merchandisers to ensure the right stock is in the right places across stores, online, and wholesale, supporting replenishment, allocations, and order fulfilment with a strong focus on data and commercial targets.

Qualifications

• Highly numerate, able to work with numbers, analyse and report back on data.
• Good working knowledge and skills within Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Problem solving skills.
• Strong commercial aptitude.
• Great communication skills.
• Well organised with effective prioritisation.
• Ability to work toward deadlines.
• Seeks to manage and develop self.

Responsibilities

• Actioning pricing changes for promos and further reductions of clearance stock.
• Seasonal system administration and maintenance.
• Answering and actioning any price/promo related queries through Fresh Service system.
• Establishing and building relationships within the immediate team and across Product, Retail, Online, Warehouse and Partner teams, sharing knowledge and best practice where necessary.
• Preparing initial allocations for our retail and clearance stores and partners.
• Maintaining effective replenishment for our stores and partners in line with trade, from both a product and store perspective.
• Carrying out any operational tasks to ensure systems are accurate and complete in time for wholesale stock dispatch.
• Releasing sales orders for wholesale customers for pick and dispatch in line with the order book to achieve sales targets; raising and resolving any issues that arise that may impact order fulfilment.
• Allocating Wholesale SMS samples to agents within required timeframes.
• Balancing stock between stores, channels and warehouses, ensuring that stock is well-managed and satisfies demand for online sales and wholesale orders.
• Understanding category performance by store and key styles, proposing opportunities.
• Being aware of the local market level risks and opportunities, using this knowledge to shape immediate actions and longer-term plans.
• Supporting the Channel Merchandising team with store queries, preparing and analysing weekly trade figures, forecasting and ad-hoc tasks where required.

Skills

Numerical skills

Communication

Problem solving

Organized

Deadline-driven

Commercial aptitude

Self-development

Tools

Excel

Job description

Seasalt, a growing omnichannel retailer, is hiring an Allocator to join the Head Office in Cornwall. This full-time, permanent role combines 40% on-site at the Head Office with remote UK work for the remaining days.

You’ll work with Channel Merchandisers to ensure the right stock is in the right places across stores, online, and wholesale, supporting replenishment, allocations, and order fulfilment with a strong focus on data and commercial targets.