Strategic Retail Allocator - Inventory & Insights

BoF Careers; Watford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation in Watford is seeking an Allocator to manage initial and replenishment stock allocations to stores, while supporting the Planning team with reports and analysis of sales and stock data.

Responsibilities include preparing weekly reports, attending season meetings, and ensuring stock is allocated to maximise sales, gross profit and inventory turn. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Organised and able to prioritise tasks, meets deadlines.
• Demonstrates logical analysis and problem solving skills.
• Clear and effective written and oral communication.
• Able to build and maintain productive relationships within a team.
• Advanced PC skills with MS Word/Excel; comfortable with retail math and learning new apps.

Responsibilities

• Produce packs for Monday trade meetings with weekly sales and promotional reports.
• Attend meetings to understand season performance and forward strategies.
• Help drive sales through team-driven strategies.
• Allocate stock to stores to meet sales, gross profit and inventory turn goals.
• Track DC and store inventory to maximise sell-through and stock efficiency.
• Release initial product distributions and manage in-season replenishment.
• Ensure best sellers and continuity lines have full size availability across stores.

Skills

Organisation

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Relationship building

Retail math

Fast learner

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation in Watford is seeking an Allocator to manage initial and replenishment stock allocations to stores, while supporting the Planning team with reports and analysis of sales and stock data.

Responsibilities include preparing weekly reports, attending season meetings, and ensuring stock is allocated to maximise sales, gross profit and inventory turn. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential.