Supply Chain Allocator

Action; Zwaagdijk-Oost; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-based salary

24 days holiday plus option to buy 5

Up to 40% working from home

Travel allowance

15% staff discount

International team

Job summary

Action is seeking a Supply Chain Allocator to manage stock allocations between distribution centers and stores. You will create and monitor allocation plans based on commercial plans for new articles, promotions, and seasonal assortments.

You will work with the Symphony platform to optimize inflow types and ensure timely stock movements. A proactive communicator with stakeholders is essential to success in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a relevant field (Supply Chain / Logistics / Business Administration / Retail).
• 2+ years of relevant experience, preferably in a supply chain planning function and retail environment.
• Strong retail affinity and a commercially driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Create and optimize allocation plans for multiple inflow types using data from Assortment, Promo, and Commercial teams.
• Support seamless assortment phase-in/phase-out and translate plans into efficient stock flows.
• Manage time-critical flows like promotions, new articles, and seasonal uplifts.
• Control planning timelines and deadlines for pushes and inflow across categories and seasons.
• Collaborate with Planning and Supply Chain teams to improve processes with clear KPIs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder communication

Proactive attitude

Education

Bachelor degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Business Administration/Retail

Tools

Symphony Replenishment and Allocation platform

Job description

Ready to make a real impact on how our stores are supplied? Join Action’s Supply Planning team and play a key role in keeping our stock moving between our distribution centers and stores as our new Supply Chain Allocator.

This is your daily action

The main purpose of the Supply Chain Allocator is to create, maintain, monitor and guard all stock allocations towards our stores, based upon the commercially planned moments for new articles, promotions and seasonal assortment.

Responsibilities

• Create and optimize allocation plans for multiple inflow types, using data from Assortment, Promo, and Commercial teams and working with the Symphony Replenishment and Allocation platform.
• Support smooth assortment phase-in and phase-out, translating commercial plans into efficient stock flows.
• Manage time-critical and urgent flows, such as promotions, new articles and seasonal uplifts
• Control planning timelines and deadlines for pushes and inflow across all categories and commercial seasons.
• Collaborate across our Planning and Supply Chain teams to continuously improve processes, ensuring high-quality execution supported by clear KPIs and milestones.

Meet your team

The allocation team (3) is part of our 60-strong Supply Planning team. With a global scope, a highly dynamic product range and a growing number of distribution centres, stores, hubs and cross-docks, you will face exciting challenges day in, day out.

This is you

You have a proactive attitude and your strong interpersonal skills allow you to communicate efficiently with stakeholders.

Furthermore you have:

• Bachelor degree in preferably a relevant field (Supply Chain / Logistics / Business administration / Retail)
• At least 2 years of relevant working experience, preferably in a supply chain (planning) function, and preferably in a retail environment
• Strong retail affinity and a commercially driven mindset

What we offer

• Market-based salary
• 24 days holiday plus option to buy 5 extra days
• Up to 40% working from home
• Travel allowance
• 15% staff discount
• International team