Allocator (Merchandise Planner) - The Visitor - Head office, Jeddah

Chalhoub Group; Saudi Arabia; On-site; OMR 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Child education contribution

Remote and flexible working policies

Exclusive employee discounts

Job summary

Chalhoub Group in Oman is seeking an Allocator to ensure optimal inventory distribution across retail, e-commerce, and B2B channels. You will plan replenishments, define allocation strategies, and monitor KPIs to maintain product availability.

You will collaborate with store teams to balance stock, manage transfers, and align deliveries with demand and promotional activities. Fluency in English and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in supply planning or allocation in retail, fashion or FMCG.
• Strong communication skills.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the initial allocation strategy for seasonal products across stores, ensuring alignment with assortment and demand plans.
• Build and maintain inventory and replenishment plans, considering store space availability, delivery frequency, and stock requirements.
• Execute allocation strategies adapting stock parameters, safety stock, and days of coverage to optimize inventory levels and prevent overstock or stockouts.
• Manage inventory push initiatives to align with sales and clearance strategies according to markdown and promotional activities
• Track and initiate inventory balance between stores, MFC (Digital) and hub to manage ISA across all networks
• Optimize store-to-store stock transfers to balance inventory levels across the network and meet dynamic demand & ISA
• Collaborate with retail teams to coordinate upcoming delivery volumes and ensure operational readiness at the store level.
• Conduct regular store visit with the team

Skills

Strong communication skills

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM.

Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

What you'll be doing

The Allocator ensures the optimal distribution of inventory, maintaining product availability for retail, e-commerce, and B2B accounts. This role focuses on inventory planning, replenishment, and monitoring key performance indicators to ensure smooth supply chain operations.

• Define and execute the initial allocation strategy for seasonal products across stores, ensuring alignment with assortment and demand plans.

• Build and maintain inventory and replenishment plans, considering store space availability, delivery frequency, and stock requirements.

• Execute allocation strategies adapting stock parameters, safety stock, and days of coverage to optimize inventory levels and prevent overstock or stockouts.

• Manage inventory push initiatives to align with sales and clearance strategies according to markdown and promotional activities

• Track and initiate inventory balance between stores, MFC (Digital) and hub to manage ISA across all networks

• Optimize store-to-store stock transfers to balance inventory levels across the network and meet dynamic demand & ISA

• Collaborate with retail teams to coordinate upcoming delivery volumes and ensure operational readiness at the store level.

• Conduct regular store visit with the team

KPI Monitoring

• Track and analyze planning KPIs, including in stock availability (ISA), Days of Inventory (DOI) and On-Time In-Full (OTIF), to identify and resolve inefficiencies

• Track and analyze store to store transfers

What you’ll need to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 2+ years of experience in supply planning or allocation, preferably within retail, fashion, or FMCG industries.

• Strong communication skills

• Fluent in English

What we can offer you

With us,you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employeediscounts.

Using GenAI in Your Application Process

To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools. This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.