Allocator

The Lacoste Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Lacoste in the US seeks an Allocator responsible for allocations for Outlet stores, working with the merchandising planning and buying teams and business leads to build allocation strategies and ensure stock is in the right place to maximize sales.

You will manage seasonally, align with budget and forecasted sales, coordinate with warehouse and e-commerce inventory, and partner with cross-functional teams to optimize assortment and stock levels.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain allocation reporting including ship-to-store summaries, build recaps, store capacity, inbound tracker, high-turn styles, core replenishment MOH
• Work with Planning and Buying teams to ensure stock levels align with budget and forecasted sales
• Coordinate with Buying to ensure inventory levels are set for the season start
• Develop seasonal allocation strategies to drive sell-through and topline sales
• Partner with Commercial to push appropriate stock and assortment to stores
• Create in-season consolidations across markets and stores to maximize sales
• Cross-functional collaboration with Buying, Finance, Visual Merchandising

Job description

At the crossroads of fashion and sport, Lacoste creates and liberates movement. Both universal and timeless, the brand transcends cultures and generations, elevating the crocodile as a rally sign.An iconic French brand present in nearly 100 countries, Lacoste stand out for its unique know-how in each of its areas of expertise, from garment factory to omnichannel distribution. At Lacoste, elegance goes beyond style. This elegance guides all of its actions and its social and environmental commitments. Working at Lacoste is belonging to a community of 8,500 employees on the move to build the future. Committed to making equal opportunities a reality and to revealing potential, the company brings together talents from all walks of life, embracing their differences. Lacoste is one of the inspiring brands driven by passionate people within the MF Brands Group, alongside Aigle, Gant and Tecnifibre (http://mf-brands.com/).

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The Allocator is responsible forallocations for Outlet stores in the US. They willwork closely with the merchandise planning team, buying team and business leadsto create builds, manual push needs and craft the total allocation strategy forthe store business.They also need to ensure proper inventory management between the warehouse’sand ECOM business to ensure that the stock is in the right place to maximizesales.

ESSENTIALJOB DUTIES

• Createand maintain all allocation reporting including, but not limited to: Ship tostore summaries, build re-caps, store capacity, in-bound tracker, high turnstyles, core replenishment MOH
• AssistDirector of Planning, in partnership with business leads, to accurately ensurethe right level of stock in all stores, aligned with budget and forecastedsales.
• Workwith Buying team to ensure the correct levels of inventory are being boughtinto at the beginning of the season.
• Seasonallydevelop key allocation strategies and approaches to the business that will helpdrive sell through and top-side sales.
• Partnerclosely with Commercial team to push the right level of stock and assortment tostores, to ensure the right balance and level of stock on hand.
• Createin-season consolidations between markets and stores to maximize sales,
• KeyCross functional partnership with Buying, Finance, business, VisualMerchandising.