• Prepare a weekly action plan outlining the week's priorities for its product category and share it with the Buying and Planning departments
• Complete the entire allocation cycle (1- allocation, 2- sway, 3- stock flow) to ensure maximum productivity
• Conduct and coordinate the season's analysis, more specifically regionally, by store, in order to have more detailed information regarding the performance of products in its category
• Revise the in-season store classification to prepare the distribution strategy for the corresponding season of the following year
• Receive and track the merchandise of its product category with the distribution center to ensure the shipment of goods in store are done in a timely manner
• Assess the replenishment needs on a daily basis, based on current actual sales
• Manage the distribution center's omni-channel merchandise reserves to ensure a continuous supply for the stores, in a timely manner
• Coordinate the sending of merchandise for various promotions and posters for windows according to the marketing calendar
• Perform the analysis of the season and every promotion of the calendar in order to evaluate the performance and make recommendations related thereto
• Manage the basic styles by assigning minimums and maximums and revising them throughout each season
• Collaborate with the Planning and Buying departments to perform inter-store consolidations to maximize the sales potential of styles
• Perform inter-store consolidations in order to maximize sales potential per style
• Perform seasonal sales analysis by size for different product types to create the curve book for purchases

Skills: Strategic Planning, Inventory Management, Data Analysis, Forecasting, Supply Chain Management, Promotion Coordination, Performance Evaluation, Collaboration and Communication

• Partner with Merchandising Operations and Purchasing teams to coordinate product distribution, achieve financial goals, and improve overall customer satisfaction
• Evaluate omnichannel inventory levels accounting for capacity, seasonality, and product velocity
• Identify areas for improvement regarding inventory position versus planned inventory
• Prepare, forecast, and implement category OTB plans to fulfill customer demand and manage inventories
• Develop unique product assortments for individual markets designed to target the needs of customers
• Provide insight for pre-season planning and manage in-season stock and sales forecasts
• Determine appropriate minimum quantities for specific markets and troubleshoot low-stock issues
• Analyze current trends and historical data to identify opportunities/risks relative to each store at the product level
• Complete data entry of markdowns
• Maintain follow-up documents for the reception of goods for their category
• Contribute to the maintenance of administrative efficiency by ensuring that all reports are classified and organized
• Prepare material and information for meetings or other events
• Ensure maximum collaboration, communication and support to the sales team, distribution center, marketing and purchasing
• Participate in setting up and coordinating special projects, promotions and store openings/closures
• Visit the stores and the distribution center on a regular basis.

Skills: Inventory Management, Forecasting and Planning, Data Analysis, Merchandising Coordination, Assortment Development, Problem-Solving, Communication and Collaboration, Project Management

• Perform allocation operations to ensure financial success by achieving sales, inventory targets, and service levels
• Develop distribution plans based on segment sales trends and seasonal needs, and prioritize the distributions
• Review and prepare seasonal delivery allocation plans and partner with planning team to perform initial releases and subsequent replenishments to maintain size grading and flow
• Analyze and determine timelines and quantities for the replenishment and allocation of product within the context of the channel strategy
• Monitor KPI allocation flow down to SKU level and collaborate with planning, inventory control, and warehouse to manage available to sell and reserved inventory buckets
• Monitor/maintain the flow of product, address special delivery requests, and resolve any order issues in partnership with customer service, sales, and warehouse teams
• Monitor/maintain data accuracy and correct contract and sales transaction orders in the database.
• Initiate the ABC classifications of inventory for more effective warehouse planning and inventory management
• Analyze Business Object and spreadsheet reports to identify improvement opportunities and implement allocation strategies to maximize business
• Analyze various business tools and make recommendations while applying a ‘continuous improvement’ methodology to inventory balancing across the segments
• Partner with cross functional teams to define allocation strategies, assortment plans and initial inventory levels
• Partner with cross functional teams to implement new special makeup unit (SMU) product
• Partner with IT team to ensure system issues have been resolved by the proposed solution and audit the delivery status
• Perform ad-hoc inventory management tasks.

Skills: Allocation Operations Management, Distribution Planning, Inventory Analysis and Management, KPI Monitoring and Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Accuracy and Database Management, Continuous Improvement, Problem-solving and Adaptability

• Responsible for developing robust multi-asset frameworks and recommendations, including strategic and opportunistic asset class positioning used in firm-wide portfolio guidance and discretionary portfolio management.
• Responsible for development of firm-wide capital market assumptions, long-term market expectations utilized in client tools and planning discussions.
• Work in partnership with Investment Strategy, Portfolio Solutions, Research and other internal stakeholders and committees in making better informed decisions consistent with the firm's long-term strategy.
• Deliver effective written and verbal communication to financial advisors, clients, internal departments, firm leaders and investment professional contacts.
• Create purchase orders with vendors based on info provide from planners and merchants
• Adjustments to purchase orders and track receipts
• Take and create and track orders from the vendors into the DC and then allocate what club it goes to
• Can prioritize while maintaining a high level of accuracy and organization
• Approaches situations and problems with curiosity and open-mindedness, increases business knowledge and clarifies the implications of changes
• Communicates ideas, expectations or required information clearly and concisely 
• Adapts writing style, medium and language to fit the audience
• Builds constructive relationships with Distressed Good Managers, District Managers and AR team and creates a good communication with them

Skills: Asset Management, Financial Analysis, Collaboration, Communication, Purchase Order Management, Supply Chain Coordination, Prioritization, Problem-Solving and Adaptability.

• Effectively utilize inventory allocation strategies to drive the financial success of the retail stores
• Drive gross margin and inventory turn goals by managing in-season allocation levers
• Partner with cross functional team on in-season allocation strategies to deliver the optimal inventory to stores through partnership with the Merchandising, Planning, Visual, Marketing and Retail teams
• Evaluate and analyze inventory at the size level to identify opportunities and drive productivity and sell-through
• Guide future purchases by size at the category and style level based on history and trend direction
• Analyze reports to identify stock consolidations and transfers, and balance sales-to-stock ratios by store
• Understand the product assortment as it relates to customer needs and sales trends and suggested inventory levels
• Additional ad hoc support as needed for the Planning, Merchandising and Retail departments
• Efficiently balance own workload among daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly tasks in conjunction with ad-hoc requests
• Provide an interim bench assignment to each resource
• Serve as the daily point of contact for bench resources
• Liaise with the bench Training Lead
• Communicate resource availability to internal stakeholders
• Provide weekly reporting on non-billable resources to leadership

Skills: Inventory Management, Financial Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Sizing Analysis, Inventory Optimization, Customer-Centric Approach, Workload Management, Resource Management, Reporting

• Experience in Merchandising Assistant or equivalent
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), AS400 system
• Good reading and written language skills (English)
• Basic arithmetic and organizational / Interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented and problem solving skills, telephone presence, typing skills, data entry skills
• Ability to leverage data and analytics to make/support decisions
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience in utilizing reporting and inventory management tools to monitor in-stock levels
• Ability to summarize large sets of data and provide recaps to a variety of audiences
• Experience building effective relationships and communicating cross functionally
• Ability to learn new software and support the launch of new inventory management and merchandising systems

Qualifications: BS in Supply Chain Management with 2 years of Experience

• Experience in retail planning, allocation or buying, or an equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft office programs, especially in Excel and fluent in English
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to multi task and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Outlook and Word knowledge required (or equivalent application suite) and PowerPoint, intermediate Excel
• Knowledge about retail Math Formulas, worksheet Formatting/Function-conditional format, V-lookup
• Retail software experience (JDA or SAP/Oracle)

Qualifications: BS in Operations Management with 2 years of Experience

• Experience as an Allocation/Distribution Analyst
• Experience with multi-unit chain retail
• SAP and BW experience
• Ability to multi task and prioritize work effectively in a fast paced environment
• Demonstrates an appropriate sense of urgency
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills
• Highly proficient in excel
• High level attention to detail
• Ability to problem solve independently
• Excellent listening, communication and presentation skills across all levels of the organization
• Ability to work on cross functional teams
• Creative and innovative problem-solving skills

Qualifications: BS in Business Administration with 3 years of Experience

• Experience in supply chain or logistics, customer service experience within a consumer products company
• Effective team player and relationship builder with proven ability to create a collaborative environment
• Demonstrated leadership experience
• Sound judgment, negotiation and decision-making skills
• Capable of guiding a team of employees with the view of leading the organization toward the future
• Analysis of large data sets to understand patterns and trends
• Skilled level in Microsoft Excel, Word and MS Access
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written and presentation)
• Individual problem-solving skills and quantitative analysis skills
• Enthusiasm for working within a fast paced and existing operations planning team

Qualifications: BS in Logistics and Transportation Management with 4 years of Experience

• Good business analytical skills and the ability to understand and interpret qualitative and quantitative data to aid in effective decision-making
• Interpersonal abilities to perform effectively in a collaborative and team-oriented environment, where partnering with others and building strong working relationships are critical
• Solid verbal and written communication skills, demonstrate good listening skills
• Intermediate computer skills including MS Office applications - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into easy-to-action information that drive results
• Able to use logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions
• Knowledge and experience with lean manufacturing and project management techniques highly valued, APICS certification

Qualifications: BS in Operations Research with 2 years of Experience