Sunday, February 28, 2010

Lucky Brand Allocator (Vernon, CA)

Overview:
Lucky Brand is a rapidly growing brand offering apparel, accessories, fragrances, and jewelry for women, men and children. Established in 1990, Lucky Brand has become one of America's favorite denim brands with a sense of humor evident in its trademark "Lucky You" fly. Lucky Brand products are sold through its own 220 retail and outlet stores within the US, its company website (www.luckybrand.com), select group of high-end department and better specialty stores, and through international retail partners in Asia, Middle East, and Canada.

Responsibilities:
Execute the inventory plan at the store level and/or alpha group
•Execute initial fashion flows, fashion replenishment, and transfers of products in order to maximize sales and optimize inventory. Achieve turn objectives at a department and/or division level.
•Manage individual store inventory analyzing weeks on hand, weeks of supply, open to ship, balance of ownership relative to deliveries and flow.
•Manage continuous flow of inventory through DC in collaboration with DC partners
oConduct supply chain pipeline review and call out inventory flow challenges
•Review product performance at style and region/district/store level (Dept/season/store/category/style/size)

Weekly Business Management and Key Meetings
•Present insights and recommendations relative to inventory performance at store/category /style level. Highlight markdown and chase opportunities for planner and merchant.
•Provide feedback from stores relative to product that is underperforming or exceeding expectations. Ensure stores are clear on replenishment strategies, new flows, and preparation for future events.
•Manage allocations to support sales forecast, receipt flows, markdown strategies and future on order.
•Collaborate with merchant and planner to understand weekly strategies and execute allocations to reflect these.
Assortment Planning & Assortment Planning Prep
•Review depth and breadth of assortment, populate distribution sheets and present back to Allocation Manager
•Create, review and manage size scales with initial allocation for new deliveries and stores

Qualifications:
•Bachelor’s degree
•Store line sales or stock experience a plus
•Basic Math Skills
•Ability to:
oPresent and recommend strategies and build a business case/develop a point of view
oWork collaboratively with cross functional team
oStrategic analysis
•Intermediate Microsoft windows applications, specifically Excel

Posted By Kris Iringan

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