Hybrid Retail Allocation Analyst

at GUESS?, Inc.

• Job title: Retail Allocation Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bioggio, Switzerland

About the role

• Retail Allocation Analyst in fashion retail optimizing stock levels and sales profit. Collaborating on distribution strategies and analyzing inventory performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Maximize sales and profit and minimize stock risk by maintaining optimal stock levels of a group of styles and by store.
• Analyze specified location performance including sales/inventory ratios, turnover, seasonality, size variability, and marketing impacts; communicate, get sign off and share with the team members appropriate actions.
• Implement distribution strategies by forecasting future sales and opportunity using available tools.
• Build new processes and optimize existing ones according to new business needs.
• Key Business Partner of the Retail Planner to optimize the Sell-Through and Margin, implements allocation and replenishment strategies within the framework set for timely and regular review and sign off.
• Responsible with Retail Planner of initial allocation packs, by products and store type.
• Weekly review with Buying Team of the weekly initial allocation according to original plan but also on seasonality and actual stock needs.
• Builds allocation weekly demand at style and store level, by setting Nextail System parameters according to the marketing calendar and probability for the store to sell.
• Provides succinct and timely analysis of business risks and opportunities to Retail Planner and Buyer.
• Develops store transfer strategies together with country merchant in order to maximize the sales with available stock.
• Creates effective communication and relationships with Country team to capture location opportunities and liabilities.
• Collaborates with the Retail Inventory/Logistics team to ensure effective communication leading to the controlled and timely flow of stock.
• Responsible for weekly/monthly Stores stock holding for the specified group of stores and styles.
• Collaborate and contribute implementing the allocation meeting to share with key actors (inventory market strategy team and allocation team) possible actions to optimize the level of stock in our stores with the aim at maximizing the sales.

Requirements

• Experience: 3-4 years in retail business as allocator or operation manager, possibly in the fashion retail sector.
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics or related field
• Fast learner, analytical mind-set, adapt to changes and work under pressure
• Excellent execution, high respect of deadlines and strong organizational skills, good level of proactivity and effective problem solver
• Team player, ability to work independently and customer oriented
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel skills to facilitate data analysis
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously, utilize resources effectively and drive for results in a fast paced, growth environment
• Established ability to build and maintain effective working relationships to drive collaboration, teamwork and business results

Benefits

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• An International, fresh and dynamic working environment
• Balance between work and personal life: Smart Working (Hybrid work model) and Time flexibility
• Training & Development platform and paths
• Discount on our products both online and in stores