Free People Senior Allocator

Urban Outfitters•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

Free People is looking for a Senior Allocator who will coach, train and support the allocation team to maximize sales and profitability through allocation and business analysis to achieve financial objectives.

Requirements

Strong statistical analysis skills
Excellent organizational, prioritizing and creative problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills
Works well in teams
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Meeting or exceeding sales and inventory goals
Allocating for one or more product class
Responsible for store sales and inventory plans for assigned merchant categories
Analyzing sales to stock ratios and product flow management-new purchase order and back stock allocations
Ensuring the right product is delivered to stores at the right time
Managing a basics business; working with the planning team to maximize size level opportunity
Preparing to line plan with style and sku count per store
Working with cross functional partners on new store assortment
Identifying opportunities and risks, recognizing trends by product category and attribute at the individual store and store group level
Partnering with planning to run size and color selling analysis to place future size and color buys
Collaborating with planning and buying to relate current store performance to impact upcoming buys
Prepping for and participating in monthly re-forecast, strategy, buy meetings, and division roll
Creating and managing store plans
Communicating with distribution center as necessary
Partnering with the visual team and participating in weekly turnover meetings
Communicating weekly with DM’s about current business
Collaborating with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge