Skechers Hiring for ALLOCATIONS ANALYST at Manhattan Beach, California Full Time

Company Description

Join the thousands of innovators, advocates and forces who are making an impact every day at one of the biggest footwear brands in the world. Whether you love to connect with consumers on the retail floor or want to drive our award-winning powerhouse in new directions, the SKECHERS team is the place to be. Learn more about our brand at skx.com. 

Job Description

To effectively analyze the product selling and store inventory objectives within the company owned retail stores. Work directly with the Store Planning team and merchandising team to communicate product opportunities based on sales history, current sales trends, and inventory needs. Identify slow sellers and implement an exit strategies in collaboration with the Merchant team.

Essential Job Results-

•  Ship to weekly open to ship targets by store, down to gender-brand level, category, based on store demands. Must be knowledgeable and aware of all peak season shifts, holidays.
• Manage styles from initial allocation through end of life cycle, including replenishment and consolidation of goods to other stores or channels.
• Adjust initial planned allocation where needed based on current sales trend.
• Manage auto replenishment and proactively make adjustments based on sales trends, seasonality factors, and business needs. Identify and focus on top 24 sku by store.
• Ensure the right balance of product within their respective stock to sales by gender/ category as well as maintaining proper stock needs at the store level based on sales, capacity, Sku capacity by gender and sales volume.
• Develop and adhere to allocation parameters that take into account store capacity, sales, trends, product seasonality and product life cycle.
• Analysis various company generated and localized reports to facilitate stock balancing, inventory management and sales trends to guide strategic allocation of product to stores.
• Suggest and implement transfers to balance stock levels amongst stores.

Additional Responsibilities-

• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities-

• No.

Job Requirements-

• Examples of Requirements.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Excellent communicator

Education and Experience- 

• Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising or related field preferred.
• Must be detailed oriented and able to multitask in a fast paced environment.
• Must be computer proficient with knowledge of Excel, Power Point and other advanced retail systems.  

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times. The employee is regularly required to lift a 35 – 40lb dress form for garment evaluations.