MERCHANDISE ALLOCATOR

MERCHANDISE ALLOCATOR


Position Summary:

Responsible for the allocation and in-season management of
Women’s Apparel, Shoes & Accessories, and licensed products for
US and CA Stores and Shops. This includes managing the flow of
receipts and maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
Understand the relationship of assortment planning and
merchandise allocation to meet financial plans and
profitability. Partner with the Buyers and other departments to
insure timely delivery and execution.


Responsibilities:

• Allocate merchandise at style/color/size level based on
management direction and allocation objectives

• Reporting -weekly and seasonal analysis of all categories
within Women’s Apparel, Shoes & Accessories and Licensed
Products

• Conducts style, color, size and store selling analysis

• Monitor exceptions on merchandise stock levels and recommends
necessary adjustments

• Recommend store transfers and consolidations

• Create and communicate Product Knowledge seasonally. Partner
with Buyers, Creative & Brand, and Store Training
departments.

• Seasonal preparations for Markets to facilitate precise and
timely buys

• Enter all Seasonal buys and check for accuracy

• Partner with Licensed Vendors to place orders and track
deliveries

• Enter and maintain all Markdowns within area of responsibility

• Weekly Store visits in NYC


System Technology

• Utilize standard reporting through web based merchandise
systems SAP Retail / BIS Reporting

• Utilize SAP for merchandise inquiry management


Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree, 1 – 3 years assistant buying and
or/allocation experience

• Proficient in Excel & PC operation

• Oral and written communication

• Flexible/Multi-tasking

• Excellent organization skills & detail oriented

• Relationship building with cross-functional teams in multiple
countries

• Self-motivated

• Positive “can do” attitude

COMPANY PROFILE:

The HUGO BOSS Group and its brands

HUGO BOSS is growing

For many years now, the Group has ranked among the global
market leaders in superior fashions – and been progressively
extending this position.

Today the fashion group generates sales of 1.75 billion EUR
with a workforce of more than 10,000. Flanking highly developed
product competence and excellent logistics as cornerstones of
this continuing success is a global marketing network powered
by a comprehensive knowledge of markets and consumers in over
100 countries.

Further indicators of the Group’s strength are the high number
(over 1,500) of HUGO BOSS Stores operating worldwide, and the
more than 6,500 other partner POS venues. Consistent,
innovative visual merchandising and efficiently implemented
marketing measures serve to reinforce the image of both the
Group and its brands.

The BOSS and HUGO brands cover all the major fashion segments
for men and women. Additional product groups such as shoes and
accessories, fragrances, eyewear, children's wear, and watches
complement the individual collections. This broad based and
well structured platform enables HUGO BOSS to offer each of its
target groups the fitting outfit for every occasion.


HUGO BOSS is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Employer
(M/F/D/V)