Retail Planner & Allocator Milano

Retail Planner & Allocator
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

We are currently collaborating with a well known Fashion Brand and looking for a **Retail Planner** **& Allocator** in Milan.

Reporting to the Retail Manager, she/he will plan buying budget by channel (physical and e-commerce), tying back to overall financial needs.

She/he is responsible for merchandise allocation and distribution of all product categories with the objective of meeting sales goals.

She/he contributes to identify opportunities at store level.

**Duties include**:

- Initial order allocation;

- Managing transfers and reorders, partnering with Buyer and Store Managers to ensure proper merchandise assortment by door (existing and new) and maximise sale and inventory.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Own the Open to Buy process from initial allocation through end of life cycle, including replenishment, consolidation to other stores or channel;

- Manage overall store inventory levels based on store capacity, attributes, seasonality and sales curve;

- Monitor flow of initial assortment, planning reassortment by category to cross sale path;

- Ensure buy quantity and inventory level meet sales trend and maximise key sale period;

- Be aware and highlight shipping issues that may affect sales.

**Profile**:

- Experience in Retail Planning (Preferably in Apparel Retail);

- Advances knowledge of Microsoft Office, above all Excel;

- Strong analytics skills as well as retail math knowledge (Mark up, margin, open to by, gross margin);

- Problem solving and critical thinking attitude;

- Fluent English, other languages will be a plus;

- Flexible and able to handle work independently;

- Positive mindset and team spirit.

**Experience**:

- Retail Planner: 2 years (required)

**Language**:

- Fluent English (required)

Work Location: In person