Director of Allocation
Westwood, MA, US, 02090
Overview
The Director of Retail Allocation is a senior leader that will develop and implement strategies for product supply to meet or exceed the overall retail financial sales & inventory goal for Crocs Inc. retail stores. This role will be accountable for ensuring inventory levels are aligned with the OTB/Buy plan to achieve revenue forecast and improve profitability for the various retail channels. The position will also set the vision for all inventory flow & management processes including capacity, timing & execution. This person will report to the Senior Director of Retail Planning & Allocation.
What You'll Do
- Assist in leading strategy and oversight of Retail Allocation for all Crocs Inc. America’s retail stores including Crocs and new to launch Hey Dude locations.
- Partner with the Merchant, Store Operations, and DC teams to develop and implement strategies.
- Ensure inventory levels, assortments, quantities, and sizes are appropriate to achieve the company’s sales and profitability objectives.
- Handle store inventory by category to appropriate levels, and initiate adjustments as needed to support sales and minimize unproductive excess.
- Provide oversight for the planning process by channel & category.
- Provide forecast analysis in conjunction with Planning and Finance teams.
- Understand and lead all aspects of the retail flow needs based on seasonality, promotional activities, trends, category/gender, channel sales objectives, inventory turn goal in total & channel, sales drivers and life cycle plans.
- Assist in planning/forecasting and analyzing promotions and markdown activities.
- Provide weekly/month/quarterly analysis and business recaps.
- Own the Open to Ship process with cross-functional partners in Planning & Merchandising.
- Work with Planning and Merchants to understand and validate on order and communicate any/all opportunities & risk
- Ensure products are shipped timely to stores. Raise forward any issues and lead problem resolution.
- Weekly meetings on DC shipping requirements based on forecast.
- Coordinate and develop team of allocation analysts.
- Define system functional improvements to meet the needs of the business.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor’s degree in business, or equivalent experience and education
- Demonstrated ability in Retail Merchandise Planning and/or Allocation
- Experience with Retail planning and allocation systems
- Proactive approach to leading others
- Full understanding of merchandise planning and allocation, assortment planning, SKU optimization, pricing strategy, markdown strategy, and promotional planning
- Understanding of key performance indicators and elements that drive retail profitability and inventory productivity.
- Sophisticated Microsoft Office skills – particularly Excel
- Must have strong critical thinking skills, which involves the ability to identify and summarize the problem, question, or issues.
- Strong organizational skills for planning work and continuously supervise progress.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills and ability to optimally communicate at all levels of organization.
- Ability to persuade, influence and build consensus among key strategic business partners.
- Ability to drive achievements of revenue goal, margin, turn based on the financial goals.
- Shown sound business judgement and strong understanding of supply chain, planning, allocation, and inventory control.
- Ability to work closely with functional and cross-functional team members and strive toward a unified vision.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and tackle problems of varied scope, must be able to act critically in recommending, implementing solutions.
- Shown success multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment.
- Travel up to 25%
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We accept applications on an ongoing basis.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other classification protected by law.
Title: Director of Allocation 
Salary or Pay Range: $160,000 - $170,000
Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities.
At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.
This position is eligible to participate in a company incentive program.
This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.
The application window is 45 days, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the posting date in order to ensure optimal consideration. The posting will be removed if the job is filled before the application window deadline.
Job Category: Corporate
Nearest Major Market: Boston