Allocator, Kate Spade SEA (1-year Contract)

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Title : Allocator, SEA (1-year contract)
Reporting : Merchandising Manager, SEA
Primary Purpose:
The Junior Allocator is not only responsible for managing stock movements and allocations across all our Kate Spade stores in Singapore and Malaysia, but also accountable for driving eCommerce growth across all platforms for SEA.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency to:
Inventory & Shipments (Outlet channel)

• Manage end-to-end tracking if shipments, ensuring timely delivery from DC to stores by communicating with global, logistic, 3rd party vendor and cross-functional teams.
• Manage & communicate floor set delivery time & action calendar by country.

Inventory & Data Management (Outlet channel)

• Maintain and enhance master data accuracy.
• Allocate appropriate monthly floor set deliveries, weekly STS and replenishment to achieve sales and inventory turn goals. Review market rebalancing monthly to optimize inventory efficiency.
• Analyze store performance weekly, by department, style, region and volume cluster and present weekly/monthly recaps and align with team on recommended actions.
• Collaborate with merchandising team during monthly allocation meetings and present allocation strategy with financial data to support recommendation.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure allocations are aligned with overall strategies.
• Develop knowledge of store attributes/performance through data analysis, field communication (particularly with Retail Managers and Store Leaders) and merchandising discussions.
• Develop, maintain & update appropriate allocation tools & templates.

Channel Management (eCommerce)

• Responsible for driving eCommerce growth in SEA across third-party and brand-owned sites
• Maintain most updated inventory for all eCommerce platforms in SG and MY.
• Partner closely with Planner and Merchandisers to drive overall sales and product performance, leveraging data and knowledge of local customer/market/channel needs.
• Strategize channel growth by identifying and growing priority categories (and platforms), while optimizing penetration plans for other categories
• Work closely with digital marketing team on participation in major online campaigns and key promotions, to ensure there is sufficient inventory to support sales targets.
• Weekly/monthly recaps and align with team on recommended actions.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 1+ years' experience in allocation for a vertical retailer, preferably from international retail brands
• Strong communication/multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work cross functionally in a collaborative environment
• Strong analytical/mathematical skills - retail math experience a plus
• Intermediate to advanced excel skills
• Detail oriented

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Kate Spade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under the consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Kate Spade at www.katespade.com .