Allocator

"At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of diversity and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome—both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive."

L.L.Bean is seeking an Allocator to join our Inventory Management team in Freeport, Maine.  In this important role you will work to establish and maintain appropriate SKU/Store inventory levels using Blue Yonder Fulfillment, established tools, processes, standardized reporting, and strategic input from cross functional partners in support of sales forecasts. This role requires 3 days per week onsite.

Other tasks include successfully managing product lifecycle and achieving designated exit dates, interpreting store feedback regarding selling patterns/demographics and providing analytical insights to support the implementation of strategic objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Manages part of the business employing approved processes, controls and reporting; assigned product categories with medium to high complexity.
• Demonstrates understanding and appropriate use of Blue Yonder Fulfillment and Dynamic Allocations; helps drive revision of methodologies pertaining to the optimal use of systems.
• Demonstrates business acumen and cross-functional knowledge in understanding strategic planning across channels. Maintains awareness of Allocations approaches for all categories, as well as the Forecasting/Buying functions as they relate to the end-to-end, omni-channel process.
• Drives and maintains accuracy in Replenishment, New to Floor, and New Store Fit-Up orders. Provides insight into the identification of patterns and relationships in data to break through high level of detail. Maintains an objective view of findings, guides others in formulating conclusions from analysis.  
• Drives a proactive approach to identifying & managing business trends versus reacting to issues. Supports department leadership and collaborates with cross-functional team members to ensure channel deliverables are met.
• Helps monitor, prioritize, and implement the day-to-day execution of assigned tasks, responsibilities and coordination of team workload; may mentor others.
• Engages in ongoing relationship development and management across a broad range of omni-channel business partners and peer leaders.
• Supports company-wide strategic efforts and quickly adapts to workflow and business impacts

Health and Safety Requirement: Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.

Skills and Qualifications:

• BA/BS required
• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Forecasting, Buying or Allocations related experience/knowledge
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven problem solving and decision-making skills
• Strong Excel and systems aptitude- Blue Yonder Fulfillment
• Ability to work in a systematic and organized approach
• Strong attention to detail; works in a precise, methodical manner
• Effectively utilizes guidelines, processes, and tools for success
• Delivers quality results within tight timelines
• Strong interpersonal skills, team player, and results-oriented
• Strong Communicator
• Engaged, self-motivated with a positive presence
• Resilient and able to effectively navigate ambiguous situations
• Seeks out diverse thinking and many voices to problem solve
• Strives to continuously learn, grow, and develop, and help others
• Ability to see the bigger picture for objective decision making
• Emerging leadership skills

"If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.

If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you'd be great at this role, we'd love to learn more about you!   At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us.  We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability."