Allocations Manager
St. Albans
Full Time
Permanent
Competitive
- Skechers is a global leader in lifestyle and performance footwear, offering stylish, innovative, and quality products across 180+ countries with over 5,200 retail locations worldwide.
- We’re seeking an Allocations Manager with strong leadership skills, retail math expertise, and the ability to manage stock allocation across UK and European stores to maximize sales and profit performance.
- In return, we offer a dynamic and inclusive workplace, opportunities for career growth, product discounts, and the chance to lead and inspire within a globally recognized brand.
As the Allocations Manager you will be responsible for managing and overseeing effective stock allocation across UK and European stores via multiple channels to maximise sales and profit performance.
The allocations manager will maintain the appropriate mix of product by department, style, color and size in each store to achieve target covers and planned sales.
Are you detail-orientated with experience of managing others within an allocations environment?
If so, we want you to join our team as a ‘Skechers Allocations Manager’ You will work closely with Planning, Merchandising, Visual, Marketing and Store Operations, within business parameters to ensure a balanced stock assortment is achieved within our Retail Stores.
As well as being responsible for managing the retail allocators providing leadership and guidance to support individual development.
With competitive salary and benefits, plus opportunities for career growth. You can makeyour mark in the world of retail with Skechers! We want you to be yourself and feel welcome when you join us.
This role is office based in our St Albans Head Office.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience of leading a team.
- Strong aptitude with numbers and clear understanding of Retail math skills.
- Detail oriented with the ability to effectively multi-task, prioritise and adapt to a fast-paced, dynamic business environment to meet deadlines.
- Project management experience and flexibility to adapt to change.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence across a broad spectrum of stakeholders.
- Excel in team-environments and in building and developing strong interpersonal relationships, while maintaining an individual determination to achieve targets.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Computer literate with knowledge of Excel, Power Point and other advanced retail systems.
- Self-starter with high level of initiative and a strong sense of ownership and urgency.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Highly collaborative and able to operate at all levels, internally and externally.
This role will require occasional travel across the UK & Europe.
Skechers offers:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunities for career growth and development
- A fun and dynamic work environment
- Product discount
- Free onsite parking
Find out more about our benefits and perks once you’ve applied
This is a great opportunity to join us and make a positive impact. If you feel you can be a true brand ambassador for Skechers.
About Skechers
Skechers (NYSE: SKX), a global, Fortune 500® brand develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Developing comfort technologies is the foundation of all we do – delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,200 company-and third-party-owned retail locations. Headquartered in Southern California, with offices and distribution centers around the globe, Skechers has spent 30 years helping people of all ages look and feel good.
Be You - Feel Welcome
Skechers recognises the importance and power of diversity within our business. We ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all employees and job applicants.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities or health conditions, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions as detailed above.