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About the Role
Michael Kors is seeking an Allocator to manage merchandise allocation for a global retail business, aiming to meet financial and merchandising goals by ensuring the right stock is in the right place, at the right time. This role involves identifying opportunities and risks at store and product levels, optimizing initial allocations and replenishment to execute departmental and channel strategies.
Responsibilities
- Own monthly newness launches, ensuring teams are aligned on initial allocations and that they are executed accurately and timely.
- Own daily replenishment to stores through auto-replenishment and manual allocations, ensuring needs are met and aligned with weekly forecasts.
- Collaborate with the Assistant Demand Planner and Demand Planner to support replenishment forecasting.
- Execute seasonal stock builds and markdown/promotional builds according to product and demand planning directions.
- Support the wider team with weekly reporting, providing visibility of product ownership, opportunities, and risks.
- Develop deep knowledge of allocation and replenishment systems, performing regular housekeeping to optimize stock replenishment.
- Partner closely with the DC operations team to ensure a smooth inventory flow through the supply chain.
- Partner closely with the Branch Planning function to support new store openings/closures and implement store grading structures and replenishment parameters.
- Demonstrate strong awareness of current trading patterns and store feedback, ensuring these are reflected in replenishment and allocation actions.
- Recommend changes and/or enhancements to current allocation and replenishment procedures and systems.
Requirements
- Strong Excel capability, including basic functions, Vlookups, Xlookups, SUMIFs, Pivot tables, and conditional formatting.
- Commercial awareness and entry-level understanding of key KPIs (e.g., cover (WOS), Sell through, Sales vs LW, LY).
- Strong mathematical skills.
- Analytical mindset.
- Passion to drive a career path in retail planning or a similar role.
- Strong team player.
- Fast learner, particularly with system-based work.
- High attention to detail.
- Entry-level knowledge or ability to use and apply AI-based tools (e.g., CoPilot, Claude).
Skills
- Excel
- Vlookups
- Xlookups
- SUMIFs
- Pivot tables
- Conditional formatting
- AI-based tools
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid Working Model
Experience Level
- Entry level
Salary/Compensations
- 30,000.00 - 32,000.00 GBP
Benefits
- Cross-Brand Discounts & Private Employee Sales
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Holiday and Vacation Allowance
- Internal Mobility Across Capri Brands
- Hybrid Working Model
- LifeWorks Employee Assistant Program
- Pension Contributions
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Private Health and Dental Coverage
About the Company
- Michael Kors is always interested in hearing from talented, globally-minded individuals with a passion for fashion.
- If you enjoy working in a creative, fast-paced environment, then #korscareers would love to hear from you!
- Michael Kors is looking for an Allocator who will be responsible for the merchandise allocation of product categories for a global retail business with the objective of meeting financial and merchandising goals.
- To know more about working at Michael Kors follow us on LinkedIn and visit our Kors Careers Page
Equal Opportunity
- The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
- The Company’s policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, military status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
- The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.
- At Capri Holdings Limited, we are committed to providing a fair and accessible recruitment process.
- If you require reasonable accommodation for the interview or application process, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at CapriTalentAcquisition@CapriHoldings.com.
- In compliance with certain Pay Transparency laws, employers are required to disclose a compensation range.
- The range for this position will vary based on role requirements, skill set, and years of experience.
- Please note that for salaried roles, the figures reflect full-time equivalency, while for hourly roles, the figures represent the applicable hourly rate.