Job Description

Join Our Family of Brands - Northern Reflections, Ricki's & Cleo

At Northern Reflections, Ricki's, and Cleo, we are united by a shared vision: to inspire and empower women through fashion that fits their lives. With a proud legacy in Canadian retail, we bring together decades of expertise, a passionate team, and a commitment to delivering exceptional style, quality, and service.

As part of our growing organization, you'll join a collaborative and dynamic team that values innovation, customer connection, and the power of great fashion. Whether it's timeless comfort, polished workwear, or versatile style, each of our brands plays a unique role in serving women across generations.

Reporting to Manager, Allocations, the Allocation Analyst for Cleo and Ricki's will plan and allocate product to maximize each store sales potential and inventory productivity to achieve company goals. They will ensure timely flow of merchandise from the Distribution Centre to stores to support the assortment strategy and in-store marketing events. The Allocation Analyst will support the Allocation Manager is execution of tasks and team development/questions. They will collaborate regularly with Operations, Planning, Merchandising, and other cross functional teams for both brands.

Responsibilities:

Ensures optimal allocation of goods to stores by analyzing sales history and future sales potential and verifying pre-planned assortments. Support in creating, managing, executing and analyzing inventory plans at the product/class/item level to maximize business opportunities. Ensures timely and optimal replenishment of merchandise to stores from the warehouse. Distribute merchandise based on analysis of trends, evaluation of store performance and customer profiles. Analyze trends and performance and allocate inventory by store, in-season inventory management, store profiles, and promotional activity. Learning to access assortment performance and adjust to maximize trend and minimize risk. Expedites the preplanning of future receipts by building and/or allocating suggested distributions, as needed. Analyzes store inventory weeks-of-supply relative to chain-wide averages to identify and correct stores with excessive stock positions or high inventory needs Facilitates decision-making by planners by collecting and preparing data for size analysis, preparing seasonal grids with immediate supervisor, providing SUP details for order writing, and proactively identifying future sales opportunities. Provide in depth analysis and feedback on allocations to accommodate the changes in trend and the mix of the store assortment in collaboration with planning, buying and stores. Communicates regularly with the Allocations Manager to facilitate informed decision making. Facilitates decision-making by planners/buyers by preparing special reports and analysis, as requested. Support Allocation Manager in merchandise allocation efforts to ensure the execution of the appropriate inventory levels by location in order to enable stores to achieve their sales, turn, and margin goals. Support in creating, managing, executing and analyzing inventory plans at the product/class/item level to maximize business opportunities.

Qualifications

Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent experience Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) 2+ years of experience in allocation and/or analytical experience in a retail organization 2+ years of experience in allocation and/or merchandising support Strong analytical, critical thinking and customer service skills Detail oriented with strong mathematical and organizational skills * Excellent written and communication skills