Job Description
Agent Provocateur is an iconic British lingerie, nightwear, accessories and beauty brand founded in 1994 with retail stores across North America, Europe and UK. We empower strong, sensual and independently minded individuals who are looking to reward themselves with products that reinforce their innate sense of confidence.
Purpose of the role:
As Buying & Merchandising Coordinator, you will support the buying and merchandising functions so that they effectively plan our buying and trading of stock.
You will help ensure stock and new launch allocations in both Retail and Digital channels are maintained at ideal levels.
You'll work closely with the wider product team to support the smooth running of business-critical path and timely launch of stock in store.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Allocations and Replenishment
* Track inbound stock against PO Contractual Delivery date, chasing late deliveries with Production team and flagging delivery concerns to line manager
* Work weekly with PO Commitment report and Production team, closing off short shipments and open historical PO's
* Create launch pack Allocation Plans, working with range intake dates and communicating clearly to both regional team and logistics ahead of allocation
* Weekly update and communication of Launch Tracker and PO Tracker
* Check Daily Replen volume accuracy for all stores against sales
* Oversee manual allocations (Buyers Push) where required to support in store requirements/ store requests communicated Thursday for allocation Friday where possible
* Weekly review of digital stock against channel performance and pushing stock to retail out of threshold rules where required. (Focus on HTI/US)
* Correctly set up and maintain both Seasonal and Continuity min/max rules.
* New store packaging with Line Manager when required
* Liaise with Logistics, Retail Operations, Regional Managers and Stores, as well as other departments to ensure a smooth delivery of stock through the critical path
* Uploading of new ranges and review of Patest with digital team ahead of product going live
Consolidations
* Set and drive seasonal consolidation plan for both inter-store and End-Season consolidations
* Sign off inter-store consolidations with line manager with focus on driving range performance, profitability and cost-savings measures in the business
* Communicate consolidation plans to Retail Operations, Store Teams and Logistics and track inbound stock and making live to trade in line with business requirements
Trading
* Set new prices and selling statuses in line with company trading requirements and line manager markdown/ trading plan
* Work with Merchandising in setting up new season line numbers and items on BC
* Run weekly channel trade reports, daily stock keeping and Monday trade requirements to support team trade
* Attend weekly retail meetings and regional meetings acting as liaison between product and retail
What you'll need:
* A minimum of 2 years’ experience in an allocators position, ideally within fashion or a lingerie-based retailer
* Demonstrable experience with allocations and a stock trade/planning environment
* High Computer Literacy
* Methodical, Accurate, Logical and Concise approach to work with high levels of attention to detail
* Excellent communications skills
* Organised, punctual and able to step up and work under pressure to deadline
* Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
* Ability to adapt and manage through change
* Positive, proactive and confident
* Receptive and flexible to change
* Highly resourceful and organised
* Friendly, pleasant and outgoing manner
* Demonstrate high levels of resilience and flexibility to changing requirements/needs of the business
* Fearless contributor to team success - challenging WoW and process improvements
The successful candidate will enjoy access to a variety of benefits such as:
* 21 days annual leave entitlement + plus Bank holidays each year
* Generous staff discount across a variety of brands
* Auto-enrolment into company pension scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Charity time-bank scheme
* Ability to purchase additional annual leave