Retail Ops Trader
Retail Ops Trader
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Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
Purpose:
The Retail Ops Trader will use strong analytical skills and commercial knowledge to drive in season trading activities to reflect latest business performance into the trading plan. He/She is collaborating closely with Senior Trader to drive Country & Store profitability by optimizing stock levels through the management of the Initial Allocation Replenishment & other operational customer service tasks. He/she will assist to identify key business issues provide analysis on opportunity and risk in the business and make recommendations to drive revenues in stores. This role will collaborate closely with Retail stores & DTC teams.
Key Results:
- Storelevel Inventory Management Performance
- Retail cluster revenues
- Gross margin
Key Responsibilities:
- Strong collaboration with Senior trader to drive the adequate replenishment based on store / market needs
- Conduct quantitative analysis and insights together with senior trader to optimize inventory deployment monetize new opportunities and identify risks and formulate recommendations
- Execute Initial Allocations in line with the range plans and store grading
- Provide analysis on inseason profitability to achieve or exceed seasonal performance at Geo / Category level
- Ensure & set up promotional pricing in EPOS systems (Raymark/Xstore); communication to stores & with stores during the process & full discounting period
- Generate & issue Pricecats files
- Highlight & execute Store to store transfer opportunities & returns
- Identify opportunities in store to clean Excess inventory
- Close follow up on customer service activities inbound/outbound with DC returns process 3rd party vendors & deliveries
- Monitor product availability in European warehouses to identify product opportunities in order to drive local commercial initiatives
- Close collaborate with Planning Retail Merchandising to reassess in season performance leverage key learnings into in season trading actions and reflect into next season assortment buy
- Regularly visit retail stores to gather market intelligence and reflect key take outs into in season trading actions
Education:
- Retail Management Business management or Finance
Experience:
- 2 years of work experience in Retail business; store experience is a great plus
Specialized Knowledge/Technical Skills:
- Analytical skills to interpret meaningful themes from quantitative data
- Understanding of Retail revenue drivers
- Ability to articulate key performance indicators and how they are used in key systems/tools
- Microsoft Excel
Decision Making and Problem solving:
- Ability to problem solve & through strong partnerships with regional business partners
- Ability to analyze and assess impact of decisions on department and crossfunctional business partners
- Proactively identify business issues and develop creative solutions
- Ability to excel in an environment without extensive resources and with high ambiguity
- Selfmotivated actively takes initiative to learn and drive the business
- Ability to build constructive and effective relationships with a broad diverse group of business partners mainly the crossfunctional team
- English fluent spoken and written
- Ability to influence crossfunctional partners
- Interpersonal skills and proven ability to work with diverse teams
- Ability to adjust communication style in order to provide information and direction in an effective manner
Primarily works in an office environment.
- Will be required for travel up to 10 of the time (market visit customer or internal meetings)
LOCATION
Zaventem BelgiumFULL TIME/PART TIME
Full timeCurrent LS&Co Employees apply via your Workday account.
Employment Type
Full-Time
