Associate Allocation Planner
Vuori
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- Pay
- $63.7K to $78.6K
- a year
- Location
- Carlsbad, CA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 22
- 2 days ago
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About the company
Vuori
Apparel & fashion · 51 to 200 employees
What you'll do
- The Associate Allocation Planner will play a key role in supporting allocation execution, analyzing business performance, and ensuring accurate and timely flow of inventory across various distribution centers and store locations for an assigned product or channel category. Supporting optimum inventory levels to maximize sales and margins to drive overall productivity and profitability. What you'll get to do:
- Allocate merchandise based on strategies and performance at the class, size, and price levels, aligned with business trends and merchandising direction
- Create and analyze weekly reporting on business performance, inventory health and capacity down to the location level, focusing on key metrics such as sales, sell-through (ST%), margin, and inventory productivity
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Merchandising, Planning, Retail Field Team, Retail Operations, Logistics, and Visual) to ensure alignment of product strategies and inventory needs
- Communicate weekly risks and exceptions at the style, store, or size level, and support development of mitigation strategies
- Monitor inventory levels and store capacity to ensure alignment with seasonal and regional demand
- Communicate inventory gaps or opportunities that may impact store presentation or visual merchandising
- Support execution of new store assortment and inventory builds to ensure alignment with visual and financial goals
- Participate in store visits (in person & virtual) to understand store-specific opportunities and challenges in partnership with Retail Field Teams
- Work with Logistics and Production partners to resolve external constraints that impact inventory flow to distribution centers and stores.
- Support inventory management between retail, ecommerce, and wholesale channels.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives, including testing enhancements to allocation tools and systems
- Support Allocators and Senior Allocators on ad hoc analysis and business needs
What you need
- Who you are:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, supply chain, statistics, or related field or equivalent years of experience preferred
- 1+ years of experience in merchandise planning or inventory management (internships included)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., basic formulas, data organization; advanced skills a plus)
- Eagerness to learn, take initiative, and grow within a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Good communication skills with the ability to present ideas clearly
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to work cross-functionally
- Education: a bachelor's degree
Key skills
Microsoft Excelanalytical and problem-solving skillsattention to detailorganizational skillscommunication skillsCollaborative mindset
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Perks
- Health Insurance
- Savings and Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous Vuori Discount
- Industry Perks
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness & Fitness benefits
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The Associate Allocation Planner will play a key role in supporting allocation execution, analyzing business performance, and ensuring accurate and timely flow of inventory across various distribution centers and store locations for an assigned product or channel category. Supporting optimum inventory levels to maximize sales and margins to drive overall productivity and profitability.
What you'll get to do:
Allocate merchandise based on strategies and performance at the class, size, and price levels, aligned with business trends and merchandising direction
Create and analyze weekly reporting on business performance, inventory health and capacity down to the location level, focusing on key metrics such as sales, sell-through (ST%), margin, and inventory productivity
Partner with cross-functional teams (Merchandising, Planning, Retail Field Team, Retail Operations, Logistics, and Visual) to ensure alignment of product strategies and inventory needs
Communicate weekly risks and exceptions at the style, store, or size level, and support development of mitigation strategies
Monitor inventory levels and store capacity to ensure alignment with seasonal and regional demand
Communicate inventory gaps or opportunities that may impact store presentation or visual merchandising
Support execution of new store assortment and inventory builds to ensure alignment with visual and financial goals
Participate in store visits (in person & virtual) to understand store-specific opportunities and challenges in partnership with Retail Field Teams
Work with Logistics and Production partners to resolve external constraints that impact inventory flow to distribution centers and stores.
Support inventory management between retail, ecommerce, and wholesale channels.
Contribute to process improvement initiatives, including testing enhancements to allocation tools and systems
Support Allocators and Senior Allocators on ad hoc analysis and business needs
Who you are:
Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, supply chain, statistics, or related field or equivalent years of experience preferred
1+ years of experience in merchandise planning or inventory management (internships included)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., basic formulas, data organization; advanced skills a plus)
Eagerness to learn, take initiative, and grow within a fast-paced environment
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
Good communication skills with the ability to present ideas clearly
Collaborative mindset and willingness to work cross-functionally
Our investment in you:
At Vuori, we’re proud to offer the following to our employees:
Health Insurance
Savings and Retirement Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Generous Vuori Discount & Industry Perks
Paid Time Off
Wellness & Fitness benefits
The salary range for this role is $63,700 per year - $78,645 per year.
Vuori is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.