Strategic Allocations Lead

1 month ago


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Swim Recruiting Full time
Strategic Allocations Lead Opportunity

Swim Recruiting is seeking a highly skilled Strategic Allocations Lead to join our client's strategic allocations team. This exciting opportunity drives the sourcing strategy and operational roadmap, ensuring the evolution of the vendor base meets the growth needs of our client.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage seasonal style allocations in collaboration with FG Sourcing Category managers, communicate forecasts to vendors and secure forecasted based on business needs
  • Provide strategic direction to Supply Planning team to manage forecast fluctuations at key GTM calendar gates to ensure alignment to strategy.
  • Strategize and guide allocation to core flex hubs. Identify and evaluate vendor base to support the need of hubs
  • Establish capacity models to support Chase and Fast Turn initiatives and collaborate with cross functional partners to allocate with vendors.
  • Set and manage capacity types along with PD and translate allocations to capacity types.
  • Optimize Initial Allocations at a Class and Capacity Type to execute against vendor and geographic strategy.
  • Allocate to optimize localization strategies across Tier 1 & Tier 2 suppliers.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations for multi sourcing ecosystem to mitigate risks and ensure supply continuity.
  • Participate in monthly demand plan meetings to understand Global Merchandise Planning strategies and key updates to influence allocation strategy.
  • Monitor multi-year strategy against a seasonal allocation roadmap, create an agile approach to reform as needed
  • Participate In bi-annual Vendor Review
  • Collaborate with various cross functional partners - Global Planning, Supply Planning, Sourcing and in-Region Sourcing, PD, LLO Production and Quality teams to evaluate strategies for allocations.
Requirements:
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Well adept in Excel/PowerPoint
  • 3-5 years' experience working in apparel/textile sourcing (ideal), supply planning
  • Understanding of the apparel supply chain and experience of working with offshore manufacturers
  • Able to effectively manage multiple projects and work collaboratively with a variety of cross functional partners.
Compensation and Benefits:

$42-48/hr + 4% vacation pay, if INC, please discuss with Swim

Location and Work Arrangement:

Vancouver, hybrid working model of 3 days' onsite, 2 remote working days



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