On - Senior Retail Merchandise Allocator, EMEA - Zürich

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Retail (office team)

In short

As a Senior Retail Allocator, you will combine strong analytical thinking with commercial understanding to ensure inventory is positioned effectively across stores. You will work at the intersection of planning, retail, and operations—helping the business move toward more data-driven, responsive allocation decisions.

You will contribute to improving how inventory is managed across the region—supporting better product availability, reducing inefficiencies, and enabling more responsive decision-making. This role offers the opportunity to work on modern allocation capabilities while staying close to the commercial reality of the business.

Your mission

– Manage allocation and replenishment to ensure the right product is in the right place by monitoring performance and adjusting flows based on sales and stock levels, while supporting store level execution
– Support the shift from forecast-driven to demand-led replenishment by using data and system insights to refine allocation decisions over the season
– Analyze sales, stock, and size performance at SKU and store level, as well as identify missed sales opportunities and stock imbalances, providing actionable insights to improve performance
– Contribute to the rollout and improvement of allocation tools and processes and act as a point of reference for best practices in allocation
– Support communication between central and local teams, through clear and positive communication – being able to simplify complex topics

Your story

– 4+ years in Retail Allocation, Retail Planning, or Retail Analytics, within apparel, footwear or lifestyle brands
– Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and strong understanding of retail KPIs (sell-through, stock cover, size performance)
– Experience with next generation AI-powered allocation systems
– Able to identify risks and opportunities early and act accordingly
– Open to change, with a continuous improvement mindset

Meet the team

This is a unique opportunity to help shape and scale a modern allocation function within a fast-growing brand. You will play a key role in deploying and operating next-generation allocation capabilities, supporting the business across the whole EMEA region.

You will collaborate closely with Retail, Planning, Supply Chain, and Data teams to ensure inventory supports business performance across diverse markets, and act as a key partner between merchandising, retail and operations.