The future looks like you
At C&A we are driven by our values and we believe that affordable and high-quality fashion is not contradictory to caring for people & the planet, we are always forward thinking and acting to develop our business and innovate the industry.
Are you passionate about turning complex data into smart, demand-driven decisions? Do you want to play a key role in ensuring customers across Europe always find what they’re looking for?
As an Allocation & Replenishment Specialist, you'll help shape our product flow – from European planning to store-level execution – and make sure the right products reach the right stores at the right time.
Your work will directly influence customer satisfaction, sales performance, and operational excellence across markets.
Your responsibilities
* Define the allocation by market by breaking down the EU planning by style. Reconcile the national allocations to fit with national intake budgets.
* Define initial store allocation by option based on demand.
* Define initial allocation versus replenishment in order to leverage replenishment to ensure bestselling stores are continuously being replenished.
* Ensure demand based replenishment to the right store in season.
* Initially define size bows on option/market level and afterwards also on store level.
* Daily and weekly responsiveness to sales trends by looking into sales on option/size/store level and adapt allocation and replenishment based on these learnings.
* Synthesizing vast amount of data to comprehensive exception based reporting (size/store).
* Define seasonality sales curves based on history and market trends, anticipating sales peaks or lows down to store level.
* Keep integrity of the range intact while allocating. Monitor Open-to-buy on market level, forecast future intakes and take action where required to ensure this integrity and guarantee the intakes as planned.
* Ensure size availability on core programs.
* Seasonal allocation review. During this review the allocation and replenishment framework will be signed off. Ensure a robust allocation strategy to optimize sales.
What you bring
* Extensive knowledge of allocation and replenishment
* Financial and analytical rigor in combination with product affinity to enable consumer focused decisions
* Extensive knowledge of forecasting, understanding seasonality curves and trends taking into account multiple factors like promotions, events, range assortment, etc
* Superior knowledge of the retail equation
* Strong comfortability with massive amount of detail and data
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent
* Minimum 3 year of relevant experience in allocation
* Fluent in business English, oral and written
* Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel
* Preferred: Good knowledge of Datawarehouse reporting
* Proven leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop teams
What we offer
This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognizable retail brands, you will also enjoy:
* Countless learning and development opportunities via our C&A academy
* Access to a Partner Discount Scheme
* An employee discount of 20% in C&A stores
* 30 days' vacation
* Corporate pension scheme
* Mental health and wellness program
* An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment
* A positive working atmosphere and a talented team with an open feedback culture