Hybrid Senior Manager, Retail Allocations

at Arc'teryx Equipment

• Job title: Senior Manager, Retail Allocations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: CA$125,000 - CA$156,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, North Vancouver, Canada

About the role

• Senior Manager responsible for retail allocations at Arc'teryx, overseeing product flow and merchandising in North America. Leading a team to ensure optimal inventory management and product availability.

Responsibilities

• Championing the implementation and change management of our End2End Planning solutions
• Building, coaching and developing a high performing North American Allocations team that manages all phases of product movement within DTC Retail channels
• Developing and monitoring performance objectives, ensuring alignment with company strategic goals
• Collaborating closely with Merchandise Planning to ensure that planning and execution are reconciled and that the right product is available at the right place at the right time
• Collaborating closely with Merchandising to ensure that the product assortment flow is reviewed to strategically align with other inventory stage gates
• Partnering with our Distribution & Transportation teams to create best practices to get product, to the right place, at the right time, from pre-season, to in-season, to post-season returns
• Collaborating closely with Operational Solutions and Retail leadership on medium to long-term process improvement projects driving revenue growth and world class guest experience
• Consistently reviewing our product allocation and replenishment strategy and ensure it aligns with company growth and strategic objectives
• Leading the evolution and implementation of drop review process, including stage gate development, communication, cross-functional partner enrollment and delivery of accurate reporting
• Ensuring DTC sales results are analyzed and our allocation and forecast plan evolves according to weekly, monthly, and quarterly trends in order to maximize achievement of overall business objectives including optimizing inventory levels within plan targets ensuring that category and replenishment allocations teams are working towards and delivering company financial goals
• Developing budgets, staffing plans, cost targets, and operational goals related to the effective execution of our merchandising and allocations strategies
• Identifying the necessary technology, space, equipment, resources, and processes to support current forecasted growth, while also planning for future growth and foreseeing future requirements
• Influencing and helping to shape new processes and lead the implementation of new practices and tools that improve efficiency, capability, and results
• Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain

Requirements

• You have a University degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience
• You have 8+ years of experience in allocations or inventory management in a direct to consumer/vertical retail business
• You have SAP experience
• You have o9 Solutions experience
• You have systems implementation and change management experience
• You have led teams undergoing functional change
• You have a proven ability to lead and mentor high performing teams
• You have the ability to gather data, digest and analyze it, and from it, create an action plan
• You have strong problem solving and decision-making skills and are able to use rigorous logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions
• You know how to evolve internal processes and gain momentum to make change happen, including the ability to identify and articulate the processes necessary to get things done efficiently and effectively
• You are able to manage expectations at all levels of the organization
• You know how to influence and prioritize, presenting ideas that lead others to action
• You’re able to identify and anticipate risks and you develop contingency plans and processes that mitigate disruptions when risks occur
• You are able to travel on a quarterly basis at minimum, for store visits and wholesale market travel
• You set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
• You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it.