Allocator

About Us

Hawes & Curtis is a quintessentially British heritage brand with a legacy in luxury shirting, fine tailoring, and stylish casualwear. With a strong reputation for quality and timeless design, we are proud to dress the modern gentleman and woman with impeccable craftsmanship and style.

The Role

At Hawes & Curtis, we are on a journey and we want to take the best people with us. Responsible for making sure we have the right stock, in the right place, at the right time; we live and breathe data, commerciality, and product is at the heart of everything we do.

As an Allocator, you will be supporting the Merchandisers to ensure that the merchandising function is effectively controlled within the agreed brand strategy to maximise performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Allocating stock to our estate in line with the brand strategy
• Liaising with all channels to ensure they have the right stock at the right time
• Provides administrative and analytical support
• Building strong relationships with the wider team, and good knowledge of capacity, option plan and sales trends, make informed decisions on allocations
• Regular monitoring of key line availability, making allocation adjustments to ensure stock is where the demand is
• Reviews sales forecasts based on performance and makes recommendations
• Monitors the prompt arrival of deliveries to ensure availability is in line with KPI’s
• Analyses and monitors best and worst sellers and makes informed recommendations
• Supplies the buying and design team with necessary data to enable informed decisions
• Running reports from data systems
• Conducts regular store visits and website reviews, nurturing relationships

More About You

• Computer Literate with a passion to learn – especially in Excel
• Analytical skills – confident in working with and extracting insight from data
• Strong time management skills and able to prioritise workload
• Enthusiastic approach to learning new skills and a proactive approach to problem solving
• A team player and relationship builder who finds communication easy

Working with Us

We want you to challenge, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team. We have a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception.

• Generous Company Discount Scheme
• 25 Days holiday Allowance
• Pension Scheme
• Exciting Social Events

*Please note this role is based 4 days on-site with 1 day working from home