Food Allocator

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Country Road Group Full time

Your role as Allocator will be pivotal in supporting the success of our Fresh Food portfolio at David Jones. Providing support to our Buying team you will be responsible for managing the allocation of stock into our Food Halls in Bondi and Elizabeth Street in Sydney and will provide insight into product and stock performance. We are looking for someone who has an analytical mindset, is highly organised and enjoys working in a fast-paced retail environment.

With a hybrid mix of working at home as well as our Burnley office, this role will suit an individual who enjoys reading, interpreting, and analysing sales data.

What does the role involve?
- Manage the allocation of Fresh Food for our David Jones Elizabeth Street and Bondi Food Halls and raise orders as per schedule
- Monitor product performance and provide recommendations on the reallocation of underperforming stock
- Maintain and minimize waste level to agreed level
- Collaborate with the Merchandise Planner’s to ensure that capacity/space planning is factored into all key decisions
- Communicate with stores to ensure they are notified of allocation decisions impacting their stores
- Manage the communication with suppliers in regard to stocks and orders
- Ad hoc analysis and collaboration with long life team

What are we looking for?
- Experience in a similar Allocator role for a large retailer
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel including V-lookups and Pivot Tables
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- A self-starter who loves collaborating with others but can also work autonomously
- Outstanding communication skills both written and verbal

Why work for us?
- A competitive remuneration package, including incentives
- Generous discounts for you across our David Jones with further discounts within our sister brands, Country Road, POLITIX, Trenery, Witchery and MIMCO products
- Additional day of leave for your birthday
- Ability to balance time at home and in the office to support meaningful work/life balance
- Excellent career opportunities given upcoming change/transformation projects
- A genuine, open and high performing culture
- Opportunity to become involved in our Corporate Social Responsibility program, by supporting our community partnerships

About Us

Since 1838, David Jones’ limitless quest for innovation and progress established us as Australia’s original influencer in fashion & lifestyle. Today, our vision and purpose to continue this legacy is to be the destination that inspires, with experiences and services Like No Other.

Part of Woolworths Holding Limited (JSE:WHL) alongside the Country Road Group, our values include being customer obsessed, collaborative, inspirational, responsible and dedicated to quality - within a thriving culture we live these values every day as we strive to inspire our people, customers and community Like No Other.


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