Allocator

At the crossroads of fashion and sport, Lacoste creates and liberates movement. An iconic French brand present in nearly 100 countries, Lacoste stands out for its unique know‑how across garment manufacturing and omnichannel distribution. The company embraces elegance in style, social and environmental commitments, and a community of 8,500 employees building the future.

Summary

The Allocator supports inventory allocation across U.S. Outlet stores, ensuring the right product is in the right store at the right time. This role analyzes sales, inventory, and store performance to identify opportunities, supports replenishment and allocation decisions, and helps maximize sales and inventory productivity. It partners closely with Merchandise Planning, Buying, Commercial, Visual Merchandising, and other cross‑functional teams. The position is ideal for recent graduates or early‑career candidates interested in merchandising, planning, and allocation.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze sales, inventory, and store performance to support allocation and replenishment decisions.
• Help ensure stores have appropriate inventory levels based on sales trends, forecasts, assortment needs, and store capacity.
• Monitor inventory levels, identifying stock shortages, excess inventory, and opportunities to improve productivity.
• Support initial allocations, replenishment, product pushes, store transfers, and inventory consolidations.
• Review high‑performing and high‑turn styles to maximize sales and sell‑through.
• Maintain allocation reporting, including ship‑to‑store summaries, store capacity, inbound inventory, replenishment, and performance metrics.
• Monitor inbound inventory and ensure product is positioned correctly to support business needs.
• Partner with Merchandise Planning and Buying teams to understand assortment strategies, inventory needs, and seasonal priorities.
• Collaborate with Commercial teams to understand store performance and identify allocation opportunities.
• Support seasonal and in‑season allocation strategies designed to maximize sales, sell‑through, and inventory productivity.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Planning, Buying, Commercial, Finance, and Visual Merchandising teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Recent graduates and candidates with up to 2 years of relevant experience are encouraged to apply.
• Strong comfort working with numbers and analyzing data.
• Logical and analytical thinking with a step‑by‑step problem‑solving approach.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with large datasets preferred.
• Curiosity and desire to understand the “why” behind business performance.
• Resourceful problem solver willing to ask questions, investigate issues, and work toward solutions.
• Proactive, self‑motivated, and ownership‑oriented.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
• Understanding of how inventory decisions impact sales, stores, and customers.
• Interest in fashion, retail, merchandising, planning, or allocation.
• Experience with planning or allocation systems such as Anaplan is a plus, but not required.

Core Values and Traits

• Play as One Team: Show respect towards everyone and commit to the team’s work and decisions.
• Play With Elegance: Strive for excellence and treat others with fair play and humility.
• Play By Daring: Have the courage to speak up, experiment, and take initiative to explore new opportunities.
• Play With Tenacity: Constantly seek continuous improvement and learn from failures.