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Merchandising Admin Assistant/Allocator - 12 month placement

Employer
Ralph Lauren
Location
Watford, United Kingdom
Closing date
19 Jan 2023

Job Details

Company Description
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview
We are offering a 12 month internship at one of our two Ralph Lauren Head offices located in Watford and New Bond Street, London. The successful candidate should be prepared to travel to one of these offices regularly and be available for a full year from 1st September 2023 - 31st August 2024. The candidate should have an interest in analysis and be keen to understand how Ralph Lauren inform the stock we buy through detailed forecasting of the money we plan to make. Applications must be in by the 13th January 2023 For this internship you should be on your year in industry at any University in the UK You must have the right to work in the UK and would need to provide it at the Assessment Day if successful in securing an interview

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Operations/Financial
* Attends and prepares for weekly trade meetings and represent your department when required.
* Support all relevant stakeholders collate information, data entry, report preparation and analysis.
* Update reports on a weekly, monthly, and ad hoc basis
* Highlight risks and opportunities to relevant stakeholders.
* Manage and execute Allocation guidance in line with current and future sales plans.
* Work closely with stores to understand capacities, constraints, activities that impact trading plan/space. Commercial Awareness
* Participate in regular store visits, collating store reports prior and assisting in creating follow up presentations.
* To understand our competitors and their trading stance feedback any relevant points. Training and development
* To adopt a positive and proactive approach to training and development.
* Proactively promotes improvements to working practices and systems.
* Participates in company initiatives as appropriate Communications & Partnerships
* Creates and maintains strong working relationship within cross-functional teams: Buying, Assortment Planning, Retail Planning, RLE and stores teams. Liaises with all relevant stakeholders to review and assist in the formation of the seasonal lessons learnt. Using analysis and historical data to ensure commercial decisions are made.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge
· Commercial and Analytical. · Attention to detail. · Able to work on own initiative and be pro-active. · Able to demonstrates logical analysis and problem-solving skills. · Able to organize, prioritise tasks and manages time well to meet deadlines · Demonstrates good listening, written and oral communication skills, effectively and clearly communicates. · Able to build and maintain productive relationships within team environment. · Strong Microsoft application skills, particularly Excel. · Show ability or aptitude in retail math, able to learn technical applications quickly. · A flexible and pro-active approach to business and systems management · Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging period

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