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Merchandise Allocator - Retail (Hybrid)
Location: Jeffersonville, IN (Must live within 35 miles)
Schedule: Full Time | Hybrid
Department: Merchandising
Shoe Sensation is hiring a Retail Merchandise Allocator to support inventory planning, allocation, and product flow across 240 stores. This role partners closely with Merchandising leadership to ensure the right products reach the right stores at the right time — driving sales, margin, and inventory health.
Primary Accountabilities/Job Responsibilities
- Manage inventory for assigned merchandise categories to drive sales and margin
- Build and maintain allocation strategies to maximize sell‑through
- Analyze item, program, and store performance to support turn and weeks‑of‑supply goals
- Execute initial and replenishment allocations by store
- Identify over/under performers and recommend actions to Planners and Buyers
- Develop and adjust models based on trends, size optimization, and inventory availability
- Plan assortments for new and remodeled stores
- Monitor new store performance to ensure healthy inventory levels
- Maintain replenishment parameters in Imagine
- Support attribute and cluster management across store groups
- Manage DC inventory levels and clearance store assortments
- Participate in process improvements and technology rollouts
- Build strong cross‑functional partnerships across Merchandising and Operations
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field
- 3–5 years of experience in merchandising, planning, allocation, or retail analytics
- Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively
- Strong time‑management skills and ability to work independently
- Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office
- Ability to travel up to 5%
Compensation:
- Full‑time salaried role
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401(k) with company match
- 4 weeks PTO
- Employee discount
Since opening in 1984, Shoe Sensation has focused on bringing America’s top footwear brands to growing communities in the Midwest and South. Shoe Sensation has achieved success through superior merchandise assortment, and outstanding customer service, within a well-designed and comfortably appointed store environment.
Salary : $30,788 - $41,165