Senior Stock Allocator

Senior Stock Allocator

Altrincham, WA14 5GZ

37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Competitive salary plus excellent benefits

What’s in the role and what are we looking for? 

We are recruiting for a Senior Stock Allocator, to join the Stock Control team at our Head Office in Altrincham. This role requires someone with head office experience and at least 12 to 18 months in a similar role. You will be part of a small team and a key part of the role will be to support the Allocations Manager in managing the stock packages of our 90+ stores nationally – ensuring that the correct stock is in the correct place. In addition you will be required to supervise and support a junior team member.

Some of the key responsibilities include: 

• Creating, updating and managing spreadsheets relating to store stocks and sales
• Analysing sales and stock data, communicating findings and proposing actions
• Assisting with the production of weekly/monthly reports
• Liaising with our Store Ops team, Store Managers and the Merchandising team at Head office
• Creating new store opening stock packages and ensuring key deadlines for all launches are met
• Data entry
• Supporting the senior members of the team in any other additional tasks

 Your Skills Profile

• Must have experience of using Microsoft Office, in particular Excel, with a focus on creating and using spreadsheets and formulas.
• Be an excellent communicator in both written and verbal form.
• Must be highly organised, good at prioritising workload and have a flexible attitude to changing priorities.
• Should be enthusiastic, self-confident and self-motivated with a commitment to wanting to improve.
• Must have a high degree of accuracy in all work paying close attention to detail and be very analytical in approach
• Can work at a steady pace, and complete routine jobs to a schedule
• Is happy working with both independently and as part of a team. The role involves a significant amount of solo work 

Who are Cotton Traders? 

Cotton Traders is a British clothing retailer established in 1987 by England rugby captain and legends Fran Cotton and Steve Smith. Supported by a growing online and offline (catalogue) presence, we have 80 stores nationwide in England, Scotland and Wales and employee 800 people across the country. We have an ambitious plan to grow the business across all touch points and we can only do this with the best people around us.

Our vision and our values are what make us unique, and they are deeply ingrained in all we do here at Cotton Traders. Our people are part of the fabric that makes us what we are, and when you’re as passionate about your people as we are, job satisfaction and career progression come hand in hand.

What’s on offer?

We are protective and proud in equal measure of our culture and suggest you look at our values on our website to gain a better understanding of life at CT. Once you’re part of the team, you’ll be rewarded with, alongside other things - 

• Flexible working culture, adopting a hybrid working approach
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 50% staff discount
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Health cash plan
• Long service awards

Next steps

If you are interested in the excellent opportunity on offer, we would love to hear more from you! Please click apply and send your CV through, along with a covering letter on why you would be a great fit for the role. Please note the interview process will include an aptitude test.

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