Assistant Allocator

Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Full-time / 100% on-site

Compensation: $55,000 - $65,000 annually

Position Summary: The Assistant Allocator plays a vital role in driving the commercial success of the Kith Women’s and Kid’s categories. Working closely with the Senior Allocator and Director of Planning, you will execute precise replenishment and allocation strategies to ensure our global sales and inventory targets are seamlessly aligned. This role requires a strong blend of analytical thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and an understanding of our unique, global customer base.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities

• Order Management: Manage bulk order creation and tracking for all upcoming Kith Women’s and Kid’s collections.

• Data-Driven Allocation: Analyze size-level selling trends to continuously update size profiles, ensuring new collections are optimally allocated based on historical data.

• Global Distribution: Develop and execute the initial allocation strategy across all global regions, distributing merchandise to brick-and-mortar stores at the granular style and size level.

• Inventory Replenishment: Own the weekly replenishment cadence for both seasonal and core collections while proactively managing store capacity levels to prevent overstock or missed sales.

• System Integrity: Maintain and update sales order allocations within our PLM software, ensuring absolute accuracy and data integrity at all times.

• Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as a key liaison for store General Managers, addressing inventory concerns, fulfilling special requests, and catering to the unique needs of each location's selective clientele.

• Performance Analysis: Generate and analyze weekly sales and inventory reports to extract actionable insights and maintain a comprehensive understanding of business performance.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience

• Up to 1 year of relevant experience (including internships) in buying, planning, allocation, or a comparable analytical role within the retail or fashion industry.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Fashion Merchandising, Supply Chain, or a relevant analytical field is a plus.

Skills

• Analytical Prowess: Strong grasp of retail math with the ability to translate raw data into actionable inventory strategies. 

• Detail-Oriented: Highly organized and analytically minded, with an unwavering commitment to data accuracy. 

• Agility & Time Management: Proven ability to juggle multiple priorities, adapt to changing needs, and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Technical Proficiency: Advanced skills in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, with exceptional fluency in Excel and Sheets. 

• System Experience: Familiarity with PLM software is strongly preferred; hands-on experience with BI tools like Tableau is a major plus.

WHO YOU ARE

Professional Characteristics

• Ability to Multi Task.

• Resourceful.

• Strong willingness to learn and understand Planning and Merchandising.

• Curiosity to dig into data and to understand cause and effect.

Personal Characteristics

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers.

• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably.

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others.

WHO WE ARE

Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.

Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.

The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.

Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.