Job Description

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JOB SUMMARY:

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of home furnishings in the United States and Canada. Our brands are among the best known and respected in the industry, including Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, and West Elm. We successfully market our brands through three major channels - retail stores, catalogs, and the internet. One of the key growth strategies for Williams-Sonoma Inc. is global expansion. This expansion will be done through company-owned & operated stores/DTC channels, and through strategic franchise partnerships.

This unique position will enable you to learn and experience the end-to-end processes that support Inventory Management and perform the day-to-day activities that support the KPI\'s and deliverables of each function. This is achieved by having a rotational role that moves through multiple functional areas, such as order management (order procurement & shipment tracking) and retail store allocation planning. This position also will participate and communicate with all cross-functional team members for their assigned categories for our Global business. In this role, you also will learn how to utilize our online data warehouse/reporting system to generate reports and perform analysis as needed. There is also potential to have a rotation into Merchandise Planning (sales & inventory forecasting) as part of the development journey for select candidates.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Merchandise Planning (Development Track)

Pre-Season:

• Assist Planners to analyze business performance, SKU productivity, trends and provide hind sights to identify opportunities and drive pre-season strategy and assortment plans
• Assist to create Buy Request and passed to Order Management for PO placement
• Execute Order Placement in Relex
• Quarterly Data Pulling and Consolidation for Roll Up
• Other administrative Ad hoc Task

In-Season:

• Assist Planners in liaising with Order Management team on placement and tracking of Global purchase orders
• Proactively and collaboratively address any shortcomings or opportunities to improve tools and processes
• Weekly/ Monthly / Quarterly Data Pulling and Consolidation for Weekly Report and OTB
• Development of key reports to support Planning in Business Review

Allocation

• Learn, monitor, and manage retail allocation parameters and flow quantities to support promotional activity, high-seasonal holidays, markdown replenishment, and in-store events
• Execute allocations to support Seasonal Floor Sets, Floor Model Counts, Perimeter/Bay-Count requirements by store group
• Assist to manage the Weekly Allocation Flow report
• Other Ad hoc Allocation Task

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Candidate must possess a min tertiary qualification.
• Intermediate competency in Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI is an advantage
• Meticulous and detail-oriented with strong follow through
• Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skill
• Strong ability to partner and collaborate with all stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and work in a fast paced, collaborative environment

We are looking for 2 internship positions for the June to Dec 2023 period. Part-time schedule is available for negotiation.

About Us:

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of home furnishings in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, United Kingdom and the rest of the world with franchise partnerships. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. Our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities remains as our core values.

Today, we are a USD 5 billion company, with a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we\'re always looking for new energy and ideas.

The Singapore regional office was set up in 2008 and we currently have 140 associates over functions such as corporate social responsibility, customs & compliance, finance, human resource, information technology, inventory planning, logistics, sourcing and quality assurance.

The South East Asia team is an inclusive employer where we recruit and provide employees with fair opportunities on the basis of merit, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability.

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