Stock Manager

**ABOUT THE BRAND**

At Karl Lagerfeld, we are driven by Karl’s mantra: “Embrace the present and invent the future.”

Always contemporary and forward-looking, the House of KARL LAGERFELD shares the creative vision and design aesthetic of its iconic founder, Karl Lagerfeld.

We are the only fashion house that carries Karl’s name on its door and we strive to live up to this responsibility in everything we do, every day, with the utmost joy and passion.

Our headquarters in Paris and in Amsterdam are home to a highly diverse and driven team of KARL family members that hail from over 25 countries. Together, we aim to create meaningful stories and product concepts that connect to Karl’s world and iconic attributes.

Women’s ready-to-wear, bags, small leather goods and underwear are managed directly from our Amsterdam headquarters, while other categories, including menswear, footwear, fragrances, eyewear and more, are developed with best-in-class licensing partners.

We connect with our consumers on multiple levels, ensuring that our online and offline approach goes hand in hand. We thrive to maximize consumer engagement via more than 200 KL stores worldwide, our premium wholesale partners, and our strong digital footprint, spearheaded by our KARL.COM flagship store, which reaches 96 countries. Our digital channels currently represent more than 30% of our overall full-price business.

We are a dynamic, fast-growing and inclusive company built on professionalism and strong values. At KARL LAGERFELD we’re committed to working toward the highest standards of sustainability and integrity across all areas of our business,. In 2019, KARL LAGERFELD joined as a founding member of the Fashion Pact, a global sustainability initiative seeking to transform the fashion industry through objectives in three areas: climate, biodiversity and ocean protection.

**Position purpose**

The Stock Manager is responsible for managing the back of house and shop floor operations, this includes deliveries, transfers, Farfetch and stockroom organization, ensuring all stock management HOK procedures are followed. The supervisor also has the responsibility of providing a safe working and shopping environment.

**Key accountabilities**:

- ** Stock Management**:

- Ensure all deliveries, transfers and returns are processed and managed on the POS system
- Inform the Store Manager of any delivery/stock discrepancies and follow up with Retail support
- Ensuring Farfetch orders are processed daily and KPI’s targets are achieved
- Filing paperwork correctly and as per the House of Karl procedures
- Prioritize deliveries based on style/product group turnover, peak trading times, promotions
- Manage stock team, ensure efficient communication and training
- Process defective items and customer returns
- Give feedback to Store Manager about what stock is needed to have full product availability
- Maintain a tidy and organized stockroom and shop floor storage with a clear system in place
- Is aware of the best and slow sellers and ensure these are easily accessible in the stock room
- Ensure efficient replenishment on shop floor at all times
- Excellent knowledge of the product (sizes, colors and styles etc.)
- Stay informed about product availabilities, reorder dates
- Liaise with Merchandising team about product needs
- Ensure that aisles are safe
- Make sure the stockroom is safe
- Take action if other associates are acting in an unsafe manner
- Follow all procedure for loss prevention
- Take action to reduce shrink (cycle inventories, correct and complete security tagging)
- Treat all associates and customers with respect
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Drive sales**:

- This involves a good knowledge of the business that will provide a growth in sales.
- Give feedback to Store Manager about what stock is needed to have full product availability
- Maintain a tidy and organized stockroom and shop floor storage with a clear system in place
- Is aware of the best and slow sellers and ensure these are easily accessible in the stock room
- Ensure efficient replenishment on shop floor at all times
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Product knowledge**:

- This involves an outstanding knowledge of the product to support the store operation.
- Excellent knowledge of the product (sizes, colors and styles etc.)
- Stay informed about product availabilities, reorder dates
- Liaise with Merchandising team about product needs
- Ensure that aisles are safe
- Make sure the stockroom is safe
- Take action if other associates are acting in an unsafe manner
- Follow all procedure for loss prevention
- Take action to reduce shrink (cycle inventories, correct and complete security tagging)
- Treat all associates and customers with respect
- **
Maintains safety, security and integrity**:

- This involves that all procedures are being followed and that the safety is being kept.
- Ensure that aisles are safe
- Make sure the stockroom is safe
- Take action if other associates are acting in an unsafe manner
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