Inventory Control Graduate Trainee
Training London (Greater London) Logistics
Job description
An exciting graduate opportunity has opened up at Alexander McQueen, supporting our Inventory Control team. The role offers the opportunity to gain a solid foundation in Inventory control, getting closer to our global network of stores, with a primary focus on the Europe region – assisting with first line inventory support enquiries and undertaking inventory analysis.
Working in the Inventory team requires excellent organisation skills, a strong level of attention to detail and an ability to solve complex issues in a fast paced environment. You will need to be proactive and able to think on your feet to manage ever-changing deadlines.
Responsibilities:
· Receipt and management of inventory invoices
· Daily sales reconciliation and Monthly stock ledgers
· Managing stock adjustments and transfers for and between our directly operated stores
· Support the team in carrying out bi-annual stock-takes across stores, investigate the discrepancies and posting the results
· Coordinate inventory returns to the Company at the end of season
· Assist store management with daily requests (replenishment, customer service enquiries, stock investigations)
· Support our stock controllers (including areas of pride, cycle counts, consignments, negatives, deliveries, receiving issues)
· Assist and provide relevant store training on stock control and inventory management
· Monitor Repair&Damage stock for our stores across the EMEA region
· Provide stock and training support during store openings
· Proactively identify opportunities for the continued development of the inventory department – including report automation and stock analysis
Desired profile
Qualifications :
The Ideal Candidate:
· Previous inventory or financial experience, preferably for a similar luxury fashion brand is beneficial
· Strong organizational skills, to effectively manage a fast paced and varied workload
· Excellent interpersonal skills, confident in speaking with a number of stakeholders
· Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
· Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (including Excel and Word) – including VLOOKUP and Pivot (Macro preferred)
· Degree in a related discipline
· Additional languages highly desirable (Italian / French)