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The Director of Allocation is a senior leader responsible for architecting and governing enterprise allocation and distribution strategy across two distribution centers. This role ensures optimized inventory flow, store-level assortment precision, and disciplined execution aligned with financial and merchandise objectives.

Reporting into the SVP GMM, this role partners closely with Planning, VP/DMMs, Ecommerce and Store Operations to drive speed to floor, inventory productivity, and profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities-

Enterprise Allocation & Distribution Strategy

• Lead enterprise allocation and distribution strategy across two DCs, ensuring optimal product flow and capacity alignment.
• Govern inbound routing, flow prioritization, and allocation cadence to maximize speed to floor and inventory productivity.
• Establish allocation guardrails that align with financial plans and merchandise strategy.

Store Assortment & Size Planning

• Lead development of pre-season size curves and assortment architecture by store cluster for the DMM’s and Buyers.
• Continuously analyze size selling performance and optimize size distribution to minimize markdown and lost sales.
• Oversee store-level assortment execution to ensure alignment with brand strategy and local demand.

Inventory Optimization & Transfers

• Direct inter-store transfer strategies to rebalance inventory, protect margin, and optimize sell-through.
• Monitor store-level inventory health and proactively mitigate aging risk.
• Partner with Planning to align allocation with OTB, inventory turn, and GMROI objectives.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner laterally with Director of Planning and VP/DMMs to align allocation execution with financial and merchandise strategies.
• Collaborate with Ecommerce and Store Operations to support speed-to-floor initiatives, pre-pack optimization, and DC processing efficiencies.
• Serve as the allocation lead in weekly business reviews and strategy sessions.

Performance & Analytics

• Drive performance against Sales, GM%, GMROI, Inventory Turn, and in-stock targets.
• Leverage data analytics to continuously refine allocation algorithms, store clustering, and replenishment methodologies.
• Lead reporting and visibility across allocation performance metrics.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build and lead a high-performing allocation organization.
• Assess strengths and development needs of team members; establish succession planning.
• Simplify and streamline allocation processes to improve agility and decision speed.
• Act as a change agent in evolving retail and supply chain environments.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree required.

8–10+ years of progressive allocation and inventory management experience, including direct leadership of multi-unit retail allocation teams.

Experience managing inventory flow across multi-DC environments strongly preferred.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions-

▪ Sit for more than 6 hours per shift

▪ Use hands to finger, handle and feel

▪ Reach with hands and arms

▪ Talk and/or hear

▪ Stand for up to 2 hours at a time periodically

▪ Walk or move from one location to another

▪ Occasionally may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch

▪ Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally

▪ Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies are required for the position.

▪ Average work week is 40 hours, which can vary depending on business need.

▪ The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

General Information:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified. DTLR, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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The Director of Planning is a senior leader responsible for leading the enterprise merchandise planning function and managing a high-performing planning organization. Reporting to the SVP/GMM, this role serves as the strategic financial partner to the VP/DMM organization, translating product and vendor strategies into disciplined financial plans that drive profitable growth, inventory productivity, and margin expansion.

This leader owns the end-to-end planning process — from long-range strategy through in-season execution — and provides financial governance and recommendations to support executive decision-making, including Open-to-Buy oversight.

Key Responsibilities-

Enterprise Planning Strategy

• Lead development of long-range (1–3 year) and annual merchandise financial plans in partnership with the SVP/GMM and VP/DMM peers.
• Translate corporate growth objectives into actionable plans across Sales, Gross Margin, Inventory, and Turn
• Establish financial guardrails that balance top-line growth with margin and inventory productivity.

Open-to-Buy & Financial Governance

• Own and manage the enterprise Open-to-Buy (OTB) process, providing recommendations and risk assessments to the SVP/GMM for final approval.
• Monitor commitments, receipts, and inventory liability to ensure alignment with financial targets.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities, proactively recommending adjustments to protect profitability and cash flow.

Forecasting & Risk Management

• Lead pre-season and in-season forecasting processes incorporating sales trends, promotional strategies, product launches, cost changes, and market conditions.
• Drive timely reforecasting and scenario planning to support executive decision-making.
• Provide financial validation during quarterly strategy reviews and brand sign-off meetings.

Inventory & Markdown Strategy

• Develop inventory investment strategies that optimize in-stock performance while protecting margin and turn.
• Oversee markdown and aging strategies to maximize sell-through and minimize margin erosion.
• Ensure inventory plans align with inbound capacity, promotional calendars, and channel strategies.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partners laterally with VP/DMM peers to align vendor, class, and assortment strategies with financial objectives.
• Collaborate with Allocation and Supply Chain to optimize product flow across stores and digital channels.
• Partners with Finance to align annual, monthly, and in-season financial plans, ensuring consistency between merchandise strategy, corporate forecasts, and financial reporting.
• Support new and remodeled store openings through disciplined assortment and inventory planning.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing planning team, including hiring, performance management, and succession planning.
• Establish clear accountability standards and elevate analytical rigor across the planning organization.
• Build scalable processes, tools, and reporting that enhance visibility and decision quality.

Performance Management

• Monitor and drive key KPIs including Sales, GM%, Inventory Turns, GMROI, Markdown, and Working Capital efficiency.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen enterprise financial performance.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree required.

8–10+ years of progressive merchandise planning experience, including direct people leadership.

Demonstrated ability to influence senior cross-functional leaders and translate financial insights into actionable business strategy in a multi-channel retail environment.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions-

▪ Sit for more than 6 hours per shift

▪ Use hands to finger, handle and feel

▪ Reach with hands and arms

▪ Talk and/or hear

▪ Stand for up to 2 hours at a time periodically

▪ Walk or move from one location to another

▪ Occasionally may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch

▪ Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally

▪ Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies are required for the position.

▪ Average work week is 40 hours, which can vary depending on business need.

▪ The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

General Information:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified. DTLR, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Job Summary:

The Allocator is responsible for planning and analyzing the company’s inventory to ensure the proper allocation of merchandise as well as forecasting sales in order to complete the proper flow of merchandise to the correct stores at the correct time.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Analyze trends, store performance and customer profiles in order to distribute merchandise appropriately.
• Maximize stock levels while maintaining inventory flow and store stock position to improve sales performance.
• Maintain proper category assortment by store.
• Ensure sufficient quantities of advertised product are in stock on a per store basis.
• Set up and maintain min/ max parameters for specific store inventories.
• Maximize inventory productivity by properly allocating merchandise in terms of quantity and timing to the correct stores.
• Work closely with the Allocation Manager to understand product mix and assortment.
• Communicate with stores and operations in order to learn and understand specific requirements and opportunities.
• Utilize understanding of standard assortment strategies and nuances of supply chains to resolve store and distribution center inquiries regarding allocation and inventory.
• Collaborate with Buying groups to identify growth opportunities and minimize down-trending business. This includes identifying the best assortment of merchandise for stores, based on past sales performances, emerging trends, and store needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Work requires a solid knowledge of business and an excellent command of the English language to effectively communicate with management, associates and customers.
• Must have strong merchandising, product and analytical skills.
• Must demonstrate an ability to think strategically, plan and organize effectively.
• Must be able to maintain an exemplary degree of professionalism in all situations.
• General knowledge of retail math literacy and application of concepts to daily operations.
• Results driven with demonstrated critical and creative thinking skills.
• Proven ability to plan, organize, multi-task, set priorities effectively and efficiently to proactively respond to changing demands, from multiple sources.
• Able to develop and maintain effective cross-functional relationships.
• Ability to compile and analyze statistics
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team or independent environment
• Knowledge of distribution and replenishment systems a plus
• Solid Microsoft Excel and Word skills

Education and Experience:

• Must have a high school diploma
• 2+ years retail experience in merchandise allocations/ distributions preferred, or equal value of in store experience.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee must frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk; or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job may include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
• The incumbent must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation: Allocator pay range: $48,000 - $52,000 annually. This role will be eligible for the company 401K plan.

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General Information:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified.

DTLR, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VNDA) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies to address high unmet medical needs and improve the lives of patients. We are looking for a Neuroscience Account Manager who wants to join an innovative and dynamic sales organization. We are seeking top talent to join our high-performance sales team to make a difference in patients' lives every day and be part of building a great company. The primary responsibility of the Neuroscience Account Manager, which reports to the Neuroscience District Sales Manager, is to exceed the established goals by delivering real value to our customers through differentiated products and services.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Execute and promote products in alignment to sales strategy in the assigned territory.
• Frequent collaboration with the District Sales Manager to respond to their day-to-day sales and strategy direction related to product promotion activities.
• Analyze local market, develop, execute, and monitor performance and results to maximize the appropriate use of the product in defined territory.
• Maintain a high and current level of product, disease, competitive and market reimbursement knowledge.
• Determine, implement, and monitor optimal resource (i.e., budgets, time, etc.) allocation within assigned territory.
• Effectively and persuasively communicate using advanced selling and negotiation skills, relevant information to identified target audiences.
• Identify, build, and leverage advocacy channels.
• Secure product access and reimbursement within institutional systems as needed.
• Manage travel and promotional budget.
• Fulfill all monitoring and reporting requirements including expenses and call reporting using approved systems and processes.
• Maintain full compliance with all laws, regulations, and Vanda Policies.
• Continued employment requires meeting and complying with reasonable industry-standard credentialing requirements of healthcare providers, customer facilities, and state/local governments.
• Additional, ad-hoc projects, as needed.

Education & Experience Requirements:

• BS or BA with GPA greater than 3.0.
• Minimum 3 years of pharmaceutical sales experience preferred.
• Candidates not meeting the work experience requirements may be considered for the \"Associate\" role.
• Atypical anti-psychotic experience and/or orphan drug experience preferred.
• Preferred specialty experience in psychiatry, bipolar, depression, CNS or pain management will be considered.
• Reimbursement experience preferred.
• Existing relationships (or those within 24 months) with psychiatrists and/or Community Mental Health Centers in the assigned territory is preferred.
• Valid driver's license and a clean driving history.
• Self-Starter, Goal and Results driven proven track record of above average results.
• Possess fortitude to sell and compete and driven with 'hunter' mentality.
• Strong relationships and knowledge of the territory preferred.
• Ability to travel (may include overnights).
• Out-of-territory travel to HQs, training, and sales meetings may be required.
• Work hours may include meetings scheduled outside of normal working hours.
• Must reside within territory geography.

Performance Competencies:

• Goal and results driven proven record of above average results.
• Highly clinical, patient centric and tactical with excellent communication skills (interpersonal, verbal, written).
• Ability to navigate complex markets and organizations.
• Outstanding work ethic and organizational skills.
• Dynamic, high-impact individual with effective selling and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and make sound decisions.
• Ability to read situations quickly and adjust for roadblocks.
• Customer-focused, self-motivated, and computer proficient.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record, and be able to operate a motor vehicle as required for local, regional, and occasional overnight travel.
• May occasionally require lifting and/or moving items up to 15 pounds.

Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation; however, reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would impose undue hardship.

The total compensation package for this position will also include incentive compensation and benefits such as health insurance, unlimited paid time off, parental leave, a 401k matching program, a car allowance, and other benefits to its employees.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.