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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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We are looking for dedicated employees to join our team to help our customers have the best experience possible every time they enter a DTLR store.

Our employees are key to our success.

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.

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Responsible for delivering a highly satisfied customer experience proven by engaging and interacting with all customers, embodying customer experience principles and philosophy, and maintaining a clean and organized store environment. Adheres to all operational, merchandise, and loss prevention standards. May be cross-trained to work in multiple areas of the store in order to support the needs of the business.

• Role models established customer experience practices with internal and external customers
• Supports and embodies a positive store culture through honesty, integrity, and respect
• Accurately rings customer purchases/returns and counts change back to customer according to established operating procedures
• Promotes credit and loyalty programs
• Maintains and upholds merchandising philosophy and follows established merchandising procedures and standards
• Accurately processes and prepares merchandise for the sales floor following company procedures and standards
• Initiates and participates in store recovery as needed throughout the day
• Maintains all organizational, cleanliness, and recovery standards for the sales floor and participates in the maintenance/cleanliness of the entire store
• Provides and accepts recognition and constructive feedback
• Adheres to all labor laws, policies, and procedures
• Supports and participates in store shrink reduction goals and programs
• Participates in safety awareness and maintains a safe environment
• Other duties as assigned

Who We're Looking For: You.

• Possesses excellent customer service skills
• Able to work a flexible schedule to support business needs
• Possesses strong communication and organizational skills with attention to detail
• Capable of multi-tasking
• Able to respond appropriately to changes in direction or unexpected situations
• Capable of lifting heavy objects with or without reasonable accommodation
• Works effectively with peers and supervisors
• Retail customer experience preferred

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Location: USA Marshalls Store 1103 Catonsville MD

This position has a starting pay range of $15.00 to $15.50 per hour. Actual starting pay is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

Cashiers play a critical customer service role by providing customers with fast, friendly, accurate and safe service.

They process checkout and/or return transactions, as well as monitor and maintain the self-checkout area.

They proactively seek product/project knowledge to provide customers with information and identify selling opportunities.

They follow all policies and procedures to ensure that shrink is minimized.

A head cashier will position cashiers and support them by expediting price checks, approving point of sale transactions and markdowns for mainline registers, self-checkout, returns, pro desk, special services, and tool rental.

They provide first level escalation for customer issues and assist in the supervision, coaching and training of other front end associates by participating in the training of new cashiers and utilizing all available tools to coach and develop other cashiers.

The preferred qualification for a head cashier is 1+ years of cashier experience.

Location: ELLICOTT CITY, MD

Comfort starts with our 10,000+ team members across the globe, who are transforming the power of comfort every day. Our employees have the power to change lives, in our homes, work and communities. We foster an inclusive environment while honoring a legacy built on family, where everyone can be themselves. If you are ready to join an industry leading organization where our people are the most important asset, and innovation propels us into the future, you're ready to take your seat at La-Z-Boy Incorporated. WE BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF COMFORT!

Join our dynamic team and embark on a rewarding career where your ambition drives your success. Our Professional Sales Representatives earn on average $65K+ annually. Competitive earnings potential: includes an hourly base wage plus UNCAPPED commissions on all WRITTEN Sales. Responsible for creating sales utilizing exceptional customer service and knowledge of the La-Z-Boy selling process, products and services. Strive to create long-term customer relationships that will lead to increased sales and profitability. Develop awareness of interior design through practical experience, observation and interaction with a La-Z-Boy Designer. Training Pay: $16 per hour for 2-6 weeks (no commissions; base rate varies by location) Average Annual Earning Potential After Training: $50,000 - $70,000+ (inclusive of base and commission)

Are you looking for unlimited income? Do you have years of commission experience? We are looking for a Lead Sales Associate to join our team! At La-Z-Boy we are committed to improving our customers' lives by helping them transform their houses into homes. Sales Representatives at La-Z-Boy Furniture are paid hourly plus commission on written sales with NO COMMISSION CAP. Our average retail sales representatives earn over $43,000/year with top performers earning over $60,000. As a La-Z-Boy furniture sales representative, you will also enjoy excellent benefits including:

• Health Insurance through Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation
• 401k with match
• Paid Training

Employee Assistance program (EAP):

• At LaZBoy our employees' well-being is a top priority!
• You will have access to talk confidentially with a licensed therapist (with topics such as: anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and relationships)
• Access FREE and DISCOUNTED resources for mental health, financial planning, legal advice, and caregiving referrals
• Access to FREE online education resources
• FREE online will documentation preparation
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Employee Rewards:

• BRAVO POINTS save up points rewarded by managers to spend on almost anything! From merchandise such as home supplies, electronics, apparel, event tickets, travel, mastery classes and more NAME BRAND ITEMS!
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (other duties as assigned):

• Drives Sales
• Design Program
• Customer Focus
• People
• Operational Excellence

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Previous selling experience and ability to close a sale strongly preferred
• Excellent communication, customer service skills, and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate, build rapport, and positively influence
• Demonstrated persuasion and negotiation skills
• Ability to effectively manage time and conflicting priorities
• Ability to effectively and productively with others as a team
• Ability to work the schedule and hours dictated by business needs
• Ability to work evenings, weekends and holidays as required
• Initiative to meet assigned goals, missions and objectives and motivated to achieve more
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ability to lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Nearly continuous use of repetitive hand motions, hearing and listening.
• Often required to sit, walk, bend and stoop
• Subject to inside environmental conditions
• Ability to pass background and drug screen.

OTHER DUTIES: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the incumbent for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

At La-Z-Boy, we prioritize clear communication and reward outstanding talent! We invite you to explore the exciting opportunities available. To help you make an informed decision, we're sharing key information about our pay practices.

What You Can Expect:

• Training Pay: $16 per hour for 2-6 weeks (no commission)
• Average Annual Earning Potential After Training: $50,000 - $70,000 (inclusive of base and commission)
• Total Compensation Range: $22,880 - $80,000+ (will not pay less than state/local minimum wage requirements)

Post-Training Pay:

• Base Pay: $11 / hour (varies by store location)
• Commission: UNCAPPED commissions on written sales
• 1 - 6% in commissions on monthly sales based on sales achievement vs goal commission % increases as performance to goal increases.
• If you are selling 100% of your goal per month, with 30% Design Sales, your average income annually will be around $52,000.

The Total Compensation Range is at least the local applicable minimum wage and up to the high-earning average target for this role. Individual pay is based on various factors, including geographic location, personal performance and relevant qualifications, experience, skills, and education. By providing our salary ranges and total compensation details, we aim to foster understanding and confidence in our pay practices.

At La-Z-Boy Incorporated, we're an equal opportunity employer. We understand that our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and viewpoints add value to our ability to create and deliver the best possible service, quality products, and is of upmost importance as we work together to build comfort. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We are committed to fostering an environment in which all employees feel valued, included, and empowered to do their best work and bring great ideas to the table. If you are a qualified individual that may need a change or adjustment to the application/interviewing/hiring process as a result of your disability, you may request a reasonable accommodations by emailing our recruiting team at or by calling 734-242-1444.