Wholesale Operations & Business Analytics Associate, Signature

The Associate is responsible for having extensive knowledge of company inventory, the shipment of product to all Signature accounts, monitoring POs and communicating their impacts on the business, executing order maintenance functions that support the needs of the business and supporting the credit operations for the company. The Associate must be able to collaborate effectively and foster highly productive working interactions with colleagues in cross functional areas of the company. This position is critical to integrate a variety of functions at Lilly Pulitzer. 

A day in the life… 

• The Associate should focus on the triangulation of sales, fulfillment, order management and margin to drive sales and gross profit 

• The Associate will need to have extensive knowledge of company inventory and product.  

• The Associate should work with the Manager of Signature to manage product shipments and orders to the appropriate distribution channels in a way that achieves sales targets and optimizes total company gross profit. 

• The Associate must also interact with the Fulfillment Center team on all shipping issues as necessary. This may include attending weekly shipping meetings, monitoring seasonal changes to the shipping priority system and transit days, and communicating any non-standard shipping requests related to events or marketing promotions. 

• The Associate must provide visibility into Total Company inventory on a weekly basis through reporting distributions. 

• Perform order maintenance functions for all Signature accounts. This may include re-allocation of units due to shortages, transit day and lead time changes, and reorder entry. 

• Serve as the liaison to communicate all operational and merchandise information to distribution teams. This includes, but is not limited to, shipping schedules, fast tracks and any changes to seasonal merchandise offering, inventory information, and reorder opportunities that achieve total company gross profit and full price sell through. 

• Own the setup of new Signature accounts upon re