Position Overview We are offering a 12-month internship at one of our two Ralph Lauren Head offices located in Watford and New Bond Street, London.
The successful candidate will provide integral operational support to the Merchandising team, to ensure we achieve our department financial plans, and our seasonal strategies are realized from inception all the way to implementation in store.
The successful candidate should be prepared to travel to one of these offices regularly and be available for a full year from 18th August 2025 – 28th August 2026.To be eligible for this internship, you should either be needing a year in industry to complete your university or college degree, or you demonstrate a considerable interest in starting your career in the fashion and retail industry.
You must have the right to work in the UK and would need to provide it at the Assessment Day if successful in securing an interview.Please ensure you include a cover letter as part of your application.Application closing date: 11th December 2024 Essential Duties & Responsibilities Operation/FinancialUpdate reports on a weekly, monthly, and ad hoc basis.Attends and prepares for weekly trade meetings, over time being able to formulate and deliver a trade message independently.
Provides accurate data to support analysis such as size as: size or colour performance.
Owns the departments line cards, which are style level forecasting documents in excel.
Forecasting sales units and the inventory.
To ensure it is never out of stock.
Systematically updates seasonal recodes which are the styles we carry from one season to the next.Owns department stock delivery schedule and communicates updates including early deliveries or delays.
Assistswith seasonal markdowns & communication to stores.
Track and monitor Distribution Center (DC) available inventory for the product group, maximizing sales to stock ratios and turnExecute the release of initial product distributions and in season replenishment to stores Monitor and ensure full size availability of best sellers, Continuity lines and seasonal products in stores tomaximize sell through.Commercial AwarenessParticipate in regular store visits, collating store reports prior and assisting in creating follow up presentations.To undertake competitor visits on a regular basis and feedback any relevant points.Training and developmentTo adopt a positive and proactive approach to their own training and development as well as that of their peers.
Proactively promotes improvements to working practices and systems.
Participates in company initiatives as appropriateCommunications & PartnershipsCreates and maintains strong working relationships within cross-functional teams: Buying, Allocations, RLE (our website team) and the retail store teams.Liaises with Assortment Planning and Buying partners to review and assist in the formation of the seasonal lessons learnt.
Influencing future Buys, using analysis and historical data to ensure commercial decisions are made.
Communicate initial release and replenishment strategies within cross functional teamParticipate in cross functional meetings, contributing input on distribution strategies Experience, Skills & Knowledge Commercial and Analytical.Attention to detail.
Able to work on own initiative and be pro-active.Able to demonstrates logical analysis and problem-solving skills.Able to organize, prioritise tasks and manages time well in order to meet deadlinesDemonstrates good listening, written and oral communication skills, effectively and clearly communicates.Able to build and maintain productive relationships within team environment.Microsoft application skills, particularly Excel.Show ability or aptitude in retail mathematics and able to learn technical applications quickly.Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging period