At the crossroads of fashion and sport, Lacoste creates and liberates movement. Both universal and timeless, the brand transcends cultures and generations, elevating the crocodile as a rallying sign.
An iconic French brand present in nearly 100 countries, Lacoste stands out for its unique know-how in each of its areas of expertise, from garment factory to omnichannel distribution.
At Lacoste, elegance goes beyond style. This elegance guides all of its actions and its social and environmental commitments.
Working at Lacoste is belonging to a community of 8,500 employees on the move to build the future. Committed to making equal opportunities a reality and to revealing potential, the company brings together talents from all walks of life, embracing their differences.
Lacoste is one of the inspiring brands driven by passionate people within the MF Brands Group, alongside Aigle, Gant, Tecnifibre and The Kooples.
Job Title: Stock Lead
The stock lead plays a critical role in the store’s operational excellence. The stock lead is responsible for maintaining inventory levels in the stock area and on the selling floor and for verifying and filing all supporting paperwork. The stock lead will also partner with management to help reduce shortages and assist with all aspects of loss prevention.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain neat and organized stock areas. Separate stock by style, color, and size. Keep merchandise and non-merchandise areas separated.
- Assist sales associates with merchandise checks. Develop a strong knowledge of Lacoste products to help locate items for customers.
- Receive and process shipments from the warehouse, transfers, and customer returns.
- Ensure accurate check-in of merchandise by style, color, and size.
- Verify each shipment against the shipping invoice and notify management of discrepancies. Complete and file relevant documentation promptly.
- Ship customer sends and transfers utilizing the UPS on-line system.
- Assist with the markdown of back-stock items.
- Assist selling floor team with maintenance, recovery, and replenishment of stock.
- Assist management with transfers utilizing PGI system. Develop a full understanding of stores computer systems to perform other functions as needed.
- Protect store assets and inventory through an awareness of loss prevention procedures. Report violations to the supervisor. Notify management of suspicious activity in stock areas, on the selling floor, or by cleaning and guard services.
- Monitor inventory of key items and notify manager when stock levels are low.
- Notify manager of low levels of shipping, selling, cleaning, and other office supplies.
- Assist with store maintenance and housekeeping requirements including flattening and binding cardboard for nightly pick-up.
- Perform all other duties as assigned and required.
Requirements/Qualifications:
- Prior experience in a retail environment a plus.
- Must be able to lift, carry or otherwise move objects weighing up to 30 pounds when unloading shipment, merchandising sales floor, and using ladders or stairs.
- Must be able to develop a system that will enable you to gather and retrieve information and merchandise quickly.
- Able to ensure accuracy of each item in a shipment against the supporting documentation.
- Good communication skills required.
- Individual must be a team player, outgoing, well-organized, and able to prioritize assigned tasks.
- Able to perform a wide variety of tasks, often changing assignments on short notice.
- Must be able to overcome obstacles and deal with customers in a fast-paced, high-volume and competitive environment.
Core Values and Traits:
- Play as One Team: Showing respect towards everyone; Commitment for the team’s work and decisions.
- Play with Elegance: Striving for excellence; Treating others with fair play and humility.
- Play by Daring: Having the courage to speak up, experiment and take initiative; To explore new opportunities.
- Play with Tenacity: Constantly seek continuous improvement; Learning from our failures.
At Lacoste, we’re committed to building the best team we can. We hire for potential and support every team member through each step of their career development. Building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive space for our team to think differently and push the status quo is incredibly important to us; and we strive to use these guiding principles as the foundation for how we interact with each other, how we build our business, and how we hold ourselves accountable to our core values.
Equal Opportunity Employer: At Lacoste, we’re committed to providing equal opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, creed, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, and/or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
