Operations Associate (EU/UK)

Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Full-time / 100% on-site
Compensation: $65,000 - $70,000 annually

Position Summary: This role will focus on our EU and UK markets. Designed to be the day-to-day operational lead that facilitates the handoff and transactional processing of inbound shipments to our Third-Party Logistics partners. Shipments include but are not limited to, Multi-vendor RTW apparel, footwear, accessories and lifestyle merchandise.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities ( Inbound Oversight)

• Optimize efficiencies and ensure operational policies and procedures are being followed under the guidance of the Operations Manager.
• Oversee multi-vendor inbound shipments to the EU and UK 3PLs in collaboration with other departments.
• Ensuring all necessary paperwork, data and receiving tasks are executed in all applicable systems.
• Review and strategize workload and priorities based on time sensitive business needs such as release calendars and top priority brands.
• Review all aged tasks and troubleshoot all pending issues in collaboration with 3PL counterparts.
• Communicate internally to relevant product teams including logistics, buying and web.
• Coordinate with 3PL on all inbounding retail shipments including but not limited to, cleanouts, RTV’s and other special projects.

Primary Responsibilities ( Outbound Oversight)

• Collaborate and coordinate with buying team on inquiries related to distributing products from 3PL to retail doors.

• Oversee processing and coordination of shipping out RAs to third party vendors.

• Assist internal departments on special projects including but not limited to sample sales, cleanouts and donations.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience

• Minimum 2-5 years working with warehouse or 3PL (Third Party Logistics Partners).
• Minimum 2-5 years working in Inventory Management/Control.
• Minimum 2-5 years working with ERP and Inventory Management systems.Working experience with Bleckmann 3PL preferred.
• Working experience with Exenta ERP preferred.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel with the ability to work with large data sets.
• Strong communication skills. Both amongst peers and external partners.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and solve problems quickly and effectively.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage several projects simultaneously with multiple deadlines.
• Strong time management skills.
• Fluent in English. (French is a plus).

WHO YOU ARE

Professional Characteristics

• Works with high attention to detail, ensuring that all aspects of an assignment, project and/or process are thought through, addressed and delivered for optimal results.
• \Works with forward-thinking, solution-orientated mindset; ensuring projects, processes and procedures are built out for long-term and within Brand's best interest.
• Works well cross-functionally, and amongst their teams; ensuring that all decisions made are shared as a collective effort, with a high level of awareness of impact on others.
• Has the ability to juggle multiple projects and understand when and what needs to be prioritized.

Personal Characteristics

• Tends to be a voice of guidance.
• Has a passion for footwear/apparel (a plus).

WHO WE ARE

Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.

Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.

The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.

Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.