COMPANY DESCRIPTION
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Omnichannel & Innovation Clienteling Associate is a critical operational and transformation role supporting the execution of Ralph Lauren’s enterprise-wide Clienteling strategy and accelerated omnichannel transformation roadmap across EMEA.
Acting as the operational backbone of the EMEA Clienteling Strategy & Innovation function, this role enables the successful delivery, stabilization, and scaling of next-generation clienteling technologies, omnichannel workflows, and AI-enabled retail initiatives across RLS, RLC, PRO, and RLE channels.
Reporting directly to the Strategy & Innovation Senior Manager, the Associate translates strategic vision into operational execution by driving technology coordination, testing governance, business logic implementation, retail readiness, issue resolution, and cross-functional alignment across Clienteling, Technology, Data/CIX, IT, Retail, and Commercial teams.
This role requires a rare combination of clienteling operations knowledge, omnichannel retail understanding, technical coordination capabilities, data/process fluency, and cross-functional execution skills within a highly complex transformation environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Clienteling Technology Operations & Continuity
- Support operational continuity of all clienteling technologies across EMEA retail teams
- Ensure stability and functionality of Mad Mobile and related clienteling ecosystems during transition to the new global Clienteling App
- Support ongoing optimization of workflows, outreach functionality, reporting logic, operational processes, and retail enablement tools
- Act as escalation support for operational issues impacting retail execution, outreach, logging, data integrity, and clienteling performance
- Global Clienteling App Delivery & Rollout
- Support operational execution support for the global Clienteling App rollout across EMEA
- Coordinate testing, feature tracking, testing governance, business requirements, workflow validation, operational readiness, and rollout support
- Partner with Technology, Data/CIX, IT, Retail, Commercial, and Global teams to align omnichannel business logic and operational frameworks
- Support future roadmap phases including advanced workflows, reporting frameworks, AI-enabled capabilities, and omnichannel operational processes
- Ensure retail readiness across pilot and production environments, including training coordination, deployment tracking, adoption support, and issue mitigation
- Omnichannel Enablement & Cross-Functional Execution
- Support omnichannel clienteling initiatives across full-price retail, concessions, outlet, and digital channels (RLS, RLC, PRO, RLE)
- Translate business needs into structured technical requirements, workflows, and implementation logic
- Partner cross-functionally to align operational execution, issue resolution, and rollout timelines across multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Act as a connector between corporate transformation initiatives and retail field-level operational execution
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
- Experience supporting complex omnichannel retail operations, clienteling ecosystems, CRM technologies, or digital transformation initiatives within a large-scale retail or luxury organization
- Demonstrated exposure to cross-functional coordination across Technology, Data, Retail, Commercial, and operational teams
- Experience working within highly operational, fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments requiring strong prioritization and execution rigor
- Strong familiarity with clienteling tools, CRM systems, outreach ecosystems, reporting workflows, and retail operational processes
- Experience supporting technology deployments, rollout readiness, testing coordination, operational governance, or transformation initiatives is strongly preferred
- Proven ability to operate effectively across both strategic and operational workstreams simultaneously