Purchasing Specialist - Toronto, Canada - Tokyo Smoke

Tokyo Smoke

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

We are seeking a Purchasing Specialist to join the Merchandising Team, supporting all Tokyo Smoke Ontario stores with weekly cannabis ordering from the Ontario Cannabis Store.

This position will have the direct responsibility for meeting the customer demands on product availability while optimizing our inventory investment in a new and rapidly evolving industry.

This position will be temporarily working remotely, however, will be required to work out of an office in Toronto when it is deemed safe to do so.

Responsibilities:

Weekly Replenishment analysis to inform weekly order of cannabis from OCS for each Tokyo Smoke store
Planning inventory needs based on sales trends and inventory levels, as well as industry and partner insights on top sellers, new products to market and upcoming promotional events
Maintain internal communication between Store Management, Field leadership, Finance, Marketing and Operations leadership on purchasing strategies and budget constraints.
Optimize operating inventory and weeks on hand for each store in the Tokyo Smoke network.
Managing the core product assortment to ensure breadth and depth across all formats and intents, as well as focusing on top selling SKUs, identified by store sales history and industry insights
Conduct regular SKU performance analysis and adjust core assortment accordingly
Managing the organization and execution of discontinued items
Liaison with external partners to keep up to date with product knowledge, product offerings, pricing updates and additional product insights
Identify and implement continuous process improvements to streamline ordering across all stores.
Ensure strict confidentiality and privacy of data records as they relate to the organization and its customers
Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

2 years of experience in purchasing, preferred
Postsecondary education with a focus on retail and/or business management
Experience in the cannabis industry an asset
Fine attention to detail, with an analytical mindset
Influential and collaborative communicator with strong relationship building skills with an ability to influence others without direct authority
Experience with excel, spreadsheets and data management
Keeps pulse on customers and trends in the cannabis industry, as well as product innovation
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated customer service excellence, with a strong attention to detail and follow up is required
Strong work ethic and a positive team attitude
Ability to establish priorities and manage workload effectively and efficiently
Selfstarter and able to work with mínimal supervision and to tight deadlines.
Demonstrated problem solving and decision making ability.
Employment is conditional upon satisfactory proof of receiving the full COVID19 vaccination

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