Director Replenishment Atlantic and Demand Planning - Montréal-Nord, Canada - Sobeys

Description

Requisition ID: 182300

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Replenishment Grocery - Atlantic

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario; Alberta; Nova Scotia; Québec

City: Mississauga, Calagary, Stellarton, Montréal

Location: Tahoe Office, Bureau de Montréal-Nord, Calgary Office, Foord St. Office

Postal Code:

Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

This is a contract position covering a Maternity Leave that will start July, 2024 for 14-months.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

Lead replenishment team for the Atlantic region

• Lead a high performance Grocery replenishment team that is focused on service levels, inventory turns and RSC shrink
• Oversee vendor performance with respect to order-fill (service levels) and on-time delivery to the RSCs
• Set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure success and define targets
• Work with the Vendors, Category Management and Sobeys RSCs and Logistic teams to maximize performance and meet targets
• Provide leadership and guidance to the replenishment team in the development and management of best-practice inventory management processes that will meet or exceed benchmarks for customer order-fill, freshness and inventory turns
• Manage overstock and coordinate its sell through to the stores to minimize RSC shrink
• Partner with Lawton's merchandising team and RSCs to address service level recovery
• Ensure that the replenishment team meets budget financial targets and contributes to the region thought leadership on replenishment strategies
• Identify and communicate business development opportunities to vendors and category managers, including: freight management, new/emerging products, extension of seasonal availabilities, new sourcing geographies
• Develop and implement continuous process improvement program with the help of the Director of Process Optimization (Grocery)

Lead National Demand Planning Team

• Lead and develop a team of National Grocery Replenishment Demand Planners working with Buyers and CMs to optimize the weekly promotional forecast
• Unlock promotional forecasting efficiency opportunities through cross-functional collaboration with Category Merchants, Operations, and Grocery Replenishment buying teams across in-scope banners
• Set KPIS and targets to measure success, including partnering with the BI and Process Optimization teams to establish required performance reporting
• Develop and implement continuous process improvements with the support of the Optimization team

Lead Sobeys National Allocations Team

• Lead and develop the National Allocation team responsible for creating and managing store allocation bookings and tables
• Contribute to the reset of the Allocations process in partnership with Merchandising, Store Operations and Retail Enablement team
• Set KPIS and targets to measure success, including partnering with the BI and Process Optimization teams to establish required performance reporting

Empower employees and develop top talent

• Develop training programs and certification, for Buyers and Demand Planners
• Address Employee Experience survey results and feedback to increase team engagement
• Create opportunities for skill development and career progression to develop talent

What you have to offer:

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience in the retail grocery business, specifically category management, logistics, and/or store operations
• Experience working in replenishment, including inventory leadership roles

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

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