Buyer - Mississauga, Canada - Sobeys

Sobeys

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Requisition ID:179673

Career Group:
Corporate Office Careers

Job Category:
Ontario Replenishment & Optimization

Travel Requirements:0 - 10%

Job Type:
Full-Time

Country:
Canada (CA)

Province:
Ontario

City:
Mississauga

Location:
Tahoe Office

Postal Code:
L4W 0C7

Our family of 134,000 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 1500 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.

All **career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview:

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team We currently have an opportunity for a Buyer in the Dry Grocery category.

Key Responsibilities:

Deliver against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure success based on service level, inventory turns and shrink (fresh)
Manage service level and inventory performance for respective categories
Perform replenishment process, to include purchase order execution for regular turns, promotional and investment buying
Accountable for service level and inventory turns
Support the development and execution of bestpractice inventory management processes that will meet or exceed benchmarks for customer order fill, freshness, shrink and inventory turns
Ensure that the replenishment function meets budgeted financial targets and contributes to the respective region and banner strategies
Monitor and take appropriate action on vendor performance with respect to order fill and on time delivery
Identify and communicate opportunities with vendors, Category Management, Merchandising, Replenishment and Logistics on areas for improvement
Ensure that system maintenance (AWR) is performed based on ABC classification
Accountable for service levels and turns

Skills and Experience Requirements:

An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience or a DEC and a minimum of 4 years relevant experience
Knowledge of principles of demand forecasting and inventory planning
Extensive knowledge of Excel (intermediate)
Grocery buying experience (preferred)

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.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

**We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.