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About the Role

The Buyer will take an active role in supporting our customer base with excellence in Procurement and will be a suitable transition for someone with Inventory Control background or previous Supply Chain Skills.

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 best-practice 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,WDFR) is performed based on ABC classification
• Accountable for service levels and turns
• Work with Inbound Logistics on developing cold chain/supply chain opportunities
• Work closely with Category Merchants for new listings, major overstock issues and regional merchandising opportunities (i.e. fresh local buys)
• Work closely with the demand planning team to ensure that promotional activities are planned and distributed correctly and that purchase orders are executed and received on time in order to achieve the targeted service level
• Work closely with the Replenishment Process Optimization team to identify opportunities to improve process and track vendor compliance with fill-rate
• Engage and maintain interest in personal growth and/or career development

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)
• Fresh or Grocery experience (Preferred)
• Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process.

Skills

• Procurement
• Inventory Control
• Supply Chain Skills
• Excel (intermediate)

Location

• Hybrid

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2 years of relevant experience
• 4 years relevant experience

Education Level

• Undergraduate Degree
• DEC

Benefits

• Health and dental benefits
• Retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan
• 10% in-store discount at participating banners
• Virtual healthcare
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Learning and development opportunities
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid vacation

About the Company

• Sobeys Inc. is celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers.
• Sobeys is one of Canada’s leading grocery retailers, with more than 1,600 stores across all 10 provinces and banners including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawtons Drug Stores.
• Our 128,000 teammates and franchise affiliates are passionate about delivering great food and exceptional experiences to our customers and communities.

Equal Opportunity

• Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth.
• Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.