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Requisition ID: 188607
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Replenishment Grocery - West
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Alberta
City: Calgary
Location: Calgary Office
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc. celebrated among Canadas Top 100 employers where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128000 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 1600 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
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opening for a Buyer in our West Grocery Buying Team. In this role the successful candidate 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.
Heres where youll be focusing:
- 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 (AWRWDFR) 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
What you have to offer:
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 (asset)
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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better physically financially and emotionally.
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 our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location work experience and skills as well as internal equity and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. 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.
Our Total Rewards programs for full-time teammates goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package tailored to meet your needs including health and dental coverage life short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.
Employment Type
Full-Time
