Job Description

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada\'s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.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.OverviewSobeys 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 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 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

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 or Fresh experience (as applicable)

• Team player

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 competitive compensation package, which varies by role. 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.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.

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