Job Description

Requisition ID: 175336

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

The Replenishment Manager for Ontario Grocery develops a team of Replenishment Buyers and is accountable for Grocery availability in stores across Canada. They work closely with our internal stakeholders and external supplier partners to ensure product is shipping through the value chain as efficiently as possible.



Lead division replenishment team

• Coach, develop and empower the Ontario Grocery Replenishment team
• Deliver against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure success based on replenishment targets and shrink requirements

Manage service levels and inventory performance

• Work with the Director Replenishment to build a national strategy and structure to best support the Company\'s replenishment performance
• Manage the roll out of the demand planning process across all regions
• Provide leadership and guidance to the replenishment team and other internal stakeholders 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
• Accountable for service level and inventory turns
• Ensure that the replenishment function meets budgeted replenishment targets and contributes to the respective region and banner strategies
• Monitor vendor performance with respect to order-fill (service levels) and on-time delivery
• Communicate opportunities to vendors and category managers for improvement (as required)
• Identify and develop opportunities for inbound freight revenue generation (as required)
• Develop productive, proactive and consultative business relationships
• Ensure efficient operation of the business to achieve all financial targets and contribute to budgeted KPIs
• Implement procurement plans that incorporate strategies for product quality (as required)
• Leverage vendor relationships to maximize direct purchases from source (as required)
• Leverage the company\'s regional volumes to obtain the best possible landed cost of product (fresh)

Job Requirements

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of supply chain functionality

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.

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.

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