Associate Planner

ALDO Group; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site perks

Employee discounts

Job summary

ALDO Group is seeking a Planner in Montreal to support North America sales growth through strategic purchasing, inventory management, and assortment planning aligned with financial targets. This role reports to the Director of Planning and collaborates with cross-functional teams to optimize stock and efficiency.

Responsibilities include coordinating global purchasing, executing plans to hit goals, resolving delivery issues, and monthly KPI reporting, with a focus on improving on-time delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 2–3 years in wholesale or retail buying.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to collect, organize, analyze data.
• Strong Excel skills to analyze large data sets.
• Independent work style with multiple projects.
• Excellent prioritization and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to partner with cross-functional teams and present conclusions.
• Knowledge of business operations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the global purchasing process to ensure on-time deliverables.
• Execute purchasing plans to meet sales and operating goals.
• Resolve supply issues to maximize on-time delivery.
• Track and adjust plans in response to supply and demand inputs.
• Analyze global buys against production requirements to optimize inventory.
• Collaborate with Sourcing to manage delivery constraints.
• Make product-flow decisions to support inventory management.
• Prepare monthly KPI reporting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel skills

Independent worker

Prioritization

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

About The ALDO Group

Specializing in stylish and accessible footwear, handbags, and accessories, the ALDO Group has been around for more than 50 years. With over 1,500 stores in more than 100 countries, we operate under two signature brands, ALDO and Call It Spring, and we are the core footwear partner for Sperry in North America. The ALDO Group is also an industry-recognized wholesale licensed partner, specializing in the design, sourcing, and distribution of fashion footwear, handbags, and accessories. Our diverse portfolio includes household brands such as ROXY, Brooks Brothers, Ted Baker, Hunter, and G.H.BASS. In addition to our head office in Montreal, the ALDO Group maintains international offices in Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.aldogroup.com.

Enjoy meaningful recognition, flexible work options, great on‑site perks, generous discounts, and the pride of being part of a brand that leads with people, the planet, and its partners at heart.

Overview

The Planner is responsible for supporting the growth of Aldo North America through sales planning and inventory management. This role will help manage the in-season and future planning of sales, markdown, and profit/contribution, with an additional focus on inventory management and assortment strategy, aligned with the financial target. This role reports to the Director of Planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates the Global purchasing process to ensure on-time deliverables to all markets, while striving to have better business understanding and increased efficiencies.
• Execute purchasing plans to meet Sales and Operating goals.
• Recommend resolutions to resolve supply issues to maximize on-time delivery.
• Executes tracking and adjustments in response to a variety of supply and demand inputs.
• Analyze the global buys against production requirements to achieve maximum sales with minimal inventory exposure (i.e., dropped styles, minimum buy management).
• Works with Sourcing to manage delivery issues (i.e., delays, constraints) and communicates all relevant issues to all parties involved.
• Execute decisions that have been made on product flow to support inventory management objectives and to satisfy customer requirements.
• Monthly reporting of KPIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum 2/3 years in a wholesale or retail buying position.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information.
• Strong Excel Skills with the ability to use Excel to analyze large volumes of data.
• Perform work independently on a large volume of simultaneous projects.
• Excellent prioritization skills, process optimization and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, accuracy and discipline to check work output.
• Exhibit good knowledge of business operations.
• Strong communication skills and ability to present business conclusions to management teams.
• Ability to partner effectively and work with cross functional teams.

Building a culture of belonging

We firmly believe that the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and identities is a fundamental strength of the ALDO Group. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to providing a safe, respectful, and equitable work environment where everyone can reach their full potential and find their fit.