Buyer

Sobeys; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Canada is looking for a Buyer - E-commerce to join their team in Calgary, Alberta. This full-time position involves managing inventory performance, delivering against KPIs, and supporting inventory management processes. The ideal candidate will possess an undergraduate degree or DEC, along with several years of relevant experience, particularly in the fresh category. Opportunities for career growth and a comprehensive benefits package are offered to employees.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Access to Virtual Health Care

Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP)

10% In-Store Discount

Learning and Development Resources

Parental Leave Top-Up

Paid Vacation and Days Off

Qualifications

• 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).

Responsibilities

• Deliver against KPIs to measure success based on service level, inventory turns, and shrink.
• Manage service level and inventory performance for respective categories.
• Perform replenishment process, including purchase order execution.

Skills

Knowledge of principles of demand forecasting and inventory planning

Extensive knowledge of Excel (intermediate)

Buying experience in Fresh, Meat category preferable

Education

Undergraduate Degree with minimum 2 years of relevant experience

DEC with minimum 4 years relevant experience

Job description

Ready to Transform Retail? Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers where your unique contributions drive success.

Ready to start fresh?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Buyer- E-commerce.

Here’s Where You’ll Have An Impact

• 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

What You’ll 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)
• Buying experience in Fresh, Meat category preferable

Who We Are

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.

Our family of 128,000 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.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is fuelled by our purpose and values. It shapes our culture and drives business success. As a family nurturing families, we embed DE&I into everything we do. We know that it takes open minds and respect for distinct perspectives to create engaging workplaces, inclusive customer experiences and strong community partnerships. 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.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive Benefits Package with health and dental coverage, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care and an Employee and Family Assistance Program for personalized support.
• Retirement and Savings Plan to help you build financial security.
• 10% In-Store Discount at participating banners, plus additional discount programs.
• Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP), giving you the opportunity to invest in the company’s success.
• Learning and Development Resources to support your career growth.
• Parental Leave Top-Up to assist growing families.
• Paid Vacation and Days Off to help you recharge.

Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity—including expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required—please click the “I’m interested” button above. Individual Compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.

External websites may share our organization's job postings which includes compensation information based on similar roles and market benchmarks. These figures are provided for general comparison purposes only and are not issued or verified by our organization.

To drive our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture 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.

If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then please apply by the posting end date indicated above. We encourage candidates to submit a resume and take the time to ensure that their application highlights what makes them uniquely qualified for this opportunity!