Buyer

Sobeys; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sobeys is seeking a Buyer to support procurement excellence and optimize inventory control. The successful candidate will leverage experience in procurement and supply chain to drive service levels and inventory turns across categories.

Responsibilities include replenishment execution, monitoring vendor performance, and collaborating with Category Merchants and Replenishment teams to implement best-practice inventory management. Strong Excel skills and grocery experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Perform replenishment processes including purchase order execution for regular turns, promotional, and investment buying.
• Manage service level and inventory turns for assigned categories.
• Monitor vendor performance with respect to order fill and on-time delivery.
• Identify opportunities with vendors and cross-functional teams for process improvements.
• Ensure system maintenance (AWR, WDFR) is performed based on ABC classification.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Inventory planning

Education

Undergraduate degree

DEC

Tools

Excel (intermediate)

Job description

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. 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.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

Financial

• 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
  

Key support accountabilities

• 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

Personal Development

• Engage and maintain interest in personal growth and/or career development
  

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 (Preferred)

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