Demand Planner

Backstage; Vaughan; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading Canadian grocery retailer as a Demand Planner, where you'll leverage your experience in forecast management and supply chain understanding to drive accurate demand predictions. Collaborate with category managers and various teams to enhance operational effectiveness, all while enjoying a comprehensive rewards package and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Competitive Benefits Package

Access to Virtual Health Care

Retirement and Savings Plan

In-store discounts

Learning and Development Resources

Parental leave top-up

Paid Vacation and Days-off

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years experience in forecast management, statistical analysis, procurement, or logistics.
• Understanding of supply chain and business processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage accurate demand forecasts using current market information.
• Coordinate seasonal forecasts with merchandising and distribution teams.
• Develop reports to identify priorities and opportunities.

Skills

Supply Chain Understanding

Statistical Analysis

Forecast Management

Intermediate Excel

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 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.

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.

Ready to Make an impact?

We are looking for a Demand Planner who will work closely with Category Managers to review forecast results and make forward-looking recommendations on opportunities in their respective category. You will also work with sourcing, category management, marketing, process optimization and go-to-market functions to understand forecasts and trends; and support testing, implementation, training, and adoption of the Ocado platform. This is a hybrid role and there is an in-office requirement of 3 days a week.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing :

• Understand the demand for respective categories
• Manage accurate demand forecasts that incorporate current and relevant market information to predict customer demand and provide buying team with the right information to plan to meet that demand
• Develop reports to determine priorities and areas of opportunity and confirm / communicates results; creates ad hoc reports as necessary
• Identify forecast accuracy root causes and refine process to ensure continuous improvement of the overall process
• Support the company’s long-term strategy and inventory reduction while maintaining high Customer
• Coordinate seasonal forecast and plans with merchandizing, suppliers, and distribution teams
• Propose sales forecast based on observations, knowledge, and assessments; collaborate with partners to refine forecasts
• Track projections and recommend appropriate action to achieve service level metrics

What you have to offer :

• Understanding of supply chain and business
• 3 to 5 years of experience in forecast management, statistical analysis, procurement, or logistics
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel
• Experience with fresh products or groceries

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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 comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

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.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque :

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

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.