Stock & Inventory Lead - Retail Apparel

Roots; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Roots is seeking a Stock Associate to safeguard store inventory and support the stock team. You will manage receipt processing, backroom organization, and replenishment to keep a full and varied floor across styles, colors, and sizes.

This role may require overnight shifts and calls for a proactive, customer-focused approach. You will drive stock control, assist with recruitment and development, and ensure loss-prevention standards are met while collaborating with the store team to deliver

Qualifications

• 2+ years of management experience in retail apparel.
• Excellent presentation skills in a retail environment.
• Upbeat, optimistic, friendly attitude.
• Ability to understand customer needs.
• Ability to build buy-in to an idea, decision, action, product, or service.
• Role may require overnight shifts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee timely merchandise receipts and improve systems and processes.
• Organize backroom to company standards and update seasonally.
• Ensure replenishment maintains a full, accurate sales floor.
• Monitor department changes (sell-through, replenishment, overstock) and respond accordingly.
• Carry out inventory-based procedures (damages, transfers, receiving, logs).
• Manage supply orders and assist recruitment and development of stock associates.
• Support physical inventory and cycle counts and assist store strategies to reduce shrink.
• Assist visual merchandising and presentation standards for flagship locations.
• Support event planning and execution; upkeep of sales floor and stock room.
• Stay current on product and service updates; be a team player.
• Adhere to Loss Prevention policies and support sales floor leadership when needed.

Skills

Inventory control

Customer service

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Roots is seeking a Stock Associate to safeguard store inventory and support the stock team. You will manage receipt processing, backroom organization, and replenishment to keep a full and varied floor across styles, colors, and sizes.

This role may require overnight shifts and calls for a proactive, customer-focused approach. You will drive stock control, assist with recruitment and development, and ensure loss-prevention standards are met while collaborating with the store team to deliver