Wholesale Planning & Inventory Analyst

ALDO Group; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Aldo Group is seeking a Planner to support North America growth through sales planning, inventory management, and assortment strategy, aligned with financial targets. This role manages in‑season and future planning of sales, markdown, and profit/contribution, reporting to the Director of Planning.

Responsibilities include coordinating global purchasing to meet markets, executing plans to meet goals, resolving supply issues, tracking KPIs monthly, and optimizing product flow to maximize sales

Qualifications

• 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.

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.
• Works with Sourcing to manage delivery issues 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.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Independent work

Prioritization

Organization

Detail-oriented

Business operations

Communication skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

The Aldo Group is seeking a Planner to support North America growth through sales planning, inventory management, and assortment strategy, aligned with financial targets. This role manages in‑season and future planning of sales, markdown, and profit/contribution, reporting to the Director of Planning.

Responsibilities include coordinating global purchasing to meet markets, executing plans to meet goals, resolving supply issues, tracking KPIs monthly, and optimizing product flow to maximize sales