Loblaw Companies

Sr. Buyer, Joe Fresh - Children's Hosiery, Underwear, Sleepwear, Footwear and Accessories

Loblaw Companies$100K — $132K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7 years minimum Buying experience required
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, or equivalent
  • Proven ability to deliver results including P&L management skills
  • Strong Customer Orientation
  • Results-driven strategic thinker with influencing skills
  • Excellent communication across all levels of the organization
  • Ability to synthesize customer and market insights for product development
  • Proven leadership and team motivation skills
  • Experience in developing short and long term corporate strategies

Responsibilities

  • Achieve Omni-channel sales, profit and inventory targets for assigned category
  • Conduct post-season analysis to inform and execute assortment strategies
  • Develop and maintain partnerships to secure favorable market costs and discounts
  • Drive Go-to-Market strategies and execute promotional activities
  • Set merchandising direction for various retail formats to maximize sales
  • Coach and guide the Category Team with feedback and collaboration

Benefits

  • Collaborative company culture fostering accountability and innovation
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth
  • Inclusive working environment that values diversity
  • Engagement in a fast-paced retail setting that encourages responsiveness to change
Full Job Description
The Sr. Buyer, reporting directly to the Director, Category Management, is responsible for driving sales, profit and inventory objectives across multiple categories and channels. This includes all functions that impact these financial objectives, including determining product assortment, pricing, promotion, liaising with marketing, conducting financial analyses, reporting, and monitoring store execution. Demonstrates strong leadership skills that facilitate innovation and teamwork while supporting a culture of collaboration. Our purpose of helping Canadians Live Life Well will be critical for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Financials: Accountable for achieving Omni-channel sales, profit and inventory targets for the assigned category.
  • Strategy: Conduct post-season analysis including market share data for developing & executing assortment strategies.
  • Negotiations: Develop and maintain relationships with external partners to ensure lowest market costs, late shipping discounts, end of season MD credits, and inventory RTV's
  • Marketing: Drive Go-to-Market strategies developing seasonal plans and executing promotional activities
  • Merchandising: Collaborate in setting merchandising direction for different retail formats in efforts to maximize sales productivity while maintaining execution excellence
  • Lead: Provide coaching, and direction to the Category Team including feedback and collaboration


Qualifications:
  • 7 years minimum Buying experience required
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, or equivalent
  • Proven ability to deliver results including P&L management skills
  • Strong Customer Orientation
  • Results-driven, strategic thinking and ability to influence others
  • Excellent communicator up, down and across the enterprise
  • Ability to gather and synthesize customer and market insight and information in the product identification and development process
  • Proven ability to lead and motivate teams
  • Proven ability to develop short and long term plans in line with corporate strategies

How You'll Succeed:
At Joe Fresh, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l'embauche :

$100,000.00 - $132,000.00 / 100.000,00$ - 132.000,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate's experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L'expérience et les connaissances d'un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu'un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d'emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L'entreprise utilise l'intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d'évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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About Loblaw Companies

Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian food retailer that encompasses 22 brands, including Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, and Shoppers Drug Mart. The company was founded in 1919 by Theodore Loblaw and J. Milton Cork. Loblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,050 corporate and franchised stores across the country. The company also operates a loyalty program called PC Optimum, which allows customers to earn points on purchases that can be redeemed for discounts on future purchases.
Learn more about Loblaw Companies
Size
215,000 employees
Industry
NASDAQ

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