Jobs at Sobeys – Director, Replenishment

Job Description:

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 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton’s Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership and guidance to the replenishment team in the development and management of best-practice inventory management processes that will meet or exceed benchmarks for customer order-fill, freshness and inventory turns;
• Work with the Logistics team to share best practice related to: cold chain, product handling procedures, inventory handling costs;
• Work with the Vendors, Category Management and Sobeys Logistic teams to minimize freight costs;
• Work with Finance and Category Management to optimize inventory turns and the associated cash flow;
• Participate with Category Managers and Finance in the analysis related to large opportunity buys;
• Work closely with Director of Replenishment Process Optimization to identify opportunities to improve process and track vendor compliance with fill-rate (Grocery);
• Work closely with Demand Planning to ensure forecasts are effectively translated into accurate purchase orders;
• Identify and communicate business development opportunities to vendors and category managers, including: freight management, new/emerging products, extension of seasonal availabilities, new sourcing geographies;
• Work with Food Safety to optimize product quality during transportation to the RSCs, within the RSCs and from the RSCs to the stores;
• Manage overstock and coordinate its sell through to the stores to minimize RSC shrink;
• Manage the activities of Demand Planners and their interaction with the Category Managers;
• Establish a Demand Planning team that will work with the Buyers and Category;
• Develop and implement continuous process improvement program with the help of the Director of Process Optimization (Grocery);
• Ensure that the replenishment team meets budget financial targets and contributes to the region thought leadership on strategies;
• Oversee vendor performance with respect to order-fill (service levels) and on-time delivery to the RSCs;
• Create opportunities for skill development and career progression to develop talent.
• Coordinate the timing of in-bound freight loads with the RSC’s to ensure optimum utilization of the receiving docks and RSC capacity;

Job Requirements:

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience;
• Extensive experience in the retail grocery business, specifically category management, logistics, and/or store operations;
• Ability to collaborate and influence internal and external stakeholders;
• Ability to communicate and work in cross functional team with all levels of the organization;
• Experience working in replenishment, including inventory leadership roles;
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and employ resources efficiently;
• Ability to drive results and performance within team;
• Bilingual French and English (written and spoken).

Job Details:

Company: Sobeys

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: 

Application Deadline: N/A

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