Manager, Demand Planning
Requisition ID: 183073
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Approvisionnement épicerie - Atlantique
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario; Alberta; Nova Scotia; Québec
City: Mississauga, Calgary, Stellarton, Montréal-Nord
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 131,000 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?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for a Demand Planning Manager to join our Grocery Replenishment team.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
Lead division replenishment team
• Coach, develop and empower the Demand Planning team
• Deliver against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure success based on promotional forecast accuracy and promotional service level
Manage promotional forecast accuracy and service level
• Work with the Director, Replenishment to build a national strategy and structure to best support the Company’s promotional performance
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Demand Planning team and other internal stakeholders in the development and management of best practice forecasting processes that will meet or exceed benchmarks for company promotional performance
• Accountable for promotional service level and promotional forecast accuracy
• Build strong relationships with Merchandising to review and align on promotional forecasts and plans
• Communicate opportunities to vendors and category managers for improvement
• Develop productive, proactive and consultative business relationships
• Leverage vendor relationships to ensure supplier availability for all promotions
• Work with Demand Planners to review promotional forecasts for upcoming promotions to maximize availability and improve forecast accuracy
• Work with Buyers to ensure forecasts are effectively translated into accurate purchase orders
• Collaborate with Merchandising to support promotional forecasting, maximize availability, and align on promotional volumes to maximize availability and sales
• Act as a liaison between Buyers, Category Merchants and make recommendations to optimize inventory flow and in-stocks levels
• Work closely with Demand Planning to ensure forecasts are effectively translated into accurate purchase orders
• Work closely with the Process Optimization team to identify opportunities to improve existing processes
Empower employees and develop top talent
• Create opportunities for skill development and career progression to develop talent
What you have to offer:
• An undergraduate degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of principles of demand forecasting and inventory planning
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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.
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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.