Longo's is committed to maintaining an environment where team members have a place to grow and pursue excellence. We are a Canadian, family operated food retailer which has grown and prospered since 1956. Our team members are dedicated to exceeding customer expectations by offering the best food experience to every customer, every time. It is through such commitment that Longo's now operates over 42 stores and is celebrating over 69 years of business and is continuing to grow.

We are looking for a Replenishment Analyst who is passionate about food and enjoys working in a fast paced, team environment!

Do you have product replenishment experience in the retail industry?

Are you known for building strong relationships with vendors and category managers?

Why not join us?

Position: Replenishment Analyst

Job Overview:

Functioning with minimal oversight, this role takes ownership and responsibility for the end-to-end process of material and vendor set up, costing, promotion management, forecasting and replenishment. Responsibilities include set up and maintenance of vendor and product master data; cost and price changes; assurance of data quality; issue resolution; forecasting and replenishment for warehouse stocked, cross dock and flow items; cost optimization and management of aged inventory. The Analyst, Supply Chain and Master Data actively makes decisions for weekly purchases more than $2 million.

Accountabilities:

Data Entry:

• Set-up and maintain data pertaining to vendors, new products, existing products, cost and price changes, promotional activity using provided tools and procedures.

Investigation:

• Review data entry requests for accuracy and reasonability and potential conflicts with data already in the system.
• Investigate errors to identify the root cause of the issue before completing the assigned data entry request.
• Work with multiple computer systems in ensuring data consistency and accuracy.

Error Resolution:

• Communicate via phone, email and in-person with category managers and suppliers to seek resolution before completing the assigned data entry request on time.
• Forecasting and Replenishment for warehouse, cross dock and booked items for chain wide consumption:
• Maintains committed in-stock inventory levels and optimal inventory on warehouse stocked items by managing the product order cycles, vendor minimums, vendor lead times, product shelf life, truckload capacity and logistics schedules and executing purchase orders, when appropriate
• Revises system forecast to factor in any abnormalities and executes purchase orders, when appropriate
• Reviews chain wide inventory and initiates transfers of goods as needed
• Orders for promotions based on prior sales performance, professional knowledge, and current market factors such as specials advertised by the competition.
• Follows-up with vendor to ensure vendor has blocked time with the warehouse and prevent delays in receipt of order.

Supplier Performance:

• Investigates vendor service level issues and pricing issues at every instance and communicates implication with Category Managers and Manager, Inventory Management

Cost Optimization:

• Actively manages the utilization of deals and forward buys to ensure maximum overall benefit

Management of Product Aging:

• Negotiates special deals with vendors, as needed, to deplete excess stock

Reporting:

• Maintain a central log of issues to provide all stakeholders and management with visibility to recurring issues and sources of issues.
• Report on KPI’s.

Customer Service:

• Execute and respond to stores and other support center departments, vendor requests and management requests in a timely manner
• Support Supply Chain team with additional projects and tasks, as assigned

Health and Safety:

• Promotes and endorses Safety Vision “Safety is our way of life”.
• Observes and support Longo’s Safe Work guidelines and other safe work practices.
• Role models the importance of health and safety by always working safely and calls out and addressed and safety issues.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:

• Post-secondary certificate or diploma required, preferably in a Business Administration Field of Study
• Strong knowledge of grocery retail business in terms of seasonality, consumer behavior and product mix
• Prior experience in problem analysis and resolution
• 3 years’ experience in forecasting and replenishment
• 2 years’ experience with an ERP
• Strong working knowledge of Excel, and Word is required
• Strong customer-service orientation
• Strong oral and written business communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities with regular deadlines
• High attention to detail while processing large amounts of data

Longo’s is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability.

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.

If you require accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Coordinator at:

Email: [email protected]