Operation Product Manager
About The Position
As an Operations Product Manager, you will be accountable for planning, monitoring, and maximizing retail budgets, ensuring product availability, operational excellence, and maintaining visual merchandise standards in line with company expectations. This role specifically covers the Liquor & Tobacco categories, optimizing their performance by collaborating with vendors, replenishment teams, category buyers, and store management teams. The position is based out of the Toronto Regional Support Office and reports directly to the Toronto Pearson General Manager, with a dotted line to the Category Director of Liquor & Tobacco.
Requirements
- 3 years of retail experience with at least 1 year in similar commercial role.
- Abilities to work with systems, spreadsheets and analyze stock predictions to ensure sufficient stock levels.
- Leadership qualities and demonstrated organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build effective teams.
- Excellent time-management skills and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with diverse personalities.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Proficient in Excel and Microsoft Office
Responsibilities
- Establish & develop an effective relationship with our Brand partners to maximize category performance and potential business opportunities.
- Interact with vendors to gather information for item setup, problem resolution and purchasing of product.
- Develop working knowledge of the buying functions including merchandise selection, negotiation, pricing, and store merchandising.
- Work as intermediary between buyers and vendors to resolve issues including out of stocks, cost adjustments and new product selection.
- Analyze Category and Brand Performance, on weekly and monthly basis
- Responsible for reporting item/ assortment management issues that linked to central Master Data
- Assist in planning/coordination of availability of products for new store openings.
- Assist in plan-o-gram development.
- Produce required reports utilizing KPI measures and analytical forecasting
Benefits
- Medical Benefits
- Generous paid time off (vacation, flex or sick)
- Holiday pay
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee discounts across all company brands
- Employee assistance program
- Training and exciting career growth opportunities
- Referral program – refer a friend and earn a bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
