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

Loblaw Companies Limited • Toronto, ON

18d • CA$100,000 - CA$132,000

About The Position

Founded in 2006, Joe Fresh is a leading source for modern style and accessible design, offering comprehensive lifestyle collections for men, women and children. Joe Fresh delivers quality and compelling value in categories spanning in apparel, accessories, and footwear. Joe Fresh collections are polished and sophisticated, with a focus on essential designs that appeal to a broad range of style-savvy consumers. With more than 350 Joe Fresh departments from coast to coast, the Joe fresh network is more than a great place to shop, it’s a great place to work. We’re committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness, and inclusivity. We are looking for innovative, hardworking, and collaborative team members for our Joe Fresh team. Join our team in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.
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.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior