Supply Chain (Forecast & Replenishment) and Master Data Analyst

Longo’s is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where team members have a place to grow and pursue excellence, have the latitude to take ownership of their careers and the support and encouragement necessary to be the best they can throughout their career.

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 38 stores within the GTA is celebrating 67 years of business and is continuing to grow!

Are you passionate about food?

Are you looking to take your career to the next level?

Why not join us?

Position : Supply Chain (Forecast & Replenishment) and Master Data Analyst (12 Month Contract)

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.

Accountabilities :

Forecasting and Replenishment for warehouse, cross dock and booked items for chain wide consumption

• 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.
• Coordinates the return of products with vendors due to various reasons, on an ongoing basis

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.
• Investigate any invoice discrepancies and attach proper documentation with authorization to pay per agreed pricing.
• Review non scanning issues and retail pricing discrepancies reported by the stores daily, investigate and document root cause, and interact with other departments and vendors to resolve them.
• Run several Access queries daily and update specific fields as required to the data tables.
• 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.
• Identify source of error and follow-up with appropriate stakeholder with recommendations.

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

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

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
• 5 years’ experience in retail environment required
• 3 years’ experience in forecasting and replenishment
• 2 years’ experience with an ERP
• Strong working knowledge of Excel, and Word is required
• Working knowledge in Access is highly preferred

Working Conditions :

• Work is performed in a standard office environment with participation in meetings
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a changing retail landscape with deadlines
• Will require extensive analysis of data on the computer for long periods of time

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]