Location: Toronto, ON

Job Description

Team details & who they will work with

- Canada Planning and Merchandising, this is a smaller team

Desired Candidate Profile

- Minimum required years of experience: 2+ YEO in inventory planning or data analysis for merchandizing
- Education requirements: Bachelors or equivalent experience

Must have skills

- Experience processing data entry, working with large data sets, managing and updating data systems Updating PO’s, product SKU’s, retail math
- Can troubleshoot data, know when something doesn't look right, data integrity, can recommend processes to make things smoother

Nice to have skills

- Comfortable with Excel, intermediate level
- Retail experience, coming from a fast-paced environment, exciting to learn, proactive

Software/technical requirements

- SAP, Retail Pro (Nice to Have)

Who Are We Looking For

- We’re looking for an individual to support our Allocation Planning team, and work in partnership with Allocation, strategically moving inventory from our distribution centers to stores nationwide.
- The role of Allocation Planner makes clients’ assortment of innovative products come to life in our stores by positioning our inventory to efficiently fulfill consumer demand.
- The candidate needs to be curious, have a tolerance for ambiguity and possess the ability to work both collaboratively & independently, while combining that with a working knowledge of retail math and the ability to utilize data analysis to help drive decision making.
- Continuous improvement and change are required to be successful and adapt to the changing requirements of our consumers and business.
- The candidate should possess solid retail acumen and analytical skills, and an understanding of retail environments and bring a consumerist perspective to the team and business.

What Will You Work On





- You’ll work with the DC and MPO teams to upload POs and ensure the DC has visibility to them
- You’ll gain the knowledge of systems and the ability to troubleshoot (SAP, MMX, Krunch, Retail Pro, Generator)
- You will support the day-to-day operations of the Allocation Team, ensuring allocations are uploaded and communicated to the DC team.
- You will ensure that PO quantities in Retail Pro align with SAP after MPO posts orders (Daily)
- You will support, on an as needed basis, forecasting and reacting to business performance and stock levels to determine replenishment quantities
- You will support the Allocation Team & Planning Teams, on an as needed basis, by updating reporting and troubleshooting if issues arrive with data integrity.
- You may be required to support the allocation of product, determining ideal inventory on hand quantities by store/service hub for each style/color, in accordance with the business plans.
- You will support NFS store teams with any inventory discrepancies through Retail Pro
- Drive functional expertise in Allocation Planning by collaborating with technology, process, and other
- Allocation Planning team mates to improve how we work

What You Bring

- Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in Business, Math or Economics, or additional 2 years’ experience in lieu of degree is an asset
- A positive understanding and comfort within Excel and other computer-based systems, and an aptitude to learn quickly and more!
- Strong administrative skills and great multitasking skills
- Strong analytic & problem-solving skills, and comfort working in ambiguity
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with much communication coming through Slack, Email and Zoom
- Understanding of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT and others

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