Manager, Planning & Inventory Management

at  Indigo Books Music

Company Description
Dedicated to telling stories and creating experiences, Indigo is always looking for bright, energetic and customer-focused people who can help bring our exciting mission to life in one of our more than 170 Indigo, Indigospirit, Chapters and Coles stores across Canada. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities at our retail stores, distribution centres, and home office for people who share our passions and want to be part of a dynamic and enriching culture.

WHO WE ARE

• We love books and all things beautiful
• We are Canada’s Cultural Department Store
• Books are our heart and our soul and Great Books are JUST the Beginning…

We play by the following rules:

• We exist to add joy to our customers’ lives each and every time they interact with us and our products
• Our job is to create joyful moments for our customers
• We treat each other the way we’d treat a valued friend
• We inspire each other to do our best work
• We seek to ignite creativity and innovation every day
• We give back to the communities in which we operate

Job Description

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Functional

• Partner with Category Manager to develop and execute category strategies based on customer feedback/preferences to achieve financial goals and business objectives
• Partner with Category Manager in development of conceptual assortment plans and reconcile assortment plans against financial goals
• Provide in-depth analysis of product performance and make recommendations to maximize business opportunities
• Focus on the analytics, financial and inventory performance
• Manage and maintain OTB
• Manage allocations and inputs into the forecasting and replenishment systems working with cross functional partners to validate forecast
• Partner with Category Manager to manage open-to-buy/business performance in-season to maximize sales opportunities
• Support the Category Manager to collaborate with Store Design and Visual Merchandising on space planning
• Develop merchandise financial/store plans and open-to-buy
• Manage overall markdown process to ensure smooth launch/exit of inventory
• Develop and execute financial/assortment analytics and reporting
• Understand the impact to Indigo of changing external environmental factors
• Develop replenishment budget
• Work with Category Manager to develop allocation strategy by:
• determining allocation and in-season readiness to monitor/manage allocation/replenishment performance
• re-forecasting replenishment budget to inform Open-to-Buy
• management of product flow from DC to stores, in-season
• Communicate with and support stores and DCs
• Accountable for managing Replenishment
• Support the creation of the Store/location plans during MFP process
• Ensure the completion of team deliverables and set/adhere to team budgets, as applicable
• Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all design and decision-making processes
• Proactively identify and anticipate customer expectations and needs
• Embrace and seek out technology that creates high tech and high touch solutions for Indigo’s customers
• Challenge the status quo and consistently identify areas for improvement, diagnose issues and working to resolve them

People

• Build strong teams by attracting and developing the best talent
• Bring out the best in others, empower and constructively stretch talent
• Give authentic feedback on performance and potential
• Ensure all team members understand where they stand and have clear performance objectives aligned with Indigo and team goals
• Collaborate with others to drive flexible and iterative solutions, quickly and easily
• Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself
• Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage other functions to get input
• Encourage others to freely share their point of view and be open to feedback
• Accountable for the overall engagement, productivity, turnover and bench strength of the team

Cultural

• Model Indigo’s beliefs and convey a positive image in everything you do
• Celebrate diversity of thought and have an open mindset
• Take an active role in fostering a culture of continual learning, taking risks without the fear of making mistakes
• Embrace, champion and influence change through your team and/or the organization

Please refer the Job description for details