Merchandise Assistant (12 Month Contract)

at  TJX Canada

SARAH DISCOVERED OPEN DOORS WORKING AT TJX

Sarah values our ‘open door’ policy and believes the openness and honesty throughout the entire organization showcases how supportive and adaptable we really are. Feedback isn’t just tolerated here. Feedback is vital to our growth.

It’s safe to say, there’s no shortage of variety in what we do. Here are some key accountabilities of the role:

• Accountable for placing purchase orders (PO) based on weekly plans developed by Buying and Planning teams
• Responsible for reviewing merchandise inbound flow plans and update PO estimated arrival dates at Distribution Centres, updating Buyer and Planning teams as required
• Coordinates inbound flow modifications, mitigating early receipts due to logistics changes, delays, business needs/trends including working with global buying offices as required
• Analyzes visibility milestone reporting along with leveraging other reporting tools to identify and advise on merchandise flow interruptions / issues; takes action and partners on opportunities, and risk mitigation to drive sales.
• Partners with Planning on updates to dynamic inbound flow picture and recommends alternate viable available to ship scenarios where possible.
• Prepares and reviews weekly and daily reports as well as utilizing key tools within the business to understand timeline changes within purchase orders (i.e., RPA updates, vendor updates, shipping updates) and action them as required; provides Buyers with regular reporting
• Partners with Buyer to execute any negotiated discounts or cancellations of PO’s
• Resolves vendor problems on behalf of the Buyer e.g., PO discrepancies, shipping dates, partial shipments etc.
• Provides timely communication to Merchants, Supervisor, and other business stakeholders in the identification of flow issues that will impact sales e.g., lates/earlies/vendor issues.
• Accountable for providing timely categorization of Corporate Import Requisition (CIR) and completion of PO to meet GBO CIR required timeframe
• Partners with Vendor Intake team to systemically open new vendors within a 24-hour window.
• Manage the department’s vendor base (contact info, pre-ticket addresses, update trade show vendor base, maintain history and current activity), filter potential new vendors, keep vendor information current.
• Ensures vendor samples are available for Buyer to review for quality control, one world/strategies, presentations to Senior Leadership, marketing event needs.
• Partners with Logistics to resolve product shipping and booking issues to process merchandise through Distribution Centres
• Participate in special projects as assigned
• For a closer look into the role of a Merchandise Assistant, click HERE