Vendor Analyst, Effy Jewelry

at  Hudsons Bay

Location: TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
Category: The Bay Buying
Job Opened: April 4th, 2024
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Number: 240001A1
Job Type: Full-Time
Remote: No

• Manage Vendor Relationships
  o Work closely with the vendor ensuring the vendor strategy for regular business, launches, GWP, and holiday boosts as applicable/needed
  o Have weekly communication with the vendor to ensure the level of stock and react when needed. Review any opportunities and upcoming promotions.
  o Provide the vendor with any analysis needed for the business (BIS)

o Work with vendors and prepare & review allocation for all promotions

• Analysis of flow product, purchase orders, sales, etc. in order to improve replenishment allocations
• Develop strategies relating to the flow of product
• Adhere to business processes related to the position and offer suggestions for improvement where possible including analysis of store and SKU productivity and any +/- recommendations.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned
• Prepare collaborative forecasting
• Review merchandise quantification
• Prepare RTV claims once negotiated
• Inventory management – review WOS, model stocks, and suggest stock balancing (RTV/transfers)
• Review DCM parameters (new items & updates)
• Manage buy plans/order flows
• Supervise NSP Process
• Create/Review allocations for repeat orders
• Highlight areas of opportunity to direct DSCMs balancing stock
• Approve purchase repeat orders
• Make purchase order changes (dates, quantity, UPC’s etc)
• Provide information to our team in India for price changes
• E-commerce onboarding process
• Check E-commerce sites for content, pricing, and promotional integrity accuracy
• Ensure repeat style validation is updated in systems including cost, retail, and season coding
• Action updates on Assortment revisions
• Create/Approve/Track purchase orders and monitor fill rates
• Validate assortment plans in Nuorder are correct and export task submission for an item and PO create team to the Item data Analyst
• Work with the assistant buyer to coordinate marketing sample requests