Merchandising Supervisor

Job Responsibility: United Trimen Our employees exhibit a friendly, collaborative, team-oriented focus on serving our customers with urgency and attention to detail. Our culture is built on a set of Cornerstone values we believe make us unique:

• Our customers come first. We're driven to exceed their expectations by listening, leading, solving problems, and delivering what we promise.
• We encourage productivity and efficiency, and there are rewards for jobs well done. Sometimes it's a financial incentive, other times an award, always a genuine thank-you.
• The best relationships are founded on honesty, trust, and respect. We say what we will do, and then we do it.
• Personal and professional growth depends on teamwork. By sharing knowledge, skills, ideas, and effort, we benefit our customers, ourselves, and our communities.
• Strong relationships break down barriers and promote innovation and cooperation. By working as an open-minded, responsive team, we achieve excellence.
• Our future depends on the success of each employee. In an atmosphere of dignity and diversity, our appreciation for each other's talents and contributions keeps us at our best.
• We play fair, but never lose sight of the goal to win. With that in mind, we execute our plans and strategies with focus, commitment, and passion.

We offer our employees very competitive benefits:

• Profit Sharing
• Healthcare Benefits
• Matching Retirement Contribution
• Overtime Compensation Over 40 hours
• Training & Development and Growth Opportunities

We have a wide variety of opportunities to establish yourself in the food industry including sales, sales support, customer service, marketing, administration, finance, operations, technology and inventory management. Come join our team and build your career with us! Position Summary: Works with national vendors to drive operational excellence and manages, develops, and implements go-to market activities to support division sales and marketing strategy. Responsible for regional vendor management and product lifecycle management of the region and division-specific vendors and product portfolio ensuring optimal product mix focused on defined customer needs, operational efficiency, and financial goals as well as product discontinuation/deletions. Collaborates with key stakeholders on the national category team, merchandising teams, and vendors to execute strategies to achieve sales, margin, and brand goals. Supports go-to-market product and vendor strategy execution informed by Category Management plans, knowledge of current trends, internal and external category data, and feedback from engaged relationships with GFS regional merchandising and division marketing teams. Location: 1250 Ormont Dr, North York, ON Hybrid - 4 days in office. Essential Functions: Product

• Acts as primary category contact for internal shareholders and external vendor community
• Acts as a key product specification resource, including product certification and defining key attributes
• Works with the Quality Assurance Team and vendors on resolution to product quality issues
• Responsible for supporting all segments of the business

Supplier Operational Excellence

• Supports Supply Chain with vendor escalation on mid- to long-term vendor service level improvement and plans to ensure product availability to meet customer needs
• Responsible for developing alternative supply solutions to support customer needs
• Works with other departments (Education segment, Stores, etc ) to support Inventory Planning - I.e. back to school, seasonal products, etc)
• Supports the creation of product content/attributes working with vendors and marketing communications

Supplier Execution

• Responsible for working with vendors on Food show participation and activity planning
• Assists in escalation process with Vendor Receivables, Category Support and Divisions on vendor dispute resolution
• Works with vendors on driving continuous improvement of VIP Scorecard metrics

Merchandising

• Collaborates with the Divisional Merchandising Teams on sales facing strategy execution

Performs other duties as assigned. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Business Acumen - Proficiency of business and management principles involved in strategic planning to inject creativity, fresh thinking, new perspectives and to generate new and imaginative ideas.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Marketing / Product - knowledge of principles and methods for merchandising products and services. Knowledge of product and marketing segments.
• Project Management Skills - able to understand, follow and create processes in order to complete projects.
• Self Management - Must have good time management and organizational skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to complete assigned work on time and on budget. Must be results oriented and have excellent team skills.

• Customer Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Data Analysis / Analytics Skills - Proficiency in analyzing information; able to use analytics and associated tools (e.g., Excel, Access) in creative ways to tell the product story, garner buy-in, provide insights and to support decision-making.
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Speaking and Writing — Requires effective verbal, written, and presentation skills in order to support projects, convey findings, share strategies and implement product marketing/merchandising presentations, or to sell an idea in a variety of ways including written correspondence, face-to-face, or group meetings.
• Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for the next stage will be contacted. United Trimen is an equal opportunity employer who strives to provide an inclusive work environment that involves everyone and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to any enumerated or analogous grounds of discrimination, including race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status, sexual orientation or status as a qualified individual with disability. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to View email address on ca.edajobs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.