Buyer & Planner Jobs

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe in inclusion, we believe in self-expression, we believe in no judgement and we believe in individualism.

WHO WE ARE

We are bold, we are tenacious, we are courageous and brave.

We are a cast of characters;

We embrace our differences and we share our likenesses.

Some of What’s in it for You!

• Employee Loyalty Reward Program
• Summer Fridays
• Generous welcome gift
• New and freshly renovated offices, designed and built to the LEED Silver environmental standard
• Paid Personal Days
• Company events

As a Retail Buyer and Planner, reporting directly to the Retail Divisional Merchandise Manager, you will be responsible for analyzing sales, maintaining and entering orders, performing market analysis and participating in the development of seasonal assortment plans. You will work in close collaboration with the Merchandising team in decision making for all day-to-day activities including demand forecasting, purchasing, store allocations and replenishment, inventory monitoring, reporting and analysis. Top line financials will be communicated and will need to be broken down to lower lever ladder, class and style plans to hit business metrics. Plans will be communicated to allocation to ensure proper selling is captured through replens.

Some of what you’ll do:

• Maintain optimal turn targets and stock position for highly profitable business with fresh product and minimal out-of-stocks
• Partner with design & visual merch to develop cohesive product assortment plans while managing floorset expectations
• Partner closely with production and supply chain to ensure on-time delivery and alignment on priorities and act as the point of contact
• Break down top level plans by season, by region, by store and by class to create style/color plans for spring, fall and evergreen to support overall strategy of in-stock positioning
• Partner closely with Operations, Production, Finance, and Design teams to manage risk within the product/buy cycle
• Align with Finance and VP Planning on top level annual plans
• Create and execute a merchandise assortment plan that supports the financial, merchandising, and marketing objectives set by senior management
• Manage and update all product related documents and systems as our assortment moves through the development and buying working flows
• Partner with Allocation team on goods to stores and seasonal set-ups to support the floorset
• Analyze assortment of products across entire business (what works, what doesn’t), leverage historical data to identify key opportunities around product, category, pricing, and inventory and develop action plans to develop and implement

Some of what you’ll need:

• Assortment building, forecasting and optimization
• 5-7 years of experience at a retailer/e-commerce company, ideally DTC, and bachelor’s degree in related field
• Proficient in Advanced level Microsoft Excel spreadsheet creation and manipulation
• Strong entrepreneurial and strategic mindset
• Strong Analytical and Math Skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate confidently at all levels
• Strong analytical skills including comprehensive understanding of retail math concepts and formulation of business plans

Moose Knuckles is a Canadian company headquartered in Montreal and operating in North America, Europe and Asia. Professional French language proficiency is therefore required and essential for all Montreal-based employees. In addition, the professional English proficiency is also important since it allows to collaborate with the employees of the group based internationally.