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Buyer – Sourcing, Garden

Job in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Listing for: Loblaw Companies Limited
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-24
Job specializations:
  • Retail
    Supply Chain & Logistics
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 68000 - 94000 CAD Yearly CAD 68000.00 94000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

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Venez faire votre différence dans les communautés à travers le Canada, où l'authentic ité, la confiance et l'établissement de liens sont valorisés - alors que nous façonnons l'avenir du commerce de détail au Canada, ensemble. Notre position unique en tant que l'un des plus grands employeurs du pays, celle associée à notre engagement à avoir un impact positif sur la vie de tous les Canadiens, viens offrir à nos collègues une gamme d'opportunités et d'expériences pour aider les Canadiens à Vivre Bien, Vivre Pleinement.
Chez Les Compagnies Loblaw Limitée, nous réussissons grâce à la collaboration, à l'engagement et nous plaçons la barre haute pour nous-mêmes et ceux qui nous entourent. Que vous débutiez votre carrière, que vous réintégriez le marché du travail ou que vous recherchiez un nouvel emploi, votre place est avec nous.

Why is this role important :

Reporting to our Produce Sourcing Director you’ll participate in every aspect of category procurement including domestic and offshore sourcing, vendor relationship and performance management, RFPs, cost negotiations and cost mitigation, supply risk management, quality management, vendor onboarding and much more. You’ll also work with the Director to provide our retail divisions with rich category insights on cost inflation forecasting, commodity trends, competitive landscape analytics and global product innovation.

What

you'll do:
  • Source and implement weekly and seasonal product buys for baseline and promotional volume on behalf of our retail divisions.
  • Influence and implement buying strategies that align to category playbooks and deliver on our annual budget obligations.
  • Build trusted relationships with the vendor community and our external partners.
  • Set and achieve goals, working united with various colleagues in merchandising, operations, control brands, supply chain, loyalty, e-commerce, marketing, media, and other divisions.
  • Lead and assist the Director with vendor meetings and product costing negotiations. Play an active role in managing vendors’ fulfilment and financial performance.
  • Lead promotional programs from end-to-end, including product selection and forecasting, financial impact analysis, pricing decisions, vendor engagement, flyer, and digital content, and evaluate program success.
  • Use data and analytics to build strategic plans that best serve customers, and that achieve intended financial outcomes.
  • Research the competitive landscape and understand industry benchmarking standards on pricing, assortment, merchandising, promotional activity and more.
  • Provide support by handling the financial performance for the category (profit and loss) and driven health of the category (market share performance.)
  • Evaluate new product and/or platform innovation and work with our Loblaw Brands team and retail divisions on product innovation and program sourcing for our private labels.
  • Collaborate with our supply chain replenishment and transport teams to resolve product availability challenges and/or fulfilment obstacles.
  • Research the competitive landscape of the category and understand industry benchmarking standards on costing, global sourcing strategies, product quality specifications etc.
  • Proudly represent the Produce category with the Sourcing Team.
  • Building and leading diverse teams that foster a workplace of inclusiveness and belonging
  • Execute and complete new item set-up process
  • Execute and complete item discontinuation process
  • Key all promos into JDA and run integrity reports
  • Pricing and Inventory Management
    • Execute cost and retail price changes in templates/systems
    • Resolve SAP store notifications
  • Billings
    • Input regular O&A into systems
    • Track O&A and follow up with vendors on auto and manual O&A

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