Retail Buying & Strategy Manager

Why Join CRISP CANNABIS?

At CRISP CANNABIS, we operate at the intersection of commercial strategy, quality, and market leadership. As Connecticut's cannabis industry continues to expand, we are looking for an analytical, forward-thinking Retail Buying & Strategy Manager to own our product assortment, vendor relationships, and purchasing execution across all retail locations.

The Retail Buying & Strategy Manager owns the retail buying and product assortment process across Crisp Cannabis locations. This is a hands-on role responsible for evaluating what our customers are buying, determining what products and brands we should carry, negotiating and executing purchases within established budgets, and planning ahead to maintain the right product variety, inventory depth, pricing, and promotional opportunities.

This position is responsible for more than placing orders. The Retail Buying & Strategy Manager follows purchasing decisions from initial opportunity through retail execution and sell-through, using internal sales performance, Trendz and other available market data, vendor relationships, customer demand, competitive activity, promotional calendars, and future company plans to continuously improve what we buy and how it performs. The position works closely with the Purchasing & Inventory Manager, Retail Operations Manager, Wholesale Sales Manager, Marketing Manager, store leadership, and other departments to ensure buying strategies are properly planned, communicated, supported, and ultimately successful with the customer.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other responsibilities and projects may be assigned for the overall benefit of the organization.

• Perform and manage retail purchasing across all Crisp Cannabis retail locations within established budgets and company strategy.
• Maintain appropriate product variety across brands, categories, formats, price points, potency ranges, and customer preferences.
• Use sales velocity, inventory position, margin, historical performance, customer demand, and market data to determine what to purchase and in what quantity.
• Regularly evaluate SKU and category performance and identify products that should be expanded, reduced, replaced, or discontinued.
• Maintain sufficient product depth without overbuying, unnecessary SKU duplication, excessive aging inventory, or avoidable markdowns.
• Balance third-party purchasing with Crisp Cannabis house-brand availability and company vertical-integration goals.

• Develop forward purchasing plans based on upcoming promotions, seasonal demand, product launches, internal production, market trends, store needs, and company growth plans.
• Utilize Trendz, Dutchie, internal reporting, vendor information, and other available tools to identify developing customer and market trends.
• Identify products, brands, categories, and purchasing opportunities before demand or availability changes.
• Negotiate advance buys, product commitments, promotional opportunities, pricing, and other favorable terms when they support company goals.
• Work within defined purchasing budgets and provide visibility into significant planned purchases and future commitments.

• Maintain strong working relationships with Connecticut cannabis suppliers and serve as Crisp's primary retail buying contact.
• Negotiate product cost, volume opportunities, promotional support, payment terms, launch support, and other purchasing benefits.
• Maintain current knowledge of new products, vendor activity, competitor assortments, pricing trends, and broader…