Buyer, Hardgoods

Sports ExpertsLaval, QC

21 days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

What you’ll do

Are you prepared to be part of a team that has an impact on retail trade in Canada?

Initiating and adapting to change is essential to our success. The complexity and speed at which the retail industry has evolved have increased exponentially over the past few years and we are determined to become the leader. To do this, we focus on innovation at all levels of the company by investing in new technologies and products, and on the best talent to propel the Company into the future. This is a particularly exciting time to join the Canadian Tire family of businesses.

The franchise division buyer creates a relationship of trust and credibility with franchisees, other related services and suppliers to establish a partnership that will contribute to the success of the stores and FGL Sports. They will manage primary product categories in collaboration with the purchasing manager to meet their objectives.

Offer purchasing recommendations that meet the needs of each of the franchisee network banners. Preselect advertised styles of different banners, determine purchasing budgets by categories and stores, preregister quantities by advertised models
Negotiate various policies of mutual understanding with our suppliers, based on the category volume
Prepare and coordinate the selection committees for the various banners to establish the advertising program
Prepare and coordinate presentations for franchisees
Establish price and competition guidelines for each category
Visit the stores of our franchisees as well as those of our competitors to keep abreast of market trends
Search for and purchase promotional items for our different franchised banners
Manage inventory, markups and markdowns of the warehouse’s various categories
Work to create catalogues and various flyers in collaboration with the POP Hotline
Provide customer service to our franchise stores as well as our suppliers
Demonstrate leadership and contribute to the management and development of an analyst

What you bring

Minimum of five years of experience in sporting goods retail or equivalent.

Minimum of three years of experience in retail, preferably sports retail.

University or college degree in administration

Very good knowledge of the sporting goods retail market

Strong negotiation skills with sports industry suppliers as well as our franchisees

Good knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook in a Windows environment

Bilingualism is essential (spoken and written French and English)

Strong organizational skills, as well as the ability to establish priorities effectively and work as a team under pressure

Ability to travel

Hybrid

At Canadian Tire we work flexibility embracing ‘Hybrid’ whereby individuals utilize a combination of working at a CTC campus and or virtually in service of outcomes. Determined by managers, decisions around work location will be made based on business and team needs and grounded in a desire to support individual well-being and personal needs. Our goal is to empower teams and individuals to make the right decisions for them, and we expect that to look different for everyone

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