Marketing Liaison and Merchandise Reporting Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Sporting Life is a proudly Canadian sports lifestyle brand, inspiring people to live, enjoy, and enable the sporting life since 1979. From skiing and running to biking and tennis, we offer the best gear for those who live an active lifestyle.
As part of Sporting Life Group, alongside Golf Town and Team Town, we blend sport and style to help Canadians get outside and keep moving.
Why Work Here?
- Access to our benefits package, with the choice of different levels of health, dental, and vision coverage to suit you.
- Employee discounts at Golf Town, Sporting Life, and Team Town Sports that are shareable with friends and family.
- Team-first culture that celebrates an active, sports lifestyle.
- Fun, fast-paced hybrid environment where your passion for sport and style belongs.
- Vendor Pro Deals and expert product training to fuel your knowledge and performance.
- Competitive pay and opportunities to grow your career in sports lifestyle.
What You'll Do;
As the Marketing Liaison and Merchandise Reporting Manager for Sporting Life (SL), you will play a pivotal role in driving data-informed decisions that support our Merchandising Vice Presidents across apparel, footwear, and hardgoods categories.
By translating complex data into clear and actionable insights, you will help shape strategies that enhance product performance and improve marketing effectiveness. In this role, you will lead cross-department collaboration, ensuring that merchandising initiatives align closely with marketing efforts and operational priorities.
- Delivering performance dashboards for merchandising activities and identifying areas of improvement through coordination, communication, or stakeholder engagement.
- Managing a scorecard for key merchandising metrics including shipping, zero sales, and min-max inventory reporting providing actionable insights and recommendations.
- Interpreting financial results and contributing to roadmap planning through informed analysis.
- Leading promo-planning and execution of “deal of the day” initiatives across Merchandising, Operations, and Marketing, ensuring alignment and compliance.
- Consolidating and sharing weekly, monthly, and seasonal merchandising campaigns with Marketing and Operations teams. Acting as the key liaison between merchants and marketing.
- Participating in cross-functional meetings, ensuring clarity of deliverables and consistency in communication; serving as the central contact for execution-related inquiries.
- Collaborating with stores, buyers, and planners to implement assortment, allocation, replenishment, and space strategies.
- Supporting stores with questions related to pricing, receiving, and promotional execution.
What You'll Bring;
- 3–5 years of experience in retail planning, buying, or merchandising with a solid understanding of inventory management, retail merchandising, and store operations.
- Post-secondary education in retail, marketing, business, or finance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into insights and recommendations, with advanced Excel skills and experience working with large data sets.
- High attention to detail with a proactive, follow-through mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to shifting business needs.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with a collaborative, team-oriented approach.
Sporting Life Group is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, please advise the Sporting Life Human Resources team of any accommodations required to ensure fair and equitable access through the recruitment and selection process.
About Sporting Life
Sporting Life is a leading, iconic Canadian sports lifestyle retailer. Since 1979, we've been committed to providing our customers and their families with the best possible experience—and we are continuously working to improve it every day. We offer the best in outdoor apparel and fashion, footwear, equipment and accessories for men, women and kids. The mix of sport and fashion is what makes us unique.
YOU live for the great Canadian outdoors and take pride in living the Sporting Life. You relish in the exhilarating experience of skiing, snowboarding, cycling, running, tennis, hiking and camping and want to inspire our customers to do the same. You believe in the spirit of team, adapting to the ever-changing retail environment, being part of constant innovation and working alongside the best leaders, associates and vendors in the business. We are looking for those who live what we sell every day and who celebrate the love of sport and an active way of living.
Marketing Liaison and Merchandise Reporting Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Sporting Life is a proudly Canadian sports lifestyle brand, inspiring people to live, enjoy, and enable the sporting life since 1979. From skiing and running to biking and tennis, we offer the best gear for those who live an active lifestyle.
As part of Sporting Life Group, alongside Golf Town and Team Town, we blend sport and style to help Canadians get outside and keep moving.
Why Work Here?
- Access to our benefits package, with the choice of different levels of health, dental, and vision coverage to suit you.
- Employee discounts at Golf Town, Sporting Life, and Team Town Sports that are shareable with friends and family.
- Team-first culture that celebrates an active, sports lifestyle.
- Fun, fast-paced hybrid environment where your passion for sport and style belongs.
- Vendor Pro Deals and expert product training to fuel your knowledge and performance.
- Competitive pay and opportunities to grow your career in sports lifestyle.
What You'll Do;
As the Marketing Liaison and Merchandise Reporting Manager for Sporting Life (SL), you will play a pivotal role in driving data-informed decisions that support our Merchandising Vice Presidents across apparel, footwear, and hardgoods categories.
By translating complex data into clear and actionable insights, you will help shape strategies that enhance product performance and improve marketing effectiveness. In this role, you will lead cross-department collaboration, ensuring that merchandising initiatives align closely with marketing efforts and operational priorities.
- Delivering performance dashboards for merchandising activities and identifying areas of improvement through coordination, communication, or stakeholder engagement.
- Managing a scorecard for key merchandising metrics including shipping, zero sales, and min-max inventory reporting providing actionable insights and recommendations.
- Interpreting financial results and contributing to roadmap planning through informed analysis.
- Leading promo-planning and execution of “deal of the day” initiatives across Merchandising, Operations, and Marketing, ensuring alignment and compliance.
- Consolidating and sharing weekly, monthly, and seasonal merchandising campaigns with Marketing and Operations teams. Acting as the key liaison between merchants and marketing.
- Participating in cross-functional meetings, ensuring clarity of deliverables and consistency in communication; serving as the central contact for execution-related inquiries.
- Collaborating with stores, buyers, and planners to implement assortment, allocation, replenishment, and space strategies.
- Supporting stores with questions related to pricing, receiving, and promotional execution.
What You'll Bring;
- 3–5 years of experience in retail planning, buying, or merchandising with a solid understanding of inventory management, retail merchandising, and store operations.
- Post-secondary education in retail, marketing, business, or finance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into insights and recommendations, with advanced Excel skills and experience working with large data sets.
- High attention to detail with a proactive, follow-through mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to shifting business needs.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with a collaborative, team-oriented approach.
Sporting Life Group is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, please advise the Sporting Life Human Resources team of any accommodations required to ensure fair and equitable access through the recruitment and selection process.
About Sporting Life
Sporting Life is a leading, iconic Canadian sports lifestyle retailer. Since 1979, we've been committed to providing our customers and their families with the best possible experience—and we are continuously working to improve it every day. We offer the best in outdoor apparel and fashion, footwear, equipment and accessories for men, women and kids. The mix of sport and fashion is what makes us unique.
YOU live for the great Canadian outdoors and take pride in living the Sporting Life. You relish in the exhilarating experience of skiing, snowboarding, cycling, running, tennis, hiking and camping and want to inspire our customers to do the same. You believe in the spirit of team, adapting to the ever-changing retail environment, being part of constant innovation and working alongside the best leaders, associates and vendors in the business. We are looking for those who live what we sell every day and who celebrate the love of sport and an active way of living.