Assistant Category Leader - Merchandising
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About the role
Assistant Category Leader - Merchandising
Are you forward-thinking and always looking to establish better systems and processes?
As an assistant demand planner, you will support the Category Leader in implementing the company vision and category objectives through execution of Best Buy’s retail processes. You’ll manage daily tasks to accomplish the business and financial goals set forth. You’ll partner with other members of the organization including Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Ecommerce, Store Design and Finance to execute the category’s merchandising plans.
In this role, the successful candidate is needed to be in the greater Vancouver, BC area, where we practice a remote first working model, leveraging in person interactions for strategic, collaborative, and social purposes.
Make a difference on our Merchandising team as an assistant category leader!
What you’ll do:
- Manage business performance by utilizing the BPM weekly report, meeting with team members on a weekly basis to discuss performance diagnosis, maintaining and monitoring class/sub-class action plans, executing and updating action items, and communicating business diagnosis and action plans to the Category Leader
- Develop and strengthen supplier relations through daily interactions that align with organizational goals while assisting the Category Leader in defining value targets for sourcing arrangements within the category
- Work closely with out Digital Retail team in ensuring we are maximizing opportunities in the digital space
- Communicate between internal (corporate departments and team members) and external audiences (stores) while assisting the Space Management group by reviewing the store planograms and providing input as needed
- Support the Visual Merchandising group by reviewing signage, end caps, strike zones and other visual components used in the stores
What we’re looking for:
- 2-4 years of experience with retail buying/inventory/planning, ideally in the consumer electronics industry
- Previous supervisory experience an asset
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management preferred
Why you’ll love it here:
- Remote-first work environment
- Employee discounts on awesome tech from day one
- Flexible health benefits and wellness program
- TFSA and RRSP programs
- 100% matched company pension plan
- Training programs to build new and transferable skills
About Best Buy
As Canada's destination for the coolest tech, Best Buy offers one of the best work environments in the country! Our culture is one of inclusivity and belonging and provides employees an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.
We believe in a fair and inclusive hiring process. We encourage you to apply if you may not meet all the requirements.
Join our amazing team!
We are looking for people just like you.
Annualized Compensation Range
$58,000.00 - $64,000.00
This job is eligible for a company performance bonus in addition to the compensation range above.
Starting pay offered will consider skills and experience. Your pay can grow as you build your career with us.
Suite 102 - 425 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1L3
This posting is for a vacancy.
About Best Buy
At Best Buy, our purpose is to enrich lives through technology. We do that by leveraging our unique combination of tech expertise and human touch to meet our customers’ everyday needs, whether they come to us online, visit our stores or invite us into their homes. With over 1,000 stores and more than 90,000 employees in the United States and Canada, we solve key human needs in the areas of productivity, security, health, entertainment, connectivity, and more.
We’re a community of courageous change-makers, ambitious collaborators, and inspiring friends. Whether it’s working as a Geek Squad Agent, an in-store advisor, or in our corporate office, we offer each other support and prepare for what might come next.
We wake up every morning so we can do our part in shaping the future of a changing world. Together, we raise the bar for what’s possible and dream up new solutions to problems we’ve never encountered. We master innovative skills that we didn’t know were within grasp and turn everyday interactions into human connections built to last.
If change motivates you, if technology inspires you — we’re here for you. Tomorrow works here™.
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Assistant Category Leader - Merchandising
Top Benefits
About the role
Assistant Category Leader - Merchandising
Are you forward-thinking and always looking to establish better systems and processes?
As an assistant demand planner, you will support the Category Leader in implementing the company vision and category objectives through execution of Best Buy’s retail processes. You’ll manage daily tasks to accomplish the business and financial goals set forth. You’ll partner with other members of the organization including Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Ecommerce, Store Design and Finance to execute the category’s merchandising plans.
In this role, the successful candidate is needed to be in the greater Vancouver, BC area, where we practice a remote first working model, leveraging in person interactions for strategic, collaborative, and social purposes.
Make a difference on our Merchandising team as an assistant category leader!
What you’ll do:
- Manage business performance by utilizing the BPM weekly report, meeting with team members on a weekly basis to discuss performance diagnosis, maintaining and monitoring class/sub-class action plans, executing and updating action items, and communicating business diagnosis and action plans to the Category Leader
- Develop and strengthen supplier relations through daily interactions that align with organizational goals while assisting the Category Leader in defining value targets for sourcing arrangements within the category
- Work closely with out Digital Retail team in ensuring we are maximizing opportunities in the digital space
- Communicate between internal (corporate departments and team members) and external audiences (stores) while assisting the Space Management group by reviewing the store planograms and providing input as needed
- Support the Visual Merchandising group by reviewing signage, end caps, strike zones and other visual components used in the stores
What we’re looking for:
- 2-4 years of experience with retail buying/inventory/planning, ideally in the consumer electronics industry
- Previous supervisory experience an asset
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management preferred
Why you’ll love it here:
- Remote-first work environment
- Employee discounts on awesome tech from day one
- Flexible health benefits and wellness program
- TFSA and RRSP programs
- 100% matched company pension plan
- Training programs to build new and transferable skills
About Best Buy
As Canada's destination for the coolest tech, Best Buy offers one of the best work environments in the country! Our culture is one of inclusivity and belonging and provides employees an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.
We believe in a fair and inclusive hiring process. We encourage you to apply if you may not meet all the requirements.
Join our amazing team!
We are looking for people just like you.
Annualized Compensation Range
$58,000.00 - $64,000.00
This job is eligible for a company performance bonus in addition to the compensation range above.
Starting pay offered will consider skills and experience. Your pay can grow as you build your career with us.
Suite 102 - 425 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1L3
This posting is for a vacancy.
About Best Buy
At Best Buy, our purpose is to enrich lives through technology. We do that by leveraging our unique combination of tech expertise and human touch to meet our customers’ everyday needs, whether they come to us online, visit our stores or invite us into their homes. With over 1,000 stores and more than 90,000 employees in the United States and Canada, we solve key human needs in the areas of productivity, security, health, entertainment, connectivity, and more.
We’re a community of courageous change-makers, ambitious collaborators, and inspiring friends. Whether it’s working as a Geek Squad Agent, an in-store advisor, or in our corporate office, we offer each other support and prepare for what might come next.
We wake up every morning so we can do our part in shaping the future of a changing world. Together, we raise the bar for what’s possible and dream up new solutions to problems we’ve never encountered. We master innovative skills that we didn’t know were within grasp and turn everyday interactions into human connections built to last.
If change motivates you, if technology inspires you — we’re here for you. Tomorrow works here™.