Top Benefits
About the role
What makes us so great? We’re a private, Canadian-owned company employing over 3600 Team Members. We’re known for providing our customers with the most unique assortment of products, unrivaled customer service and exceptional value – for nearly 100 years.
We forge relationships that last – this is one of the things we enjoy most about our jobs. We call our employees “Team Members” and our managers “Leaders”. We are resourceful and authentic. We build trust by staying true to our word and providing Royal Service every chance we get. You won’t find our unique combination of products and people anywhere else.
This position is an on-site role, based in our beautiful Home Office, which is located at 475 Panet Road , in Winnipeg.
Our Home Office matches our personality - welcoming, a little quirky and full of energy. With access to free parking, an on-site gym & salon, bottomless coffee at the grill, and a games facility – work feels a little bit more like home.
So what’s this role all about? The Demand Planner is accountable for establishing and maintaining an accurate SKU/location level
demand forecast for a rolling 1 year horizon. Analytical and quantitative methods are to be used to
understand, predict, and enhance the forecast of baseline sales as well as promotional sales volumes. On a bi-weekly basis, the Demand Planner will lead Demand Consensus meetings with their representatives from the Merchandising team and facilitate data-driven decisions and actions.
Key Accountabilities
- Develop, manage, and communicate item/store-level demand forecasts within a Category by reviewing historical trends, evaluating forecast results, and applying demand drivers
- Prepare and maintain relevant reporting and documentation that is beneficial to improving forecast accuracy and facilitating inventory management
- Understand and utilize the DRP system for time-efficient exception management and cause-and-effect problem solution's
- Organize and lead discussions with their associated Buying Team and Replenishment Analyst (s) every 2 weeks to review past event performance and develop/modify future promotional forecasts and plans
- Collaborate with Merchandising and Replenishment to effectively navigate the Line Review process and transition through end-of-life product lines and into the new product introductions; Forecast sales and inventory duration of the discontinued lines to suggest and implement transition strategies in accordance with corporate requirements and Line Review objectives
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reporting and root cause analysis/adjustment in the areas of MAPE, Weighted MAPE, Bias, Lost Sales, Overstocked Inventory Effect, and Forecast Value-Add
A Few Other Things We're Looking For
- Post-secondary education in administration and / or 1 year related experience (retail and/or inventory management experience an asset)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office particularly Excel
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and facilitation skills with an emphasis on math and statistics
- Highly organized with ability to prioritize
- Advanced demand and replenishment planning systems knowledge an asset plus an aptitude and ability for analytics, judgment and teamwork
- Specific understanding of pricing, promotion and other factors that can influence consumer sales (retail experience an asset)
- Value Teamwork, ownership, people, integrity and community.
What’s in it for you? We’ll offer you a competitive salary and top-notch company paid benefits. You’ll also participate in annual profit sharing, a variety of savings plan options, and we’ll match contributions to your pension as soon as you’re eligible. You’ll get a Team Member store discount on your first day, and other great perks too.
Ready to join us? Apply today – we’re ready to meet you! Voted one of Canada’s Best Employers 2025 by Forbes Accessibility Princess Auto Ltd. will consult with all applicants requesting accommodation during the recruitment process to ensure that the accommodation provided takes into account the applicant’s individual accessibility needs.
#HP
About Princess Auto
We provide hard-working Canadians with a unique assortment of tools and equipment through more than 50 stores coast-to-coast, a National Call Centre, and our online store.
We serve the tradespeople, farmers, inventors and industrial workers that keep our country going. We aim to provide the tools and equipment you need at an exceptional value, and offer an unrivalled experience backed by our Royal Service Promise: "No sale is final until you’re satisfied". That means we will gladly repair, replace, or refund any product to your satisfaction. We mean it.
We call employees Team Members, to remind us all that we’re in this together. Yes, we’re here to work — but that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun along the way. So, if you’re the type who wants to get to know the people you work with and become part of a team that’s committed to providing second-to-none service, you’ll probably fit in around here.
We don’t have a lot of rule books at Princess Auto — in fact, there’s really only one rule: always try to do the right thing. For our customers and for each other. So, if you’re good at figuring things out on your own, but aren’t afraid to ask for help when you can’t, and most importantly — you have a can-do attitude — you’re the type of person we want to welcome to our team.
Top Benefits
About the role
What makes us so great? We’re a private, Canadian-owned company employing over 3600 Team Members. We’re known for providing our customers with the most unique assortment of products, unrivaled customer service and exceptional value – for nearly 100 years.
We forge relationships that last – this is one of the things we enjoy most about our jobs. We call our employees “Team Members” and our managers “Leaders”. We are resourceful and authentic. We build trust by staying true to our word and providing Royal Service every chance we get. You won’t find our unique combination of products and people anywhere else.
This position is an on-site role, based in our beautiful Home Office, which is located at 475 Panet Road , in Winnipeg.
Our Home Office matches our personality - welcoming, a little quirky and full of energy. With access to free parking, an on-site gym & salon, bottomless coffee at the grill, and a games facility – work feels a little bit more like home.
So what’s this role all about? The Demand Planner is accountable for establishing and maintaining an accurate SKU/location level
demand forecast for a rolling 1 year horizon. Analytical and quantitative methods are to be used to
understand, predict, and enhance the forecast of baseline sales as well as promotional sales volumes. On a bi-weekly basis, the Demand Planner will lead Demand Consensus meetings with their representatives from the Merchandising team and facilitate data-driven decisions and actions.
Key Accountabilities
- Develop, manage, and communicate item/store-level demand forecasts within a Category by reviewing historical trends, evaluating forecast results, and applying demand drivers
- Prepare and maintain relevant reporting and documentation that is beneficial to improving forecast accuracy and facilitating inventory management
- Understand and utilize the DRP system for time-efficient exception management and cause-and-effect problem solution's
- Organize and lead discussions with their associated Buying Team and Replenishment Analyst (s) every 2 weeks to review past event performance and develop/modify future promotional forecasts and plans
- Collaborate with Merchandising and Replenishment to effectively navigate the Line Review process and transition through end-of-life product lines and into the new product introductions; Forecast sales and inventory duration of the discontinued lines to suggest and implement transition strategies in accordance with corporate requirements and Line Review objectives
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reporting and root cause analysis/adjustment in the areas of MAPE, Weighted MAPE, Bias, Lost Sales, Overstocked Inventory Effect, and Forecast Value-Add
A Few Other Things We're Looking For
- Post-secondary education in administration and / or 1 year related experience (retail and/or inventory management experience an asset)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office particularly Excel
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and facilitation skills with an emphasis on math and statistics
- Highly organized with ability to prioritize
- Advanced demand and replenishment planning systems knowledge an asset plus an aptitude and ability for analytics, judgment and teamwork
- Specific understanding of pricing, promotion and other factors that can influence consumer sales (retail experience an asset)
- Value Teamwork, ownership, people, integrity and community.
What’s in it for you? We’ll offer you a competitive salary and top-notch company paid benefits. You’ll also participate in annual profit sharing, a variety of savings plan options, and we’ll match contributions to your pension as soon as you’re eligible. You’ll get a Team Member store discount on your first day, and other great perks too.
Ready to join us? Apply today – we’re ready to meet you! Voted one of Canada’s Best Employers 2025 by Forbes Accessibility Princess Auto Ltd. will consult with all applicants requesting accommodation during the recruitment process to ensure that the accommodation provided takes into account the applicant’s individual accessibility needs.
#HP
About Princess Auto
We provide hard-working Canadians with a unique assortment of tools and equipment through more than 50 stores coast-to-coast, a National Call Centre, and our online store.
We serve the tradespeople, farmers, inventors and industrial workers that keep our country going. We aim to provide the tools and equipment you need at an exceptional value, and offer an unrivalled experience backed by our Royal Service Promise: "No sale is final until you’re satisfied". That means we will gladly repair, replace, or refund any product to your satisfaction. We mean it.
We call employees Team Members, to remind us all that we’re in this together. Yes, we’re here to work — but that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun along the way. So, if you’re the type who wants to get to know the people you work with and become part of a team that’s committed to providing second-to-none service, you’ll probably fit in around here.
We don’t have a lot of rule books at Princess Auto — in fact, there’s really only one rule: always try to do the right thing. For our customers and for each other. So, if you’re good at figuring things out on your own, but aren’t afraid to ask for help when you can’t, and most importantly — you have a can-do attitude — you’re the type of person we want to welcome to our team.