• Ensure strong vendor relations to maintain and attract top category performers• Manage new vendor / new item pipeline to maximize new vendor revenue growth• Facilitate new vendor selection meetings to ensure final selections meet the new vendor selection criteria• Collect and communicate new vendor applications, line extensions, and product changes information to all departments• Champion new vendor success by collaborating with Sales Management to support Product Knowledge sessions• Establish and monitor landed cost to ensure annual costing parameters are met/corrected for all current / new items• Responsible for Independent / Catalogue pricelists• Oversee failed inspection and product recall process • Ensure support / knowledge of all vendor terms among vendor and internal teams• Support with regional expansion projects• Monitor and report on New Vendor / New Item and Top Vendor performance KPIs• Collaborate with Vendor Promotion Manager to understand vendor support and recommend vendors to discontinue / rationalize• Communicate discontinued vendors in a congenial manner• Perform Quarterly Brand Reviews to Identify Focus Brands for KAMs

Responsible for the development, implementation, and overall achievement of sales strategies for assigned clients in the Natural Specialty Sales Division, as well as the primary conduit between our clients and the Natural Specialty Sales Team.• Work with assigned clients to define and set specific measurable KPI’s; ensure internal processes are setup to achieve• Lead development of bottom-up budget objectives by account in liaison with Account Managers• Craft new and innovative growth strategies and align the company around the brands direction, choices, and tactics• Develop and translate brand strategies into brand plans, brand positioning and go-to-market strategies, including promotional trade plans• Develop strong relationships with distributors, retailers, and internal stakeholders• Regularly monitor and analyze gap and sales reports to determine best approach to maximize brand growth• Work with each Key Account Manager and Natural Sales Rep to ensure priorities are set and being presented at retail.• Establish performance specifications, cost and price parameters, market applications and forecast estimates• Measure and report performance of all promotions against goals (ROI and KPIs)• Monitor market trends, research consumer marketsand competitors’ activities to identify opportunities and key issues.• Monitor product distribution and consumer reactions.• Attend trade shows and assist team and clients in execution, as well as new business development.

• Analyze and recommend new SAP items and items to discontinue• Conduct post-mortem review of category performance• Work with Topshelf and vendors to build planograms• SAP Pricing, Costing, and Assortment and Article Creation• Receive flyer schedule and discuss planned promotional details• Select ad items, perform flyer proof and execute ad changes• Create forecasts for ad items• Recommend promotional pricing for ad items• Conduct post ad performance analysis• Analyze and determine regular shelf price• Review competitive pricing• Conduct pricing research to ensure alignment with category strategy, including control brands• Perform costing analysis• Support negotiations with vendors for in-line business• Maintain promotional price at store level to ensure store profitability• Work with Merchandising Operations on store merchandising plans (DMAP)• Prepare and send out store communications (store training materials, store merchandising standards)• Vendor and Inventory Management (where required)• Screen and review vendor submissions• Conduct vendor meetings to discuss assortment, planning and store visits

• Execute cost and retail price changes in templates/systems• Resolve scan log and error log issues• Work with Supply Chain for distribution of replacement products• Action code-dated items• Prepare for and attend internal Over & Above (O&A) meetings• Input regular O&As into systems• Track O&As and follow up with vendors on auto and manual O&As• Review vendor audits• Run pre-existing reports• Create adhoc reports and provide analysis upon request from core category management (CM) group and or from cross-functional teams• Review prior week's performance• Review and action gross profit exception report

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager and the Logistics Organization, responsible forworking with the Category Management team to forecast and replenish productsaccording to marketing plans as defined by the Category Management team.• Service level management expertise• Thorough knowledge of systems and order flow from order receipt to delivery ofproduct with a focus on continuous process improvement• Excellent grasp of integrated supply chain and logistic concepts• Responsible for developing and continuously improving inventory specific supplychain relationships with shared purchasing centres• Keen ability to communicate supply chain objectives clearly and convey to staff thebenefits to the organization• Work effectively with transport logistics teams to improve just-in-time delivery goals• Proven ability to implement surplus inventory analysis and reduction initiatives.• Work proactively with vendors to reduce shrink and excess inventory with the goal tokeep inventory tight while maintaining service level• Strong planning, time management and organization skills• Proven ability to work well in a team setting and ability tomanage external vendor relationship(s)• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills• Ability to manage responsibility with minimum supervision.Core technical skills• LCL Warehouse Management System and Vendor Management System• LCL Inventory Ordering Systems – BICEPS and BIQUERY• Applied knowledge of Micro Strategy• MS Office with exceptional Excel skills