Allocation Analyst

We’re hiring Mastermind Toys has big plans and we want YOU to join our growing team We have a customer-obsessed culture, which we believe starts with employee experience. We jump at the chance to co-create with our customers and employees, while staying true to our Canadian roots. Over 39 years later, Mastermind Toys is the nation’s largest specialty toy and children’s bookstore, and we deeply believe that “Play is Kids’ Work".

**Responsibilities**:
**Allocation & Replenishment**
- Responsible for driving profitable sales at store level and e-commerce through analysis and allocation of goods.
- Create weekly shipping strategies that will enable allocating products to the right stores at the right time by leveraging business tools to analyze sales trends, inventory optimization, store volumes, demographics, fixture capacity, square footage, etc.
- Tracks and interprets inventory levels to ensure they are achieving in-stock plans by monitoring store sales, inventory, inventory to sales ratio and visiting stores.
- Effectively communicate expected store inventory flow to stakeholders, particularly purchasing, logistics and store operations.
- Coordinate with stakeholders including purchasing, logistics, store operations and others to problem solve issues involving supply chain, inventory quantity and quality.
- Visits stores and competition to analyze and develop strategic recommendations to implement with business partners.

**Planning, Analysis & Reporting**
- Analyze category or item data and provide recommendations to the Buyers to optimize store assortments in order to reduce inefficient distribution of inventory, increase store turns, improve GMROI, and reduce distribution costs.
- Maintain and distribute key reporting to support the Buyers and other stakeholders, identify and communicate risks and opportunities, and any other ad hoc information.
- Analyze allocation data inputs, and optimize in order to maximize sales & in-stock rates.
- Understand and translate business goals and strategies, financial data and stakeholder inputs (including finance, marketing, store operations, logistics/allocation) to maintain best practice planning and analysis methodology.

**Other**
- Opportunity to work cross-functionally and get exposure to other areas of the organization outside of the merchandising group.
- Responsible to support scheduled ad-hoc physical inventory counts across the chain.

**Qualifications**:

- Post
- secondary degree, certificate or diploma required. Business, Finance, Accounting, Supply chain.
- Experience with LS NAV is preferred.
- Strong excel skills required (including use of v-look ups, index-match and pivot tables). Knowledge of macros is a plus.
- 1-3 Years of Retail allocation analysis and/or combination of retail buying, and allocation experience is an asset.
- Demonstrated proficiency creating reports and analysis and providing practical recommendations.
- Solid understanding of supply chain functions, forecasting and inventory management principles.
- Proven ability to deliver results in line with overall strategy.
- Demonstrated competence as it relates to, retail math, attention to detail, planning and analytical skills.
- Able to deal with multiple priorities and use information-based judgement in decision making.
- Strong & clear verbal and written communication skills.
- Toy and book product knowledge is an asset but not required.
- Mastermind Toys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Upon request, Mastermind Toys will, in consultation with the applicant, determine the nature of any accommodation that may be required._
- We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest in Mastermind; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted._

**Salary**: From $42,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Store discount
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

Application Question(s):

- Are you able to reliably commute to our office location?
- Are you legally eligible to work in Canada?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Scarborough, ON M1B 2L1