About Us:
Fire & Flower is a leading, technology-powered, adult-use cannabis retailer with more than 80 corporate-owned stores in its network. The Company leverages its wholly owned technology development subsidiary, Hifyre Inc., to continually advance its proprietary retail operations model.
Title
Director, Merchandising
Reports To
EVP, Commercial & Growth
Job Overview
The Director of Merchandising helps lead the Merchandising team working directly with the EVP, Commercial & Growth. The Director carries out the organization’s Merchandising strategy; develops & implements procedures, processes & best practices for our cannabis retail shops. This role is responsible for ensuring the best products, price & placement of retail cannabis, as well as promotional planning and delivering to our sales, margin and inventory targets.
Additionally, this position will support the growth of Category Managers & Buyers to develop the best-in-class assortment across all Brands and other merchandising-related tasks as needed.
Competencies and Requirements
• Exceptional interpersonal & communication skills
• Exceptional process & organizational skills
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to innovate and operate with varying levels of uncertainty
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Proven success in retail category management
• Passionate & enthusiastic about retail
• Collaborative nature
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Develop & design department processes & strategy that support overall banner merchandising strategy, delivering both customer loyalty and sales growth.
• Coach, train & mentor Category Managers & Buyers to develop category plans, implement category strategies & manage vendor relationships
• Work with buying team to execute category plans that meet the needs of the banners within each geographic region
• Inspire product & program innovations from the buying teams & vendors
• Set margin targets by category, province and banner and ensure adherence to them, adjusting as required per changing market conditions and competition
• Build department/category tactics that support the department/banner strategy
• Establish category level wholesale & retail margin budgets that meet the targets of the regional banners
• Set performance targets for categories including sales, promotional mix, shrink, gross margin
• Manage promotional & category sales mixes to achieve banner targets by geographic region
• Translate strategic category plans into tactical merchandising activities
• Identify opportunities in line with consumer trends & banner strategies
• Ensure a high level of personal & team education on department strategies & tactics being executed
• Direct the execution of merchandising categories
• Ensure the Category Plans align to the banner promotional & pricing strategies
• Build vendor relationships to enable effective strategic planning
• Analyze category performance in the marketplace & at individual competitors
• Empower employees & develop top talent
• Foster an environment for skill development & career progression to develop talent
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional departments
Education, Training and Experience
• An Undergraduate Degree
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in retail
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of cannabis & accessory products is an asset
• Clean Criminal Record
• Provincial Cannabis Certification
Fire & Flower values the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Inclusion to us means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths.
• Thank you for your interest and application, only those selected for next steps will be contacted.
