Vice President of Product
Auto Electric Service Ltd. is seeking a Vice President of Product to lead one of the most important functions in our next stage of growth.
Founded in 1943, AES is a locally owned Saskatchewan wholesale distribution company serving the automotive aftermarket, agriculture, industrial, heavy-duty, PBE, commercial paint, retail, OEM dealer, jobber, and service markets across Southern Saskatchewan. We are investing heavily in our Distribution Centre, inventory capabilities, technology, people, and systems as we build toward our long-term growth strategy.
This is not simply a purchasing role.
The VP of Product will have executive accountability for Product Assortment, Inventory Strategy, Purchasing, Pricing, Category Management, and Product-related Technology and Analytics.
The Opportunity
The VP of Product will answer some of the most important commercial questions in our business:
- What should we sell?
- What should we stock, where, and how much?
- Which suppliers and product lines should we grow?
- How should we price by market, category, and customer?
- Where should we enter new categories?
- How can data and technology improve these decisions?
The mission is to build a disciplined, accountable, technology-enabled Product function that delivers broad product availability while improving inventory productivity, contribution margin, GMROI, and r
