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Backroom Manager Jobs in Toronto, ON (NOW HIRING)

Michaels Stores

Merchandise Manager

Burlington, ON

CA$18.60 - CA$22.90/hr

Support a clean, organized, and customer-ready store environment, including backroom organization and sales floor recovery. * Manage key aspects of inventory control, ensuring product accuracy ...

Michaels Stores

Merchandise Manager

Toronto, ON

CA$18.60 - CA$22.90/hr

Support a clean, organized, and customer-ready store environment, including backroom organization and sales floor recovery. * Manage key aspects of inventory control, ensuring product accuracy ...

Michaels Stores

Full Time Merchandise Manager

Whitby, ON · On-site

CA$18.60 - CA$22.90/hr

Support a clean, organized, and customer-ready store environment, including backroom organization and sales floor recovery. * Manage key aspects of inventory control, ensuring product accuracy ...

Michaels Stores

Part Time Merchandise Manager

Whitby, ON

CA$18.60 - CA$22.90/hr

Support a clean, organized, and customer-ready store environment, including backroom organization and sales floor recovery. * Manage key aspects of inventory control, ensuring product accuracy ...

Michaels Stores

Merchandise Manager part time

Toronto, ON · On-site

CA$18.60 - CA$22.90/hr

Support a clean, organized, and customer-ready store environment, including backroom organization and sales floor recovery. * Manage key aspects of inventory control, ensuring product accuracy ...

Michaels Stores

PT merchandising manager

Toronto, ON · On-site

CA$18.60 - CA$22.90/hr

Support a clean, organized, and customer-ready store environment, including backroom organization and sales floor recovery. * Manage key aspects of inventory control, ensuring product accuracy ...

Walmart

Stocking 2 Team Lead

Oakville, ON · On-site

CA$20.85/hr

... Store Management Team. 3. Assesses the overall presentation of backroom and appearance, noting deficiencies for corrective action and executing merchandising display changes or stocking where ...

Tjx

Assistant Store Manager HomeSense

Unionville, ON

CA$68K/yr

Drive store performance by supporting sales results, managing expenses, and overseeing key operations including merchandising, backroom, frontline, cash office, customer service, markdowns ...

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What is a backroom manager?

Backroom Managers are responsible for overseeing the organization, inventory, and logistics of a store's backroom or stockroom. They ensure that merchandise is received, stored, and distributed efficiently to the sales floor, maintaining accurate inventory records. Backroom Managers also supervise staff, enforce safety and cleanliness standards, and coordinate with other departments to support store operations. Their role is essential in keeping products available for customers and supporting smooth retail operations.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a backroom manager?

To thrive as a Backroom Manager, you need strong organizational skills, inventory management experience, and a high school diploma or equivalent. Familiarity with inventory management systems, warehouse equipment, and safety protocols is typically required. Leadership, attention to detail, and effective communication are standout soft skills in this role. These capabilities ensure efficient stock handling, accurate inventory levels, and smooth coordination with the sales floor for optimal store operations.

What are the main challenges faced by a backroom manager in maintaining inventory accuracy?

As a Backroom Manager, one of the primary challenges is ensuring that inventory records precisely match the physical stock on hand. This requires diligent tracking of product movement, regular cycle counts, and close coordination with sales floor staff to prevent discrepancies. Unexpected deliveries, misplacement of items, and communication gaps can all lead to inventory inaccuracies. Staying organized, implementing strong processes, and fostering a culture of accountability among the team are essential for overcoming these challenges and keeping inventory levels accurate.

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Merchandise Manager

Michaels Stores

Burlington, ON

CA$18.60 - CA$22.90/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO

Re-posted 7 days ago

Michaels rating

4.8

Company rating: 4.8 out of 10

Based on 955 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

651st of 739 rated retailers

Job description

Store - TOR-BURLINGTON/SOUTH, ONThe Merchandise Manager drives merchandising and operational execution, including truck processing, inventory routines, planogram sets, and visual standards. This role ensures accurate pricing, timely promotional execution, and a customer-ready store environment through strong workload planning and inventory management.

Major Activities

  • Assist Store Manager in leading and managing adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Company programs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and requirements.
  • Ensure execution of Company policies and standards, holding team accountable for store conditions and results.
  • Provide Manager-on-Duty (MOD) coverage, maintaining floor leadership, service standards, and operational continuity.
  • Lead truck execution processes, ensuring timely unloading, accurate sorting, and efficient flow of merchandise to the sales floor.
  • Own workload planning and daily task prioritization, partnering with store leadership to align staffing and execution to business needs.
  • Execute and maintain SISO (Store-In-Stock Optimization) routines to drive in-stock levels, replenishment accuracy, and sales readiness.
  • Oversee Planogram (POG) execution, ensuring merchandising sets are completed accurately and on schedule.
  • Establish and maintain visual merchandising standards, including initial product placement and presentation to company expectations.
  • Support a clean, organized, and customer-ready store environment, including backroom organization and sales floor recovery.
  • Manage key aspects of inventory control, ensuring product accuracy, integrity, and efficient stock movement.
  • Execute ad sets, ensuring promotional signage and product placement are compliant and customer focused.
  • Complete price changes accurately and on time, maintaining pricing integrity across the sales floor and systems.
  • Oversee Ship from Store fulfillment, ensuring orders are picked, packed, and shipped efficiently and accurately.
  • Process RTVs (Return to Vendor) and ASN receiving, ensuring compliance, documentation accuracy, and proper inventory adjustments.
  • Manage store damages procedures, ensuring proper handling, reporting, and shrink reduction
  • Train, coach, and develop team members through structured TM onboarding and ongoing skill-building across assigned departments.
  • Partner in maintaining strong Asset Protection practices, reducing shrink through awareness, compliance, and safe operations.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Type of Experience Required

  • 3+ years retail leadership experience

Work Environment

  • Ability to remain standing for long periods of time
  • Ability to move throughout the store
  • Regular bending, lifting, carrying, reaching, and stretching
  • Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull merchandise and fixtures, up to 25-50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • Ability to climb ladders or step stools to stock and retrieve products.
  • Ability to perform repetitive motions, including scanning items, stocking shelves, and operating POS equipment.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent customer interactions.
  • Work hours include nights, weekends and early mornings

Applicants in Canada must satisfy federal, provincial, and local legal requirements of the job.

Please note: This posting is for an existing vacancy and the employer is actively recruiting to fill this position.

Total Base Pay Range for this Position:

$18.60 - $22.90

At The Michaels Companies Inc., our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity and celebration. As the leading destination for creating and celebrating in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.comandMichaels.ca.The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visitwww.michaels.com.


At Michaels, we prioritize the wellbeing of our teams by providing robust benefits for both full-time and part-time Team Members. Our benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, generous employee discounts, and much more. For more information, visit mikbenefits.com.


Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.


Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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