The Junior Category Buyer reports to the Category Purchasing Manager and is responsible for working closely with category management and other stakeholders to provide support where required. The position responsibilities include inventory analysis, database management (Tech POS, Sage X3, and similar), ensuring timely arrival of product, while maintaining data integrity in the point-of-sale system.

• Purchasing and maintenance of systemwide cannabis inventory across multiple provinces.
• Maintenance of Tech POS database.
• Execute weekly/daily forecast analytics & provide insight on forecast variance, potential promotional product, while identifying growth opportunities.
• Execute cannabis orders.
• Proactively communicate with internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Ensure supplier and product specification and pricing database is up to date and current.
• Support negotiations when requested.
• Pro-actively identify and make recommendations related to balancing supply/demand, inventory levels, capacities, and customer fulfillment.
• Coordinate the movement of inventory items when required.
• Recommend and deliver improvements to the supply planning and supply chain execution processes.
• Work closely with compliance team to ensure efficient delivery of federal reporting.
• Support with process related to new store openings.
• Support other supply chain/category management initiatives when requested.

• 1 – 2 years of experience in a purchasing or supply chain role in cannabis industry either in purchasing or in retail.
• Good verbal and written communication with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to maintain and develop professional working relationships with vendors, suppliers, and colleagues.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office suite (particularly Excel).
• Good planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
• Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to identify process improvements.
• High level of initiative.
• Strong work ethic and positive team attitude.

High Tide Inc. is the leading community-grown, retail-forward cannabis enterprise engineered to unleash the full value of the world’s most powerful plant and is the second-largest cannabis retailer globally by store count⁷. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely-built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly-diversified and fully-integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including:

• Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana™ is the largest cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 192 current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in the world.
• Retail Innovation: Fastendr™ is a unique and fully automated technology that employs retail kiosks to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.
• Consumption Accessories: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory e-commerce platforms across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.
• E-commerce Platforms: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory sites across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.

Brands: High Tide’s industry-leading and consumer-facing brand roster includes Queen of Bud™, Cabana Cannabis Co™, Daily High Club™, Vodka Glass™, Puff Puff Pass™, Dopezilla™, Atomik™, Hue™, Evolution™ and more.

CBD: High Tide continues to cultivate the possibilities of consumer CBD through Nuleafnaturals.com, FABCBD.com, blessedcbd.de and blessedcbd.co.uk.

Wholesale Distribution: High Tide keeps that cannabis category stocked with wholesale solutions via Valiant™.

Licensing: High Tide continues to push cannabis culture forward through fresh partnerships and license agreements under the Famous Brandz™ name.

High Tide consistently moves ahead of the currents, having been named one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine, and was named as one of the top 10 performing diversified industries stocks in both 2022 and 2024 TSX Venture 50. High Tide was also ranked number one in the retail category on the Financial Times list of Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies for 2024.

To discover the full impact of High Tide, visit www.hightideinc.com. For investment performance, don’t miss the High Tide profile pages on SEDAR+ and EDGAR.