Top Benefits
About the role
What You'll Do:
- Set and achieve goals, working united with various colleagues in merchandising, operations, control brands, supply chain, loyalty, e-commerce, marketing, media, and other divisions.
- Build positive relationships with category vendors and external partners.
- Lead promotional programs from end-to-end, including product selection and forecasting, financial impact analysis, pricing decisions, vendor engagement, flyer, and digital content, and evaluate program success.
- Use data and analytics to build strategic plans that best serve customers, and that achieve intended financial outcomes.
- Support the Category Director in assortment optimization analysis, planogram design and in-store merchandising strategies, working in coordination with Associate Merchants, Space Planners, and Supply Chain colleagues.
- Research the competitive landscape and understand industry benchmarking standards on pricing, assortment, merchandising, promotional activity and more.
- Provide support by handling the financial performance for the category (profit and loss) and driven health of the category (market share performance.)
- Lead and assist vendor program meetings and product costing debates. Play an active role in leading vendors’ financial performance and product assortment.
- Evaluate new product and/or platform innovation and work with our control brand team on product innovation and program development for our private labels.
What You'll Need:
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience.
- A curious and bold approach.
- At least one year’s experience as a merchant/buyer, in retail sales, or merchandising.
- Ability to innovate, influence others, and collaborate with many complementary teams.
- Analytical approach and experience using data to make decisions.
- Financial, business and retail knowledge. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Teams and confidence working with various software platforms.
About Loblaw Companies Limited
Our Purpose – Live Life Well
Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized brands – President’s Choice and no name.
The acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart, along with the powerful Life Brand and Optimum brand, has only served to reinforce our leadership position in the marketplace. As well, our PC Plus program, omni-channel efforts and multicultural merchandising offerings continued to be points of differentiation for our customer experience.
In 2019, Loblaw has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT FRAUD AFFECTING OUR JOBSEEKERS.
Please be advised that recruitment fraud has affected a number of Canadian companies. In such schemes, individuals posing as legitimate recruiters may request personal information and payment from those seeking employment.
Loblaw Companies Limited, its subsidiaries, and recruiting agencies will never ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process. All legitimate postings may be accessed via our career website.
Top Benefits
About the role
What You'll Do:
- Set and achieve goals, working united with various colleagues in merchandising, operations, control brands, supply chain, loyalty, e-commerce, marketing, media, and other divisions.
- Build positive relationships with category vendors and external partners.
- Lead promotional programs from end-to-end, including product selection and forecasting, financial impact analysis, pricing decisions, vendor engagement, flyer, and digital content, and evaluate program success.
- Use data and analytics to build strategic plans that best serve customers, and that achieve intended financial outcomes.
- Support the Category Director in assortment optimization analysis, planogram design and in-store merchandising strategies, working in coordination with Associate Merchants, Space Planners, and Supply Chain colleagues.
- Research the competitive landscape and understand industry benchmarking standards on pricing, assortment, merchandising, promotional activity and more.
- Provide support by handling the financial performance for the category (profit and loss) and driven health of the category (market share performance.)
- Lead and assist vendor program meetings and product costing debates. Play an active role in leading vendors’ financial performance and product assortment.
- Evaluate new product and/or platform innovation and work with our control brand team on product innovation and program development for our private labels.
What You'll Need:
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience.
- A curious and bold approach.
- At least one year’s experience as a merchant/buyer, in retail sales, or merchandising.
- Ability to innovate, influence others, and collaborate with many complementary teams.
- Analytical approach and experience using data to make decisions.
- Financial, business and retail knowledge. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Teams and confidence working with various software platforms.
About Loblaw Companies Limited
Our Purpose – Live Life Well
Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized brands – President’s Choice and no name.
The acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart, along with the powerful Life Brand and Optimum brand, has only served to reinforce our leadership position in the marketplace. As well, our PC Plus program, omni-channel efforts and multicultural merchandising offerings continued to be points of differentiation for our customer experience.
In 2019, Loblaw has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT FRAUD AFFECTING OUR JOBSEEKERS.
Please be advised that recruitment fraud has affected a number of Canadian companies. In such schemes, individuals posing as legitimate recruiters may request personal information and payment from those seeking employment.
Loblaw Companies Limited, its subsidiaries, and recruiting agencies will never ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process. All legitimate postings may be accessed via our career website.