Top Benefits
About the role
What You'll Do:
- Join forces with various business units including Merchandising, Operations, Finance, Control Brands, Supply Chain, loyalty, e-commerce, marketing, media and other divisions to achieve category objectives.
- Build positive relationships with category vendors and external partners.
- Provide support to your Merchant(s) in promotional program execution, including data-entry, data-integrity management, flyer/digital/instore advertising accuracy, vendor income collection, inventory management, store communications and retail pricing.
- Use data and analytics to provide your Merchant(s)and Category Director with insights on category performance and other ad-hoc inquiries as requested in a timely manner.
- Support through product assortment planning and coordinating seasonal planogram executions: including data-entry, data integrity management and ad-hoc reporting.
- Provide support by handling the financial activity of the category and collaborate with Merchant(s), vendor(s) and finance team to investigate and resolve income inquiries.
- Support vendors in navigating our onboarding, vendor transition and/or cost change processes.
- Attend and participate in vendor program meetings and costing debates as well as participate in evaluating new private label products and/or platform innovations as requested.
What You'll Need:
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience.
- A curious, creative and high-reaching mentality.
- Experience in Retail, Sales, Merchandising or knowledge of retail, financial or business processes preferred
- Ability influence without authority and collaborate efficiently with many complementary teams.
- Experience using data and analytical skills to drive innovative insights.
- Working experience using 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:
- Join forces with various business units including Merchandising, Operations, Finance, Control Brands, Supply Chain, loyalty, e-commerce, marketing, media and other divisions to achieve category objectives.
- Build positive relationships with category vendors and external partners.
- Provide support to your Merchant(s) in promotional program execution, including data-entry, data-integrity management, flyer/digital/instore advertising accuracy, vendor income collection, inventory management, store communications and retail pricing.
- Use data and analytics to provide your Merchant(s)and Category Director with insights on category performance and other ad-hoc inquiries as requested in a timely manner.
- Support through product assortment planning and coordinating seasonal planogram executions: including data-entry, data integrity management and ad-hoc reporting.
- Provide support by handling the financial activity of the category and collaborate with Merchant(s), vendor(s) and finance team to investigate and resolve income inquiries.
- Support vendors in navigating our onboarding, vendor transition and/or cost change processes.
- Attend and participate in vendor program meetings and costing debates as well as participate in evaluating new private label products and/or platform innovations as requested.
What You'll Need:
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience.
- A curious, creative and high-reaching mentality.
- Experience in Retail, Sales, Merchandising or knowledge of retail, financial or business processes preferred
- Ability influence without authority and collaborate efficiently with many complementary teams.
- Experience using data and analytical skills to drive innovative insights.
- Working experience using 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.