Position Title: Manager Brand Marketing, Food Basics

Job Requisition ID: 46736

Career Group (ADSP): Administration

Division: Qc - Marketing Metro (80069072)

Department: Marketing and e-Commerce

Work Location: ON - 5559 DUNDAS STREET W

Province: Ontario

The typical salary range for this position is $74 205.00 - $96 030.00 annually. The base salary offered will be determined based on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and internal equity considerations.

This is a posting for an new permanent full-time position

Joining our team has its advantages!

• Flexible schedule to promote work/life balance
• Telecommuting in hybrid mode
• Group insurance from the first day
• Very competitive pension plan
• Generous holiday policy
• Personal days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free parking
• Opportunity for professional development

SUMMARY:
The incumbent in this role is the key liasion for several cross-functional teams and external agency partners in the planning and execution of store openings, renovations, and marquee sales events—ensuring a cohesive and impactful marketing experience across all touchpoints, both online and offline. The incumbent must have the ability to demonstrate strong collaboration, financial discipline, and a commitment to brand excellence across every consumer interaction for our Food Basics banner.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Strategic Brand Building: Guide the team in execute compelling brand-building initiatives and fully integrated 360° promotional campaigns. Ensure all activities are rooted in relevant consumer and industry insights to maximise impact and relevance.
• Develop and Create revenue generating programs: Developing and reviewing the market while challenging status quo, presenting new programs to Senior Leaders and implementing new programs.
• Creative Brief Development: Draft briefs for all Food Basics brand initiatives, including seasonal campaigns, ethnic marketing programs, and national-level activations for final review by the Senior Manager.
• Special Matter Expert for the cross-functional teams in the planning and execution of store openings and renovations: Overseeing all aspects of the marketing experience—from pre-launch media campaigns and community engagement to in-store activation and event management—to ensure consistent brand expression and a seamless customer experience.
• Support and ensure delivery of consumer promotions and sales events: including the continued evolution of Food Basics marquee events through the development of integrated marketing plans. This includes close collaboration with in-store teams and vendor partners to maximize trade participation, enhance shopper engagement, and unlock retail monetization opportunities.
• Brand Stewardship: Serve as the internal brand champion, safeguarding the integrity of brand guidelines across all touchpoints—including in-store elements, advertising assets, and partner promotional materials. The primary point of contact for agency partners, ensuring clear direction, proper allocation of work, and delivery against quality, and timing.
• Budget Leadership: Support the Director by leading the period budget planning process for the Food Basics banner for all assigned budget lines, ensuring accurate consolidation and alignment throughout the fiscal year. Maintain adherence to financial auditing protocols and support the team in meeting compliance standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:Partner closely with Marketing Support Services (Customer Experience, Shopper Marketing, Promotional Advertising), Communications, Ecommerce, Loyalty, and Digital teams to deliver high-impact, integrated campaigns. Proactively share information and updates with relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Maintain regular communication with senior stakeholders to gather timely feedback and secure approvals in accordance with established action plans.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• College diploma or University Degree
• 3 - 5 years brand marketing experience. Grocery Retail would be considered an asset
• Strong influential and project management skill required
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to build clearly articulated and influential presentations
• Proficent in MS Office, proficient in power point is required
• Must have the ability to collaborate and provide support in managing several project budgets totalling over $1M
• Travel required (locally)

The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.

Disclosure on Use of Artifical Intelligence in Recruitment: At METRO, we are commited to transparency and fairness in our hiring practices. In compliance with Ontario's Employment Standards Act (Bill 149), we disclose that METRO and certain third-party job boards we use incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for positions. The use of AI helps us efficiently review the large volume of applications we receive, ensuring that every candidate's profile is considered promptly and consistently. This technology supports our goal of providing an equitable and streamlined recruitment experience for all applicants. While AI tools support our recruitment procedures, all decisions throughout the process are made exclusively by METRO's Talent Acquisition team or METRO employees. At no stage does AI determine recruitment outcomes.

METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.

We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.

Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.

We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.