Manager, Strategy - 18 Month Contract

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well®.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. 

***Role can be based at Joe Fresh or 1PCC, candidate will need to be able to travel to both locations based on the needs of the business***

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our dedication to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well®.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through teamwork and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong!

Role Mandate:

Manage and lead the development and implementation of key strategic initiatives for Home, Entertainment, Health and Beauty (HEHB) department across Supermarket and Hard Discount Divisions by collaborating with Category, Operations, Promo and Capital teams. Provide analytical support to enable the Divisions to drive retail excellence, operational efficiency, optimize merchandising and improve profitability. The successful candidate will be expected to travel between our Toronto and Brampton locations as needed (2 Fraser Avenue, Suite 100 Toronto, Ontario and 1 President’s Choice Circle ​​​​​​​Brampton, respectively).

What You'll Do:

Strategy Development

• Act as a strategic thought leader, providing data-driven insights and identifying opportunities to drive sales, share, and profit growth.
• Support the development of category-specific strategies and associated tactics that improve our competitive position and accelerate financial performance.
• Lead the category and planogram review process for HEHB, partnering with Category and Control Brand teams to conduct in-depth analysis focused on identifying space and assortment optimization opportunities, and driving strong governance to ensure on time execution.

Strategic Initiative Support

• Track and evaluate market share results to evaluate category strategies, determine drivers of outperformance, and diagnose underperformance at the banner and category levels.

• Develop tangible metrics to measure success of strategic initiatives ensuring performance is tracking towards targets and translating results into actionable, strategic next steps.

• Create reports and conduct large data set analysis surrounding pilot program results; engage data driven insights and financial impact with Category and Senior Leadership.
• Design and develop program/project presentations to key executive stakeholders within the business.

Quarterly and Annual Planning

• Support and execute key initiatives from the Division’s annual plan, leading analytics and strategy development in conjunction with internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Category teams to ensure category strategies are developed to support divisional annual plan.

What You'll Need:

• Minimum 2 years previous work experience required. Retail, merchandising, management consulting, and/or consumer goods experience strongly preferred.
• Post-secondary undergraduate (finance, economics, commerce, engineering) required.
• Retail Operations experience and a knowledge of the LCL Enterprise, including support functions, strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable presenting to a room of senior executives.
• Knowledge of Loblaw systems, data sources, and metrics is an asset.

• Comfortable with data analytics and the ability to derive actionable insights is required.
• Experience with analytical tools, such as Python, SAS, R, SQL, PowerBI, would be an asset.
• Detail oriented and strong time management skills.
• Independent problem solving, critical thinking, and resourcefulness.
• An innate sense of curiosity and willingness to learn.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.  
 
Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

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