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Location:

1 Presidents Choice Circle, Brampton, Ontario, L6Y 5S5

At Loblaw, we help millions of Canadians get through their best days, worst days, celebration days, and every day. Through our innovation and quality products, we’re here for our friends, neighbours, family members and colleagues.

We succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us.

We’re looking for adaptable people who are thrilled to join us in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. We promote leaders at every level and support our people to follow their passion.

Manage and lead the development and implementation of key strategic initiatives for the Discount Division. Provide analytical support to enable the Discount Division to drive operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve profitability.

What You'll Do:

Strategy Development

Act as a strategic thought leader within the Discount Division, providing data-based insights and identifying opportunities to drive sales, share, and profit growth.
Support the development of category-specific strategies and associated tactics by partnering with Category, Operations, Promo, Marketing, and Analytics teams.
Conduct reviews of the competitive landscape and category deep dives on an ongoing basis.

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.
Report creation and data maintenance surrounding pilot program results.
Design and develop program/project presentations to key executive stakeholders throughout the business.

Annual/Quarterly Planning Analysis

Participate in the annual long-term strategic planning process by working with the Discount Leadership Team and central support functions (e.g., Digital, Loyalty, Media).
Support and execute key initiatives from the Division’s annual plan, leading analytics and strategy development in conjunction with internal stakeholders.

What You'll Need:

Minimum 2 years previous work experience required; retail, merchandising, management consulting, or consumer goods experience strongly preferred
Post-secondary undergraduate (finance, economics, commerce, engineering) and/or graduate education (MBA) preferred
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
Comfortability with data analytics and the ability to derive actionable insights is required
Experience with analytical tools, such as Python, SAS, R, SQL, etc., would be an asset
Detail oriented and strong time management skills
Independent problem solving, critical thinking, and resourcefulness

Loblaw is committed to sustainability by sourcing products with integrity and making a positive difference in the community. 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.

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Temporary with Benefits (Fixed Term)

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.%8692154% %%management%%

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