Join Loblaw Companies Limited as a Merchant in our Hard Discount Division, where we will deliver outstanding products and customer programs to 500 grocery retail stores across Canada. Reporting to the Category Director, we are a diverse and dynamic team that are data-driven and customer centric with a passion for food!
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.
Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l'embauche :
$68,000.00 - $93,500.00 / 68.000,00$ - 93.500,00$ (per year / par an)
A candidate's experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L'expérience et les connaissances d'un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu'un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d'emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L'entreprise utilise l'intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d'évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.
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