(CAN) Senior Manager, Media Planning and Strategy – Walmart Connect

Walmart Canada; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Manager for Media Planning and Strategy. This role involves developing strategic omnichannel media plans, collaborating with various teams, and optimizing media investments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in media planning and project management, with strong analytical and communication skills. Join a dynamic team and contribute to innovative media solutions that drive growth and enhance advertiser impact.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant experience in media planning or project management.

Responsibilities

• Develop omnichannel retail media strategies for seasonal campaigns.
• Analyze data and media performance metrics for strategic recommendations.
• Oversee multiple media planning projects ensuring alignment with objectives.

Skills

Analytical

Project Management

Communication

Education

University degree

Job description

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Position Summary...The Senior Manager, Media Planning & Strategy is responsible for developing strategic omnichannel retail media plans that support seasonal campaigns, category marketing initiatives, and instore experiential activations. This role partners closely with internal sales teams, advertisers, category marketing leads, merchandising, eComm and experiential partners to align media investments with brand partner objectives and consumer shopping behaviours.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in omnichannel, insights and data-driven media planning, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally to provide strategic client recommendations to achieve campaign KPIs and accelerate growth. They are highly analytical, organized, and skilled in project management with clear verbal and written communication.

What You'll Do...

• Develop comprehensive, insight-driven retail media omnichannel strategies that align with seasonal, category and events-based priorities.
• Analyze first-party data, audience insights and media performance metrics to inform strategic recommendations and optimize media planning. Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure media strategies are built for advertiser success.
• Provide data-backed guidance on omnichannel media solutions, integrating digital, in-store and experiential strategies to enhance advertiser impact. Identify opportunities to innovate and enhance retail media offerings, ensuring alignment with evolving shopper behaviours and industry trends. 4. Oversee multiple concurrent media planning projects, ensuring alignment with timelines, budgets, and strategic objectives.
• Coordinate across sales, category marketing leads, experiential partners and media operations to ensure seamless campaign planning to execution. Manage project workflows ensuring deadlines are met while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
• Partner with sales, category marketing leads and other cross-functional teams to ensure media plans align with retail business objectives
• Work closely with account managers, ad operations, insights and yield to evaluate media performance, optimize investments and measure impact. Collaborate with insights team to provide actionable recommendations that drive continuous improvement in retail media planning.
• Attend industry events and stay abreast of industry trends, emerging planning solutions, and competitive benchmarks to enhance the retail media offering.
  
  

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant experience (digital and/or omni-channel media planning/activation/project management)
• University degree
  
  

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Age – 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location…

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Retail, Manufacturing, and Retail Groceries

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