Category Assistant (12 Month Contract)

Shoppers Drug Mart; Toronto; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Purchase discount program

Online learning through Academy

Job summary

Shoppers Drug Mart is seeking a Category Assistant to support product and financial processes within category management. You will maintain data for flyers, assist with planograms, and liaise with vendors to drive category growth.

The role involves preparing weekly sales reports, end-of-season analyses, and ensuring data consistency across SDM systems. This position offers a full-time temporary term with benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of general business or merchandising experience.
• Post-secondary education with courses in business, merchandising or equivalent.
• Understanding of inter-related work processes and SDM systems.
• Professional manner when dealing with vendors and colleagues, including senior management.
• Computer skills to produce reports, documents and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Enters, maintains and monitors critical information including key sales and financial data to prepare and analyze weekly sales reports.
• Prepare end of season postmortem and share sales data with vendors.
• Ensure data is maintained across SDM SAP and CPMS systems.
• Prepare worksheets for flyers, merchandising plans and seasonal spreadsheets with estimates, sales, deals and shelf-life information.
• Proof and edit flyer and seasonal marketing materials for accuracy.
• Liaise with vendors to ensure on-time delivery of materials to drive category sales and growth.
• Support Marketing Call Centre to resolve issues promptly.
• Coordinate communications for stores on category information and updates.
• Manage samples for seasonal programs.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Planogram, Logistics, Inventory and Promotions to resolve issues.

Skills

General business experience

Merchandising experience

Interdepartmental communication

Vendor liaison

Data analysis

Spreadsheet proficiency

Presentations

Education

Post-secondary education in business/merchandising

Tools

Spreadsheets

Database management

SAP/CPMS (implied)

Job description

Location:

243 Consumers Road, Toronto, Ontario, M2J 4W8

At Shoppers Drug Mart, we’re innovating health and wellness in Canada. From prescriptions to walk-in clinics, and a beloved loyalty program, we’re caring and supporting our customers in new ways every day.
With more than 1,300 locally owned and operated stores from coast to coast, the Shoppers Drug Mart network is more than a great place to shop, it’s a great place to work.We’re committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness and inclusivity. Join our team, and help recognize a healthy future for your career and for all Canadians.

Why this role is important?

Reporting directly to the Category Director, the Category Assistant supports all product and financial processes associated with category management and assists in the general administration and management of categories and suppliers.The Category Assistant maintains the data for the flyers and all supporting documents, data retrieval and analysis for planograms, reviews, supplier meetings.

Duties:

• Enters, maintains and monitors all critical information including key sales and financial data to prepare and analyze weekly sales reports.
• Prepare end of season postmortem, share sales and sell through data to all vendors.
• Works to ensure all data is maintained accurately across SDM SAP and CPMS systems.
• Prepares and submits worksheets for flyers, various merchandising plans and seasonal spreadsheets to include accurate estimates, sales, deal, retail and shelf-life information.
• Proofs and edits flyer and other seasonal marketing initiatives to ensure accuracy and make adjustments as required.
• Liaises with vendor community to ensure on-time delivery of all required materials to drive the category sales and growth.
• Provides support to Marketing Call Centre to resolve issues or concerns in a timely and efficient manner.
• Liaises with vendor community to ensure on-time delivery of all required materials to drive the category sales and growth.
• Prepares and distributes communications for stores to ensure category information or updates are provided in a timely manner.
• Manages samples for all seasonal programs.
• Monitors and liaises with relevant departments including, Marketing, Planogram, Logistics, Inventory and Promotions to resolve issues or concerns in an efficient and timely manner.

Skills

This position requires a demonstrated level of initiative and judgment in order to organize and prioritize tasks, workload and projects. Courtesy, tact and diplomacy are required in dealing with colleagues in every day working relationships.

• One to three years of general business or merchandising experience.
• Post-secondary education with courses in business, merchandising or equivalent.
• Requires an understanding of inter-related work processes to be able to adapt to differing assignments.
• Understands the interdependent system co-ordination between SDM systems and processes.
• Provides routine information to coordinate the assignments and work procedures of others.
• Professional manner, tact, diplomacy and discretion in dealing with vendors and colleagues including senior management.
• Draws on a number of known options to solve problems and to develop improvements.
• Computer skills to produce effective, spreadsheets, reports, documents and presentations, as required. Database management.
• Adaptable to set and prioritize work with varying exceptions.
• Communicates with clarity, verbally, via e-mail, in oneonone or group situations, or over the telephone
• Knowledge of category management and merchandising practices and principles.

Why work at Shoppers Drug Mart?

Acting as consultants, supporting internal customers and the Associate-Owners, you will get experience unique to the retail industry while working for an award-winning national brand. Benefit from a purchase discount program, competitive pay and online learning through Academy.

Take ownership of your work and find more ways to care about your work, co-workers, customers and community.

How You’ll Succeed:

At Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Temporary with Benefits (Fixed Term)

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :$52,000.00 - $71,500.00 / 52.000,00$ - 71.500,00$ (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.