Co-op Consumer Insights & Promotions Analyst

Loblaw Companies Limited; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 35,000 - 66,000; Part time

Job summary

Shoppers Drug Mart is offering a Winter 2027 Work Term for a Business & Customer Insights Analyst, Co-op Student. This 4‑month assignment blends office and remote work, with a hybrid model allowing up to one day remote per week.

You will work with Category Managers to optimize promotions, forecast flyer sales, analyze performance, and deliver KPI reports. A university degree in business or related field and Excel, SQL, Power BI knowledge are required; co-op experience in retail or consumer

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Professional or co-op experience is an asset in Retail, CPG, Consumer Finance, or Telecommunications.
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of data into insights.
• Strong interpersonal skills and collaboration in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated strong business acumen.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel; familiarity with MS Access, SQL, Python and Power BI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with Category Managers to optimize promotional tactics and maximize incremental sales and margin.
• Support real-time consolidated forecast for flyer sales and margin.
• Monitor and analyze promotional performance relative to forecast, and provide variance analysis and trend identification.
• Analyze data to calculate baseline sales and margin and estimate incremental sales for promotions across categories.
• Perform ad hoc analysis on promotional response and elasticity of categories.
• Deliver periodic reporting on promotional performance and KPIs.
• Synthesize large data sets from multiple sources to deliver value-added recommendations.

Skills

Synthesize data into insights

Interpersonal skills

Business acumen

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

University degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

MS Excel

SQL

Power BI

MS Access

Python

Job description

Shoppers Drug Mart is offering a Winter 2027 Work Term for a Business & Customer Insights Analyst, Co-op Student. This 4‑month assignment blends office and remote work, with a hybrid model allowing up to one day remote per week.

You will work with Category Managers to optimize promotions, forecast flyer sales, analyze performance, and deliver KPI reports. A university degree in business or related field and Excel, SQL, Power BI knowledge are required; co-op experience in retail or consumer