Loyalty & Consumer Insights Analyst, Co-op Student

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

Winter 2027 Work Term

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.

Term Length: 4 months

Term Start: January 7, 2027

Term End: April 16, 2027

The pay range for the co-op student role will reflect factors such as the candidate's experience, academic level, and the specific skillset required for the role.

Loblaw has adopted the following hybrid working model (a combination of working between the office and remotely). Colleagues can work remotely up to 1 day a week, while spending the other 4 days in the office (to be determined by each business unit).

Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, with a network of corporate and independently operated stores in communities across the country, employing close to 200,000 Canadians.

We are hiring a Business & Customer Insights Analyst, Co-op Student.

What You'll Do

• Work directly with Category Managers to optimize promotional tactics and make recommendations to 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 analysis on variance to forecast. Proactively identify new trends.
• Analyze data to calculate baseline sales and margin and estimate incremental sales and margin for promotions within a set of categories.
• Ad hoc analysis on promotional response and elasticity of categories
• Deliver periodic reporting on promotional performance, and operational KPIs
• Synthesize large amounts of data from multiple sources, and extrapolate and interpret appropriate information to deliver value add recommendations

What You'll Need

• University degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science
• Professional or co-op experience is an asset. Ideally in Retail, CPG industry, Consumer Finance, or Telecommunications
• Ability to synthesize large amount of data into insights
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable collaborating within cross functional team
• Demonstrated strong business acumen
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel
• Basic knowledge of MS Access, SQL, Python and Power BI is an asset

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 competitive pay program 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 (Fixed Term)

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc.

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

$35,100.00 - $65,700.00 / 35.100,00$ - 65.700,00$ (per year / par an)

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