Senior Manager, Digital Assets & Promo Process HEHB - 16 months contract

Loblaw Companies Limited; Brampton; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian retail firm in Brampton seeks a Sr. Manager, Promo Process to oversee promotional planning and drive accountability in financial targets. Candidates should have post-secondary education in finance or business, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with tools like Microstrategy and SAP. This role combines strategy formulation with collaborative execution across divisions, enhancing promotional effectiveness. Join a company emphasizing diversity and sustainability.

Benefits

Progressive careers

Comprehensive training

Flexibility

Competitive benefits

Qualifications

• Ability to drive accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to define and follow processes.
• Experience in retail operations and/or promotional planning is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create Flyer and Seasonal promotional plans based on category strategy.
• Coordinate Category submissions for promo planning.
• Analyze promotional performance weekly to understand results.

Skills

Advanced MS Excel

Strong analytical skills

Communication skills (written & verbal)

Detail-oriented

Ability to multi-task & prioritize

Interpersonal skills

Education

Post-secondary education (finance, business, economics)

Tools

Microstrategy

SAP

Job description

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

The Sr. Manager, Promo Process is accountable for ensuring the Home and Entertainment (H&E) and HABA Business Unit has the promotional plans in place to support achieving budgeted sales and profit in each Division. With a deep understanding of how each category trades promotionally, this individual will work collaboratively with the Merchandising team to establish promotional strategy and drives accountability in achieving financial targets. This individual will also drive the annual and quarterly planning to ensure the Divisions have visibility to our strategy and financial objectives, and will provide guidance to the Divisional Pricing and Promotion teams as needed for H&E and HABA. This individual will be responsible of our Promo Reporting (On-time planning, Financial Roll-ups, Flyer/Promotional Performance) and escalating issues where we are off plan to find resolution with the Merchandising team.

Accountabilities:

• Create Flyer and Seasonal promotional plan based on Category strategy
• Coordinate Category submissions through collective planning for promo planning
• Provide visibility to Sr. Leadership team on planned promotions from system to provide financial roll-ups
• Compare system financial roll-up to promo targets and make recommendations on how to close any gaps in sales or profit
• Highlight planned promotions that are inefficient or off-strategy and engage with category teams for resolution
• Provide guidance/visibility to H&E/HABA on annual promotional calendar
• Partner and coordinate planning sessions with Category Directors and Merchants on promotional anchors such as Front Pages, Promotional Stunts, Books/Inserts to ensure we have thoughtful plan.
• Provide inputs to banner promotional plan as needed (quarterly/periodic)
• Provide inputs to Marketing team on programs that require marketing support
• Align on strategy and tactics for Marketing/Flyer programs and communicate to stakeholders
• Weekly analysis of promotional performance by Division to understand how actual results came in compared to plan
• Contribute to upcoming promo plans through the program governance and phasing decks and post-mortem recaps
• Other duties as required

Requirements

• Post-secondary education (finance, business, economics)

• Ability to multi-task & prioritize with a high sense of urgency.

• Detailed oriented and well organized.

• Advanced MS Excel and strong analytical skills.

• Experience with Query Tools including Microstrategy and SAP

• Very strong communication skills (both written & verbal)

• Demonstrated ability to drive accountability

• Track record of defining and following processes, and drives continuous improvement to refine as needed

• Highly skilled at creating financial reporting that provides relevant and useful information for different audiences.

• Previous experience in retail operations and/or merchandising/promotional planning preferred.

• Outstanding team player with strong interpersonal skills

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

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