Analyst, Promotion Optimization

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Analyst, Promotion Optimization

We are looking for innovative, talented, and energetic people to help bring our Consumer Insights & Loyalty game to the next level. This is an exciting time to join our team - we are changing the game in a big way!

The Forecasting and Promo Optimization team at Shoppers Drug Mart. is responsible for key analytic support for the flyer and other promotional planning. The team is charged with continuous innovation, delivering value add insights to the business as well as driving incremental sales and margin. We listen to our customers. That’s our job. And we make sure that the feedback we collect is making our programs more customer centric and growing our business.

If you are looking to join a company that offers unlimited opportunity, excellent leadership, world-class training and makes a big impact on the community - this is the role you’ve been waiting for!

What You'll be Doing:

• Work directly with Category Managers and Vice Presidents to optimize promotional tactics and make recommendations to maximize incremental sales and margin
• Own 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

What You'll Need:

• Strong analytical and technical skills (Advanced Excel skills. Experience in SQL/Access/VBA programming is preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to draw key insights from data, and develop creative and fact-based recommendations
• Knowledge of forecasting techniques and processes
• Post secondary education equivalent to a university degree in business, statistics, economics or engineering
• 1-3 years' work experience in an analytical setting (including retail, manufacturing, consulting or banking)

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.