Manager, Strategy

Referred applicants should not apply directly to this role.

All referred applicants must first be submitted through Workday by a current Loblaw Colleague.

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.

With more than 500 locations across the country and over 70,000 colleagues, the Market Division provides Canadians with easy access to life’s necessities. Throughout our network of stores, customers find outstanding freshness, great value and a broad assortment of products that will meet their needs, whatever their budget or tastes. We promote leaders at every level and support our people to follow their passion. We have so much to offer, including a hybrid working model, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, on-site gym facility, Colleague Discount Program, Investment Savings programs and much more! Don’t wait, join our Discount team today and help feed Everyone!

Role Mandate:

Manage and lead the development and implementation of key strategic initiatives for Category, Operations, Promo, and Capital teams within the Loblaw Companies Market Division. Provide analytical support to enable the Market Division to drive operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve profitability.

What You'll Do:

Strategy Development

• Act as a strategic thought leader within the Market Division, providing data-based insights and identifying opportunities to drive sales, share, and profit growth.
• Support the development of category-specific strategies and associated tactics by partnering with Category, Operations, Promo, Marketing, and Analytics teams.
• Conduct reviews of the competitive landscape and category deep dives on an ongoing basis.

Strategic Initiative Support

• Track and evaluate market share results to evaluate category strategies, determine drivers of outperformance, and diagnose underperformance at the banner and category levels.
• Develop tangible metrics to measure success of strategic initiatives ensuring performance is tracking towards targets.
• Create reports and conduct large data set analysis surrounding pilot program results.
• Design and develop program/project presentations to key executive stakeholders within the business.

Quarterly and Annual Planning

• Participate in the annual long-term strategic planning process by working with the Market Leadership Team and central support functions (e.g., Digital, Loyalty, Advance).
• Support and execute key initiatives from the Division’s annual plan, leading analytics and strategy development in conjunction with internal stakeholders.

What You'll Need:

• Minimum 2 years previous work experience required. Retail, merchandising, management consulting, and/or consumer goods experience strongly preferred.
• Post-secondary undergraduate (finance, economics, commerce, engineering) and/or graduate education (MBA) preferred.
• Retail Operations experience and a knowledge of the LCL Enterprise, including support functions, strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable presenting to a room of senior executives.
• Knowledge of Loblaw systems, data sources, and metrics is an asset.
• Comfortable with data analytics and the ability to derive actionable insights is required.
• Experience with analytical tools, such as Python, SAS, R, SQL, PowerBI, would be an asset.
• Detail oriented and strong time management skills.
• Independent problem solving, critical thinking, and resourcefulness.

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.