Senior Manager, Space Optimization

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.

The Senior Manager, Space Optimization will be accountable for improving promotional space optimization through inventory flow, forecasting, reducing days on hand, and maximizing sales and profit opportunities. The role will be responsible for building space optimization and markdown models to improve sales, margin, and inventory results. The role will be responsible for being a forward thinker in the promotional space on how to continue to implement advanced analytical tools to improve the P&L results. Track record for maintaining high standards for the team and creating a great culture to want to improve results

Tasks/Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities

• Manage the strategy behind the promotional and space optimization models to ensure that there are consistent data models across the total store to allow for inter department space trade-offs.
• Understand all categories strategies to implement into the space optimization models will deliver against the category initiatives
• Present the floor plan to the merchandising department leads to ensure targets are being met and the floor represents their category strategies
• Create Full year/quarterly/periodic selling floor strategies and communicate to all merchandising teams by utilizing analytics to optimize space
• Review the weekly reporting of the space optimization model to determine any opportunities to be made to the model based on the results.
• Maximize floor selling space by using customer insights through advanced analytics models to select the correct item to allocate to the floor.
• Manage the store level allocation of product for all items selected from the promotional plan to be on the selling floor and work directly with supply chain on ordering the product

Role Requirements:

• 5-7 Years of experience in a similar capacity
• Post-secondary education in a bachelors or master’s degree in a quantitative field like economics/finance/engineering/math
• Strong analytical background
• Experience in managing and developing a team
• Experience in MS Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint or other analytical tools required
• Proficient in SAS, R, SQL or other relevant statistical modeling tools/languages.
• Previous experience in retail operations, merchandise planning, and analytics
• Demonstrated experience on project management
• Exceptional communication skills
• Detail oriented and strong time management 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.