Sr Manager, Merchandising Promotions - 12 month contract

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.

What you'll do:

• Lead quarterly and annual promotional allocation planning - including weekly space allocation and Legacy CPMS events set-up and transmissions. Perform regular audits to ensure Promotional plan is updated and maintained accurately.

• Responsible for all store transmissions, including approving and managing event cancellations, promo change forms (pricing changes/ product placement, CFO, MD, NSV, product Loyalty points…) and store communications.

• Develops flyer plan and page allocation schedule and distribution to ensure timelines are established, monitor the status, and ensure timely completion.

• Lead weekly flyer meetings to determine flyer status, plan future layouts based on sales, meet compliance and margin targets. Ensure flyers are completely accurately and on time.

• Determine flyer financial page budgets based on layout changes, events, and financial expectations.

• Own the relationship with Category Management, ARI/ Business Optimization Analytics and the Promotions Team in maintaining accurate promotional planning and flyer forecast approvals.

• Enterprise relationships and tactical planning with Loyalty, Marketing; including Category Management (Prestige, OTC, HBA/ Mass, Food, Electronics). Provide Category Management insight feed-back to merch planning and work with teams to ensure promotional investment satisfies need to achieve budgeted results.

• Collaborate with marketing team to plan and integrate tier one events from start to finish into the flyer. This includes working cross -functionally with multiple front-store divisions to ensure sales and margin targets are achieved, the right product selection is featured and is aligned with the overall campaign theme.

• Identifies promotional conflicts, including overlapping events, overlapping promotions and loyalty events and manages promotions limitations. System expert knowledge required to manage such overlaps.

• Identifies and prioritizes system enhancements and process improvements. Provides functional requirements and assist with UAT testing to ensure all projects are rolled out to all stores effectively.

• Approves and manages event cancellations, promo change forms (PCFs) including pricing changes, product substitutions, regional product changes and store order cancelations.

• Manage Promotions Team of Senior Coordinators - oversee their workloads and provides staff supervision to ensure that work is done accurately, efficiently and complies with policies, procedures, and standards as well as best working practices.

• Responsible for delivering error-free flyer, including in-store promotional strategy & set up; lead "On-Call" support team on weekends for flyer correction & operational support (MCC/ Customer Care Centre)

What you bring:

• An advanced level of initiative and judgment to organize and prioritize tasks, workload, and projects. Courtesy, tact, and diplomacy are required in dealing with colleagues in every day working relationships.

• Strong process development and change management skills required for the growth of fast-paced, results-driven environment

• Strong technical and system knowledge an asset for Legacy CPMS, MMS, EPOS, SAP

• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple priorities

• Excellent attention to detail and quality control

• Strong decision-making, project management, planning and organizational skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to build relationships, influence others collaborate effectively with others.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide clear direction.

• Ability to navigate a work environment that is fast-paced and poses ambiguous business issues

• Lead weekly rotational ‘on-call’ coverage for any flyer issues that arise on Saturday’s to stores and rest of the business

• Bachelor’s degree (Marketing, Business, or other related discipline or related experiences)

• Minimum of 3-5 years of related work experience in merchandising, promotional planning and/or retail operations or related experience within the retail and/or consumer packaged goods industries

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.