Analyst Promotion Strategy
Requisition ID: 185362
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Costing and Promotions
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Mississauga
Location: Tahoe Office
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opening for a Promotions Analyst in our National Cost and Promotions Team. In this full-time role, you will collaborate with various cross-functional teams including category management, replenishment, pricing, operations, and others to support execution of promotional activity.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Create/maintain planned promotions by the category merchants in both SAP and CMA
- Create/maintain planned marketing offers.
- Perform validations to ensure accuracy of execution of promotional offers, from various source of data inputs.
- Perform flyer check to ensure accuracy of promotional retails and promotional offers.
- Identify variances and liaise with the category merchant teams to resolve discrepancies.
- Align with the planning calendar on key milestones which support the promo planning process.
- Resolve store issues and concerns related to promo execution.
- Collaborate with Data Services to resolve issues impacting promotion execution.
- Support Project initiatives that impact promo execution
- Work closely with Category Managers, Marketing, and other cross functional teams to ensure accuracy of promo execution.
- Facilitate ad hoc requests to ensured planned promotions are executed accurately.
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What you have to offer:
- Post Secondary Education and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office Excel and MS Outlook
- Experience in the retail grocery business preferred.
- SAP experience preferred.
- Strong ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
- Possess deep knowledge of grocery merchandising promotions strategies and supporting analytics.
- Ability to understand and maintain multiple retail strategies across banners to ensure promotional accuracy.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work closely with leadership, category management and other cross functional teams as required.
- Ability to work effectively under time-compressed situations.
- Ability to set and communicate promotional expectation to ensure accuracy for our stores and customers.
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.