Specialist, Talent Insights
Requisition ID: 189992
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: HR Integration
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?
We are looking for a Specialist, Talent Insights to join our Talent & Inclusion team. In this role, you will apply your expertise in workforce planning and analytics to enhance current initiatives and shape future strategies. With a national scope, the Talent & Inclusion team supports Retail Stores, Distribution Networks, and Corporate Offices, driving impactful talent solutions across the organization.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Provide analysis on the complete cycle of talent analytics and the interrelationships between different talent information and processes.
- Execute advanced and predictive analytics; identify statistical techniques required to deliver HR insights.
- Perform deep analysis and modeling to proactively identify talent issues and implications, and insights related to the talent portfolio (ex. Diversity and Inclusion analysis and insights across levels, geographies, business units, regions).
- Provide predictive modeling to support defining future talent needs and talent supply.
- Participate in the construction of the Workforce planning approach and the workforce analysis to contribute to:
- Talent planning: forecasting future talent needs of business areas
- Supply and demographic analysis: forecasting availability of right talent for business needs
- Partner closely with the T&I team to define key metrics, scorecards and measures, and dashboards to support talent programs; ensure the right data sets are in place to manage and monitor; and work with HR solutions team to operationalize.
- Identify statistical analysis techniques required to deliver HR insights.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of talent investments and programs based on analysis.
- Partner closely with HR Solutions team to create sustainable reports to drive decision making.
What you have to offer:
Must-have qualifications:
- Minimum five years of experience in an analyst role, preferably in HR data.
- Proven experience analyzing large datasets and providing strategic insights to guide decision-making.
- Proficiency in data visualization tools such as Tableau and/or Power BI, along with SQL and advanced Excel (pivot tables, formulas, macros, etc.).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, data-driven presentations.
- Experience in hypothesis development, interpretation, and result communication to key stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience executing advanced and predictive analytics to drive business outcomes.
Nice-to-have qualifications:
- Knowledge of HR systems such as Dayforce, SAP HR, and/or SuccessFactors.
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Commerce, or Statistics.
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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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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.