Job Description

Our family of 134,000 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 1500 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.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview

• Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We are currently looking for an Assistant Category Manager on a full-time role.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to develop a deep understanding of designated categories, market trends and consumer behaviors
• Be accountable for the product, placement, pricing and promotion for items within their categories, consistent with each banner strategy
• Respond to customer needs in their category, and is responsible for developing and executing customer-relevant strategies
• Review and analyze margins, deals, retail savings, pricing reference article, forecasts, units of measure, cost, pages and sales sets for accuracy
• Review Agency Business report daily and review discrepancies with Category Manager
• Communicate with Replenishment Team with respect to inventory management
• Review competitive price check and take appropriate action on weekly price change report
• Assist with the resolution of pricing issues
• Review vendor submissions and new article listing reports
• Assist in ad creation and ad proofing processes
• Respond to requests to meet customer needs
• Identify opportunities and expedite category plans with operational support
• Review underperforming categories

Skills and Experience Requirements

• Ability to leverage technology (SAP, Microsoft Office suite, etc.) to review and analyze large volumes of data
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the business (oral and written)
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to negotiate and influence others
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• 3+ years of experience in a similar role
• Post-secondary education required; Business/Management preferred
• Previous experience working in the retail industry; grocery industry preferred

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. 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.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.

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