Job Description

Position Title: Assistant Category Manager

Requisition ID: 35041

Career Group (ADSP): Administrative

Division: Fresh & Meat Merchandising (80156532)

Department: Merchandising

Work Location: METRO ON - 5559 DUNDAS STREET W (#A-DUND)

Province: Canada : Ontario

Position Type: Permanent

Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as an Assistant Category Manager of Deli Merchandising. In this role, you will work closely with the Category Managers to develop and execute strategies that optimize the Deli, Cheese & HMR Categories. Your main objective will be to ensure the deli department meets sales goals, maximizes profitability, and delivers an exceptional customer experience. This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic professional who is passionate about the food industry and has a strong understanding of Deli, Cheese & HMR products and trends.

Specific Responsibilities

• Assist the Category Managers in developing and implementing category plans and strategies for the Department.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including procurement, operations, marketing, to ensure effective execution of merchandising strategies.
• Managing the category product assortment, including vendor selection, product sourcing, discontinuations. and pricing strategies. Listing of new items including set up and other administrative tasks.
• Conducting regular store visits to evaluate merchandising execution, gather feedback from store associates, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Work to maintain category lists & planogram sets. Maintain core & optional lists.
• Weekly management and distributon of produciton planning reports to store operations.
• Manage costing & retail changes in conjuction with National Procurement and the Cateogry Managers. Provide impact analysis
• Coordinating with the marketing team to develop promotional campaigns, flyers, instore features and initiatives to drive customer engagement and increase sales. Responsible for flyer proofing, forecasting, promotional materials & store level communications.
• Gather and distrbute flyer proofs to the Fresh Merchandising teams as per the proofing cycle.
• Assist in maintaining promotional calendar to schedule promotions, maximize sales and profits in the assigned categories.
• Responsible for securing, validating and entering vendor deal sheets and promotional funding.
• Assist in management of Menu for Skip the Dishes, Starbucks & Catering Applications.
• Conducting market research and competitive analysis to identify emerging trends, customer preferences, and opportunities for growth.
• Monitoring and analyzing sales performance, market trends, and customer feedback to identify areas for improvement and develop action plans.
• Support complete scheduled category reviews in assigned categories.
• Conduct analyses of retail history, advertising success, product movement and overall category management.
• Implement pricing strategies for categories and make recommendations in setting retail prices for individual items, in accordance with corporate guidelines for pricing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree.
• 3 - 5 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel is an asset.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Some travel required.

Metro values, respects and leverages the differences and competences of all employees from a variety of different backgrounds. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment.

Metro is committed to accommodating applicants and employees with disabilities. Should you require an accommodation or wish to receive this application in an accessible format, please advise.

Only applicants that meet the qualifications will be contacted.

We respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from agencies.

METRO INC. is a food and pharmacy leader in Qu\xc3\xa9bec and Ontario. As a retailer, franchisor, distributor, and manufacturer, the Corporation operates or services a network of 953 food stores under several banners including Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, Food Basics, Adonis and Premi\xc3\xa8re Moisson, as well as 648 drugstores primarily under the Jean Coutu, Brunet, Metro Pharmacy and Food Basics Pharmacy banners, providing employment directly or indirectly to almost 90,000 people.

Our five customer promises are simply that... promises to provide our customers with the best shopping experience possible. Under each promise are actions that support it.

Our five customer promises:

• Great quality fresh products
• The people are great
• It\'s easy to shop
• Customers get what they want
• Prices are good

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