Job Description

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 \xe2\x80\x93 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\xc2\xae.

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.

Description

Reporting to the Director, Business and Consumer Insights, this role works with the Vendor Loyalty team in providing the primary and leading source of business insights for LDIA vendors. As Manager, you will be responsible for handling the day-to-day relationships with a set assigned CPG vendors, identifying and scoping projects, and ensuring they are properly and timely resourced. You contribute through a strong understanding of vendor needs and providing them with the products, services and analytical insights that will help achieve their business objectives. The successful candidate will have seasoned knowledge working with data, performing analysis, integrating a wide variety of data sources and presenting actionable results to end-users.

What You\'ll Do:

• Lead a team of analysts to support an assigned group of vendors with the goal to optimize the use of the LDIA reporting portal.
• Meet regularly with vendors to understand project timelines, scope, and set expectations based on upcoming priorities.
• Work with the team to scope projects to identify actionable business insights and support their business decisions.
• Prepare presentation materials for clients, including senior management, based on analysis findings
• Manage the workflow and project assignments across the team, ensuring that projects are properly resourced and delivered on schedule.
• Provide the analyst team with mentorship, feedback and guidance on ways to accurately interpret information and draw conclusions / insights and building strategic and storytelling skills.
• Work closely with internal teams (eg Vendor Loyalty, LDIA Support, Product, Media) to understand vendor\xe2\x80\x99s critical initiatives so that we can proactively partner with them and assist with consumer insights development
• Ensure data accuracy, completeness and quality, swiftly documenting issues with data
• Monitor industry trends and integrate relevant insights to analysis
• Proactively highlight opportunities to develop, streamline and improve internal analytics processes

What You\'ll Need:

• Experience using Retail/CPG POS data (such as Precima Top Shelf, Nielsen MarketTrack or alternative retail data platforms) in an analysis context
• Experience managing an analytics team
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and presentation skills
• Proven analytic skills: conceptualizing, analyzing, deriving insights from data, and designing an execution plan to derive results from insights
• Consistent track record of delivering high-quality results in a timely manner
• Experience as a power user of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel
• Basic knowledge on SQL, TeraData, Qlik, and/or Microstrategy would be an asset.
• Self starter \xe2\x80\x93 demonstrated initiative and willingness to take ownership and learn
• Proven problem resolution and critical thinking skills
• Very well organized, able to multi-task and prioritize workload
• Experience in a consulting environment is an asset

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 \xe2\x80\x93 Environment, Sourcing and Community \xe2\x80\x93 and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values \xe2\x80\x93 Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence \xe2\x80\x93 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 \xe2\x80\x93 these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada\xe2\x80\x99s Top Employers, Canada\xe2\x80\x99s Best Diversity Employers, Canada\xe2\x80\x99s Greenest Employers & Canada\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

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