Sobeys Looking for Category Manager at Ontario Full Time

Category Manager

Requisition ID: 172961

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Discount Category Management

Travel Requirements: 0 – 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country:Canada (CA)

Province:Ontario

City:Mississauga

Location:Tahoe Office

Postal Code:L4W 0C7

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, Lawton’s 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

An exciting opportunity to be part of our National Discount Category Management Department.

In this role, you will be reporting to the Director of Category Management. The individual will be responsible for developing and implementing category plans to deliver merchandising strategies as well as to achieve sales/profit targets for the overall region.

You will be accountable for incorporating customer insight, market analysis and store and market visits to identify category opportunities.

Job Description

• Profitability

• Ensure banner profitability; develop and execute forecasts to attain all financial target

• Review annually and mange CORE agreements

• Project Life Cycle

• Manage the project life cycle and inventory levels

• Monitor and sell through performance

• Maximize category performance through the introduction of new innovative products

• Develop and manage category and item pricing subject to pricing philosophy loyalty program data

• Develop and execute promotional plans; ensure all ads are correct and delivering category strategies; work with Merchandising to develop effective promotions

• Negotiate even participation and review HEAT ticket requests

• Determine retails, loyalty promotions, forecast volume and gross profits for all ad product

• Participate in the development and coordination of plan-o-grams and layout schematics

• Manage vendor relations and negotiations to maximize customer and category insight; develop product, proactive and consultative business relationships

• Optimize vendor investments to deliver on sales targets (marketing and trade spends)

• Communicate and work effectively with procurement and all other departments to achieve product life cycle targets

Job Requirements

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience

• Merchandising or retail experience is preferred

• Successful experience managing the category and department at Retail, including managing product launches

• Motivated to drive growth for the business

• Ability to mentor and foster relationships

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong problem solving, decision making and negotiating skills

• Ability to manage multiple projects with demonstrated flexibility and adaptability

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite

Sobeys offers our employees many valuable benefits such as:

• Growing organization

• Competitive salary

• Profit Sharing Plan (based on company performance)

• Pension plan

• Flexible health and dental benefits plan (eligible employees)

• Ongoing Training & Development

• Opportunity for internal mobility to other departments and/or promotions (for employees who are strong performers

• Flexible working hours policy

• Friendly and welcoming environment

• Teamwork

• Proximity with senior management and openness to new ideas

• Possibility of advancement

• Company involvement in it’s community

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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.

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