Requisition ID: 182558
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Merchandising-Fresh Own Brands
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 131,000 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?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for a Specialist, Brand Management to execute and manage the Private Label Brand Management strategy within assigned categories.
Here's where you'll be focusing:
- Responsible for the on time delivery of the end to end brand/product plan from ideation to implementation
- Executes the brand/product specific strategic business plan across categories
- Works closely with Procurement Specialists, Product Developers, Regulatory Managers, QA Specialists, and Packaging/Design to bring products from concept to shelf.
- Gains alignment with Category Merchant to incorporate Private Label products into the category strategy and category planning process
- Support the development of the product plan for assigned categories by supplying key metrics such as sales, trends, etc.
- Responsible for ensuring all brand standards for product, packaging and design are adhered to
- Supports Marketing to ensure private label presence in the national marketing calendar
- Acts as an advocate for Sobeys private label brands, both internally and externally
What you have to offer:
- An Undergraduate Degree in marketing or related field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Previous Project Management experience
- Strong retail product knowledge and grocery knowledge preferred
- Experience with fresh categories preferred
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Why Work at Sobeys?
- Flexible working hours policy and telecommuting;
- Welcoming and friendly environment;
- Company involved in its community;
- Education assistance policy;
- Opportunities of growth;
- Employee discount at participating stores.
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.
