Associate Product Manager

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – 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®.

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. 

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – 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®.

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. 

Associate Product Manager

At Loblaw, we help millions of Canadians get through their best days, worst days, celebration days, and every day with the value our private label brands provide. Through our innovation and quality products, we’re here for our friends, neighbors, family members and colleagues. We succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. We’re looking for adaptable people who are motivated by our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®.

Why is this role important?

The Assistant Product Manager (APM) Value Creation works in a fast-paced environment to support Loblaw Brands to enable our beloved brands, including President’s Choice and No Name.  In this role, your primary responsibility is to deliver projects that uphold product standards and brand guidelines to maintain customer satisfaction while unlocking value. You will collaborate with various teams including vendors, product developers, quality assurance, and sourcing, to support project milestones, provide progress updates and meet final target launch dates on time.

What You'll Do:

• Monitor the development and execution process with internal and external stakeholders to ensure on-time completion of projects
• Develop project timelines and assign tasks to team members within SAP system
• Chair project kick-off meetings with the vendor. Develop vendor-specific timelines and communicate all of the information a vendor will require in order to support the on-time delivery of a project, as well as understand LCL critical path milestones
• Responsible for the listing of all approved projects in the internal Loblaw Brands systems
• Responsible for creating master label copy direction, as well as artwork circulation to studio teams and vendors
• Support the Product Manager in leading design kick-off meetings to ensure team alignment to the project strategy by gathering information and samples
• Lead day to day engagement with individual product teams on impacts to their business, advise and support teams on material considerations for new product development, and escalate delays as required
• Manage the critical path for all active projects and report on project status
• Chair weekly team meetings with the internal team to review project status, escalate risks, solution challenges impacting project timelines
• Act as a liaison between the project team and the in-house editorial, design, and production team
• Assist the Senior Product Manager Value Creation, when required, in preparing for Quarterly Initiative updates using Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Create and analyze reports from MicroStrategy, PowerBI, ABI, Nielsen IQ, Mintel and SAP as required

Key Measures (Performance indicators):

• On time delivery of product plans that deliver to approved strategies
• Contribute to the achievement of defined sales & brand objectives

What You'll Need:

• Post-secondary education
• Well-developed project management skills are essential, experience in project management is an asset
• Highly organized, able to prioritize effectively and work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Advanced excel skills is an asset
• An ability to tell a story through data, and an eye for reporting
• Strong work ethic with a passion for detail and accuracy
• Strong time management skills and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
• A natural curiosity to learn new things, and a mind for simplifying complex ideas
• An outstanding ability to manage ambiguity and for bringing teams together to deliver big ideas
• Outstanding decision-making skills required to achieve organizational objectives with an understanding and consideration to the impact on other work groups
• Diplomacy, constructive thinking and innovative approach to drive solutions
• Basic knowledge of retail merchandising or product manufacturing processes

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. 

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

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

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :$52,000.00 - $71,500.00 / 52.000,00$ - 71.500,00$ (per year / par an)A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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