Senior Product Manager - PM

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®.

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Senior Product Manager - PM - 13mth contract

The Senior Product Manager  translates control brand strategies intocategoryproduct plans, that deliver both innovation and base businessgrowthto drive sales,profit,and customer loyalty. The PMis responsible forworkingacross a wide eco-system of stakeholders to build control brand programs that drive the business end to end from strategy to tactics. The PMwillfacilitatealignment acrossadirectorstakeholder team, including category directorsandsourcing directors, while also managing and prioritizing theworkflowacross an extensive internal support teamand external vendor stakeholders.

The PM willalsomanage,coach,and develop their teamand provide direction onday-to-daytasks.

Accountabilities

Strategic Planning and Execution :
Buildsandsets financial targets for a2-year control brand category strategy, while implementing against the strategy with excellence, achieving sales, margin and control brand penetration OKRs on an annual basis.

Innovation :
Deliver on Sales from Newwithend-to-end product lifecycle management. This includes: (i) developing strategic rationale and business cases for new product development (including financial feasibility assessment, supplier negotiation and selection, finalizing product and packaging features and developing sales projections), (ii) providing pricing, marketing, merchandising and promotions launch support recommendations; and (iii) leading the APM team in project management to deliver on time and on cost.

Base Business Management to maintain CB penetration :
Utilize internal and external financial metrics to compile, analyze and monitor sales results to recommend corrective actions and identify opportunities across total business to optimize sales, margin and availability. Execution of savings and supply initiatives to action recommendations identified via assessment process noted.

Stakeholder Management across Director level peers :
The PM will facilitate alignment across a director stakeholder team, including, but not limited to, the multiple category directors and sourcing directors that for each of the categories under the PM’s portfolio.

Prioritization and Workflow Management across internal and external support :
Managing and prioritizing the workflow across an extensive internal support team, including product development, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, packaging design agency, supply chain and marketing. Day to day management of all vendor relationships (can range from 30-100 vendors per PM) to deliver on innovation and base business plans and ensure that vendors deliver on time and on cost within Loblaw Brand guidelines.

This scope also includes facilitating forward looking innovation sessions with vendors to unlock future and first to market innovation.

Team Management :
Coaching and talent development for direct report(s).

Packaging Excellence :
From brief to agency, leadership of 20+ packaging projects per year, with accountability for best in class design and leadership approvals.

Marketing Support and Briefing to drive customer acquisition :
Brief marketing and support execution to ensure that go-to-market messaging is optimized for products under development across all marketing programs, including Insider’s.

Other duties as assigned.

Role Requirements

5-7years' related experience (preferably in a corporate food, packaged goods environment).

Exceptional analytical skills used to assess current Control Brand performance as well as forecast sales, penetration,…