Director Merch & Marketing, Wholesale

Requisition ID: 186094

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: MEM - Vente en gros

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Alberta; Ontario

City: Calgary, Alberta, Ontario

Location: Calgary Office, Tahoe Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 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.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

Lead Wholesale Merchandising and Marketing team

• Develop and design department plan that support the overall banner merchandising strategy, delivering both customer loyalty and sales growth through effective assortment, pricing, promotions, bookings, merchandising and use of customer insights.

• Coach and develop team and drive employee engagement and development

• Work with Category Managers to execute category plans that meet the business and customer needs across multiple channels (grocery, convenience store, drug store) and banners within each geographic region.

• Coordinate and lead quarterly Joint Business Planning meetings between the vendors and the Category Managers and participate in quarterly key account and customer forums.

• Inspire product and program innovations from the Category Management teams and the vendors.

• Act as an integrator between Wholesale, National Merchandising, Procurement, Wholesale Operations, Key Accounts and Wholesale sales teams

Own the Wholesale P&L and drive strong performance

• Own and drive overall merchandising, pricing and promotional strategy for Wholesale business

• Own Category Management of Business Unit-led categories

• Accountable for Wholesale P&L

• Define and communicate Wholesale operating targets (financial, operational) and approach

• Drive increased revenue and efficiencies to strengthen Wholesale's sales and profitability

• Manage wholesale-specific marketing activities (e.g., customer engagement, market research, customer insight)

• Assist in the development of new customer acquisition opportunities and Key Account Proposals

What you have to offer:

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience

• Bilingual French and English preferred

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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. 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.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.

Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.

A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.

A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.

Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.

Parental leave top-up

Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.