Assistant Category Manager - Wellwise

Referred applicants must not apply directly to this role. All referred applicants must use their unique referral link generated when they are referred by an existing colleague.

Location:

243 Consumers Road, Toronto, Ontario, M2J 4W8

At Shoppers Drug Mart, we’re innovating health and wellness in Canada. From prescriptions to walk-in clinics, and a beloved loyalty program, we’re caring and supporting our customers in new ways every day.
With more than 1,300 locally owned and operated stores from coast to coast, the Shoppers Drug Mart network is more than a great place to shop, it’s a great place to work. We’re committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness and inclusivity. Join our team, and help recognize a healthy future for your career and for all Canadians.

Why this role is important?

Assistant Category Manager - Wellwise

Wellwise by Shoppers

Shoppers Drug Mart is one of the most recognized and trusted names in Canadian retailing, with over 1,200 Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores in each province and three territories. We are one of the most convenient retailers in Canada, proudly serving Canadians who believe being healthy means looking and feeling good.

Wellwise by Shoppers is a division of Shoppers Drug Mart. We are the leading provider of everyday living solutions, helping Canadians enjoy an independent, active and healthy lifestyle. We provide a wide range of everyday living products and services through trusted, caring experts to meet your family’s changing health needs.

Wellwise™ is a new retail experience from Shoppers Drug Mart, created for Canadians who want to take charge of the way they age. Our purpose is to empower Canadians to age with strength, determination and passion. Wellwise offers a wide range of products and services to help people stay active and well.

As part of the Shoppers Drug Mart organization, Category Management is at the heart of all we do. A strategic part of our organization, Category Management at Wellwise drives our store business with innovative products, unique marketing opportunities, and powerful supplier relationships. You will apply entrepreneurial, consulting, management and analytical skills on a daily basis, while executing and delivering real outcomes that drive the bottom line. We are execution and results focused, and reward our people with a chance to learn, try new things, take more responsibility and get things done.

What You’ll Do:

• Reporting to the Senior Category Manager you will assist in driving innovation through negotiation with new and current vendors to explore revenue opportunities, secure lowest costs, exclusivity, first-to-market opportunities and new merchandise concepts.
• Help develop and monitor category strategies and performance to achieve sales and gross margin targets and makes adjustments as necessary.
• Meet with existing and potential vendors to maintain current knowledge of new product offerings and promotions, assess category performance and growth, refine current strategies and develop and implement additional strategies to attract and motivate customer purchases, realize maximum profitability, grow market share, and increase customer loyalty.
• Assist Senior Category Manager in negotiating the annual planning process with each supplier to build a comprehensive category plan and achieve overall category targets.
• Help develop planogram updates to ensure the item assortment and shelf presentation remains current and best reflects the anticipated market trends.
• Help to monitor product mix listing to ensure timely acquisition of products, appropriate replenishment, suggest changes in purchasing and provide solutions to minimize the impact of backorders and maximizes sales and inventory turns.
• Reviews and monitors listing and product changes to ensure accurate and timely processing, protect the integrity of all product related data and ensure all administrative requirements are completed and processed as required.
• Report to Senior Category Manager funds in/out accounts to ensure the revenue and spend accounts balance and accurately reflect the results of the category.
• Analyze key financial and operational metrics to determine the success of individual programs and products and identifying potential issues, opportunities and improvements.
• Review weekly, period and YTD sales and margin reports and completes ongoing analysis to maximize category opportunities
• Conducts store visits with Senior Category Manager to competitive stores to gain learnings on category assortments and sales

What You’ll Need:

• Post-secondary education equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Retail, Marketing, Merchandising or related field.
• Greater than 2 years of category management, retail or merchandising experience.

COMPETENCIES:

• Advanced level of initiative and judgment in order to organize and prioritize tasks, workload and projects.
• Courtesy, tact and diplomacy are required in dealing with colleagues in every day working relationships.
• Intermediate negotiation, persuasive and communication skills to secure favorable category plans.
• Self-motivated and demonstrated initiative.
• Able to work and excel in a fast-paced work environment
• Provides solutions by using imaginative approaches where constructive thinking and innovation are required.
• Utilizes decision making skills to achieve specific organizational objectives with consideration given to their impact on other work groups.
• Adaptable to set and prioritize work with varying exceptions. Able to work with diverse personalities and styles.
• Understanding of quality standards relative to merchandising, marketing and promotional practices and procedures.
• Computer skills to produce effective reports (Excel), documents (Word) and presentations (PowerPoint).
• Communicates with clarity, verbally and in one-on-one group situations, or over the telephone.
• Communicates well in writing by compromising clear documents; facility with editing and/or proof-reading is required.

Why work at Shoppers Drug Mart?

Acting as consultants, supporting internal customers and the Associate-Owners, you will get experience unique to the retail industry while working for an award-winning national brand. Benefit from a purchase discount program, competitive pay and online learning through Academy.

Take ownership of your work and find more ways to care about your work, co-workers, customers and community.

How You’ll Succeed:

At Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. , we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today.

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Regular

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. recognizes Canada’s diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

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