Marketing, Loyalty & Supplier Engagement Specialist (12 months)

Marketing, Loyalty & Supplier Engagement Specialist (12 months)

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.

Reporting to the Loyalty Manager, Supplier Engagement, you will be responsible for specific loyalty marketing supplier engagement activities for various Sobeys Inc banners in Quebec (IGA, Rachelle Béry, Les Marchés Tradition). You will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of key projects and initiatives surrounding supplier funding, in addition to participating in the development and deployment of key strategic initiatives to increase supplier and customer engagement in the Scene+. In addition to these Quebec specific responsibilities, you will have the opportunity to support the piloting and deployment of key Scene+ loyalty initiatives across Sobeys Inc banners nationally.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

• Lead the process to secure Scene+ supplier funding commitments for QC suppliers.
• Establish strong working relationships with Merchandising and Banner Loyalty team.
• Provide follow up and support for to resolve issues surrounding supplier funding.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to increase Scene+ supplier funding in Quebec.
• Provide regular updates to merchandising and marketing teams on supplier funding progress and opportunities.
• Engage with suppliers partners to address loyalty funding opportunities and support merchandising teams in the development of action plans.
• Manage and execute the supplier engagement plan and objectives related to product loyalty offers via mass and targeted channels for the various banners;
• Lead the execution and communication of our Teammate Exclusives email program for employees in QC in conjunction with the national team.
• Support the further integration of supplier opportunities in our direct to consumer and other digital marketing campaigns.

What you have to offer:

• You have a bachelor's degree in a business discipline, combined with a minimum of five (5) years of merchandising or marketing experience.
• You enjoy collaborating in a team and you stand out for your ability to communicate effectively, both in English and French (oral and written).
• You have above average Excel and Powerpoint skills.
• You have strong relationship building skills.
• Strong presentation skills are an asset.
• You have the ability to manage several files simultaneously, manage your stress well while delivering on time.
• You have good strategic thinking and analytical and synthesis skills;
• You are known for your resourcefulness, your rigour, your open-mindedness, your creativity and your positive attitude.
• Working knowledge of Sobeys QC merchandising tools and practices is an asset.

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.

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.