City : Toronto, Ontario

Category : Full time

Industry : Technology

Employer : Shoppers Drug Mart®

Referred applicants should not apply directly to this role.

All referred applicants must first be submitted through Workday by a current Loblaw Colleague.

Founded in 2006, Joe Fresh is a leading source for modern style and accessible design, offering comprehensive lifestyle collections for men, women and children. Joe Fresh delivers quality and compelling value in categories spanning in apparel, accessories, and footwear. Joe Fresh collections are polished and sophisticated, with a focus on essential designs that appeal to a broad range of style-savvy consumers. With more than 350 Joe Fresh departments from coast to coast, the Joe fresh 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. We are looking for innovative, hardworking, and collaborative team members for our Joe Fresh team. Join our team in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®.

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.

The decision to join a company is a big one. We have opportunities for hard working, energetic and reliable people just like you.

Why is this role important?

Are you at the top of your game? Bring your expertise and knowledge to Canada’s largest retailer. We are looking for innovative, talented, and energetic people to help bring our game to the next level. This is an exciting time to join our team – we are changing the game in a big way!

If you are looking to join a company that offers unlimited opportunity, excellent leadership, world-class training and makes a big impact on the community – this is the role you’ve been waiting for!

The Planning & Analytics team at Joe Fresh is hiring a Sr, Manager, Product Owner with a background in product & project management, business change management, and process improvement. Reporting to the Director, Merchandise Intelligence & Transformation, the incumbent will own key inventory and pricing programs, managing their transition from legacy applications to industry leading in-house developed systems. As one of the key leaders in product development the inclubment will work with technical & non-technical partners to represent the voice of the customer and the product vision throughout the product development process. The Product Owner will be expected to analyze and document processes, translate business requirements, and help develop/integrate advanced technology into the Joe Fresh ecosystem. The successful candidate will be able to communicate complex ideas to senior leaders, apparel category managers/merchants, data scientists, and software engineers. 

What You'll Do: 

• Own the development of multiple Products/Solutions to maximize Revenue and Profits for Joe Fresh
• Measure, benchmark and forecast the expected benefit of the product/solution
• Represent the voice of the customer and actively seek customer feedback, behaviors and analytics, ensuring that all stakeholders are considered and represented when developing the product/solution
• Support the agile development, implementation and continuous improvement at Joe Fresh
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to build best-in-class algorithms, user-friendly solutions, and create processes to automate basic functions
• Partner with the merchandising/category team with the shared goal of maximizing the return on investment and providing the business unit with tangible dollar value
• Present progress updates to Loblaw Senior Leadership
• Extract and summarize complex data to improve business decisions
• Manage multiple and sometimes conflicting timelines
• Strictly adhere to legal and compliance guidelines, regarding access and exposure to sensitive and confidential information

What You'll Bring: 

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to deliver high-impact presentations on complex topics to leaders at all levels
• Detail focused mindset
• Exceptional Organizational skills
• Superb analytical and conceptual thinking skills; to not only manipulate but also derive meaningful interpretations from data
• 5-7 years’ experience leading cross functional work in a large, retail organization, preferably in a product or program management role.
• Data mining experience working with a large relational customer database.
• Experience in BI platform (Power BI, Microstrategy, Cognos, SAS, etc), and project management tools (Jira, Aha!, Confluence, etc.)
• Understanding of the apparel product lifecycle would be considered an asset
• Post-Secondary Degree 

What You Can Expect: 

We are a team of diverse and ambitious analysts, who cultivate a friendly and inclusive work environment where you can be yourself. Our employees’ development is at the core of our business, offering endless possibilities for growth, learning and mobility. Let us help grow your skills through one of our many resources including the Loblaw VirtualLearning Centre, where you have access to hundreds of learning tools, or through casual coffee chats with our leaders who were once in your shoes.

Other perks of joining Loblaw / Joe Fresh: 

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• A flexible work environment which values balance
• Colleague Discount Program
• Tuition reimbursement Program
• Employee Share Ownership plan
• Pension Plan

If the above sounds like a great fit, then we would love to hear from you! Apply today, and get the process started. If you meet the above requirements, expect a call from one of our recruiters, followed by an in-person interview. Our recruitment process will allow you to meet and interact with colleagues at various levels of our business to give you a great perspective of life at Loblaw.
 

How You’ll Succeed: 

At Joe Fresh, 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.

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.

How You’ll Succeed:
At Joe Fresh, 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.

Joe Fresh 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.