Referred applicants should not apply directly to this role.

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

Take ownership and find more ways to care about our local store owners in a career at Shoppers Drug Mart Central Office / Store Support.  Provide great service, specific expertise and actionable advice to support Associate-Owners and their staff in delivering the best health, beauty and convenience services to Canadians.

Why this role is important?

Why is this role important
The Senior Category Manager, reporting directly into the Category Director, has ultimate accountability for the sales and EBIT of a category across all formats. This includes all functions that impact these financial objectives, including determining product assortment, pricing, promotion, liaising with marketing, conducting financial analyses, reporting, and monitoring store execution.

What you'll do:

Achieve national category P&L and GMROI for assigned category, including inventory turnover.

Contribute to the success of the Category through developing and driving seasonal strategies for category/fine line that meet or exceed the BU’s financial goals.

Develop & present seasonal strategy (commodity blend, sku count, pricing matrix) to meet BU targets.

Communicate in-season sales trends to design partner to impact future design & development.

Understand product trends, historical data and departmental input at category/fine line level in order to manage in-season opportunities or risks.

Partner with visual merchandise team to optimize sales through on-floor delivery presentation.

Develop and implement markdowns and promotions to achieve sales, sell-through and turnover targets.

Lead sku and case pack optimization to achieve brand target.

Understand competitive environment; proactively see market knowledge through exposure to competitors.

Collaborate with the planning team to develop sound category plans.

Lead in-season forecasting initiatives.

Collaboratively plan activities and develop strong relationships with the vendor community in order to improve internal revenue.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with direct reports, team members of cross-functional teams (Design, Production, Planning, Supply Chain).

Commit and engage team in blue culture behavior leading to increased colleague engagement score

Building and leading diverse teams that foster a workplace of inclusiveness and belonging

What you bring:

Post-secondary education (university or college) or equivalent experience

Experience managing P&L statements preferred

Proven ability to lead and motivate teams

Proven ability to develop short and long term plans in line with corporate strategies

Excellent communicator up, down and across the enterprise

Ability to gather and synthesize customer and market insight and information in the product identification and development process

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:

Type of Role:

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.