Specialist Strategic Priorities Marketing

Requisition ID: 190146

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Banner Planning & Strategic Priorities

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario

City: Mississauga

Location: 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.

Ready to Make an impact?

The Specialist, Strategic Priorities is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and measurement of marketing strategies that drive growth in our key priority areas: Local, Multicultural, and Win In Fresh. Reporting to the Manager, Strategic Priorities - Full Service, this role leads initiatives that differentiate our grocery business through innovative approaches to these strategic priorities.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

• Supports the development and deployment of comprehensive marketing strategies for Local, Multicultural, and Fresh initiatives aligned with the broader Organizational strategy, while maintaining brand identities for Sobeys and Safeway
• Supports mid-long-term strategic plans that establish clear priorities over 6–12 months
• Supports pilot projects from concept to execution, analyzing results and scaling successful initiatives across the network, partnering with Banner/Category teams to embed
• Manages the workback schedules and approved invoices for their given projects
• Prepares for and co-lead meetings with key stakeholders, and other recurring meetings
• Collaborates with the Corporate Marketing CoE to shape creative direction &media planning
• Advocates for marketing priorities and ensures they are integrated into banner plans
• Supports and develops data-driven marketing strategies for promotional activities
• Analyzes quarterly scorecards to measure progress
• Champions a high-performance team culture focused on disciplined planning and execution
  
  

What You Have To Offer

• Undergraduate Degree in a related discipline
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience
• Strong background in retail marketing, product or category marketing
• Proven track record in developing, managing and executing marketing strategies
• Possesses the unique ability to build amazing strategies and execute them flawlessly
• Creative mindset with a drive to implement meaningful change
• Strong business acumen - instinctively understands requirements for driving growth
• Excellent prioritization skills to manage multiple initiatives effectively
• Collaborates effectively with varying stakeholders
  
  

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.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

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.