Category Assistant (12 Month Contract)

Job summary

The Category Assistant supports the Category Director by managing product and financial data, maintaining planograms, and coordinating with vendors. They are responsible for preparing sales reports, proofing marketing materials, and ensuring accurate data entry across internal systems.

Job details

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? Reporting directly to the Category Director, the Category Assistant supports all product and financial processes associated with category management and assists in the general administration and management of categories and suppliers. The Category Assistant maintains the data for the flyers and all supporting documents, data retrieval and analysis for planograms, reviews, supplier meetings. Duties: Enters, maintains and monitors all critical information including key sales and financial data to prepare and analyze weekly sales reports. Prepare end of season postmortem, share sales and sell through data to all vendors. Works to ensure all data is maintained accurately across SDM SAP and CPMS systems. Prepares and submits worksheets for flyers, various merchandising plans and seasonal spreadsheets to include accurate estimates, sales, deal, retail and shelf-life information. Proofs and edits flyer and other seasonal marketing initiatives to ensure accuracy and make adjustments as required. Liaises with vendor community to ensure on-time delivery of all required materials to drive the category sales and growth. Provides support to Marketing Call Centre to resolve issues or concerns in a timely and efficient manner. Liaises with vendor community to ensure on-time delivery of all required materials to drive the category sales and growth. Prepares and distributes communications for stores to ensure category information or updates are provided in a timely manner. Manages samples for all seasonal programs. Monitors and liaises with relevant departments including, Marketing, Planogram, Logistics, Inventory and Promotions to resolve issues or concerns in an efficient and timely manner. Skills This position requires a demonstrated 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. One to three years of general business or merchandising experience. Post-secondary education with courses in business, merchandising or equivalent. Requires an understanding of inter-related work processes to be able to adapt to differing assignments. Understands the interdependent system co-ordination between SDM systems and processes. Provides routine information to coordinate the assignments and work procedures of others. Professional manner, tact, diplomacy and discretion in dealing with vendors and colleagues including senior management. Draws on a number of known options to solve problems and to develop improvements. Computer skills to produce effective, spreadsheets, reports, documents and presentations, as required. Database management. Adaptable to set and prioritize work with varying exceptions. Communicates with clarity, verbally, via e-mail, in one on one or group situations, or over the telephone Knowledge of category management and merchandising practices and principles. 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: Temporary with Benefits (Fixed Term) 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. Please Note: If you have Employee Self Service (ESS) on Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application. Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche : $52,000.00 - $71,500.00 / 52.000,00$ - 71.500,00$ (per year / par an) A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste. #EN #SS #MERCH #ON

What you’ll do

The Category Assistant supports the Category Director by managing product and financial data, maintaining planograms, and coordinating with vendors. They are responsible for preparing sales reports, proofing marketing materials, and ensuring accurate data entry across internal systems.

Requirements

Candidates must have one to three years of general business or merchandising experience and post-secondary education in a related field. Strong organizational skills, proficiency in database management, and the ability to work effectively with vendors and internal departments are required.

Benefits

• Purchase discount program • Competitive pay • Online learning through Academy

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Category management
• Merchandising
• Data analysis
• Financial reporting
• SAP
• CPMS
• Planogram management
• Vendor relations
• Database management
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Time management
• Marketing support
• Inventory monitoring
• Database Management
• Tactfulness
• Professionalism
• Open Mindset
• Diplomacy
• Shelf Life
• Artificial Intelligence
• Management
• Category Management
• Spreadsheets
• Computer Literacy
• Data Retrieval
• Sales
• Financial Data
• Marketing
• Medical Prescription
• Planogram
• Presentations
• Relationship Building
• SAP Applications
• Self Service Technologies

Job areas

• Retail
• Administrative
• Marketing
• Logistics
• Category Assistant
• Procurement / Sourcing Specialist
• Buyers
• Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
• Buyers and Purchasing Agents