Assistant product manager

6 days ago

Kamsack, Canada Loblaw Companies Ltd - Head Office Full time

Referred applicants should not apply directly to this role.

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

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued - as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

Assistant Product Manager, Strategic Initiatives Team (Plastics)

As Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, we play a meaningful role in bringing about positive environmental and social change - both nationally and in the communities we serve. We aspire to lead change where it matters most, and we are proud to share with our partners the actions we are taking to address some of the pressing challenges facing Canadians and our business.

With a passion sustainability, you will work closely as a member of the Loblaw Plastics and Packaging Team to overhaul our entire Control Brands portfolio towards a recyclable future. The Assistant Product Manager for this multi-year initiative will drive the overall implementation of our packaging sustainability goals across our portfolio of brands that include President’s Choice, PC, No Name, Blue Menu, Farmers Market, Club Pack, PC Organics, Life Brand and Life at Home.

Your Impact

As a member of the Strategic Initiatives Plastics team in Loblaw Brands, you’ll be instrumental in bringing to life a bold goal to make our packaging more sustainable. The Assistant Product Manager is responsible for the implementation of the project plan to deliver recyclability across a wide range of product categories, liaising with product teams to align on roadmap for material conversions, and understanding where further research and development is required.

You will support the team to execute packaging material conversions through the Loblaw Studio, own the development of project timelines, inform overall reporting of progress, and play a key role in enabling a more sustainable future for our brands.

What You Bring:
  • A sense for project management, strategic planning, and for thinking critically about new challenges
  • A natural curiosity to learn new things, and a mind for simplifying complex ideas
  • An outstanding ability to manage ambiguity and for bringing teams together to deliver big ideas
  • An ability to tell a story through data, and an eye for reporting
  • An energy and passion for environmental sustainability
What You’ll Do
  • Support implementation of a multi-year project plan, with key milestones tracking supplier timelines and change project implementation across a global vendor base
  • Help to develop and drive the plan to implement new recyclable packaging standards by 2025
  • Work in partnership with a technical support team to identify material conversion opportunities, solutions available, and “unsolveable” opportunities that require further exploration
  • Participate in the monthly reviews with individual product teams to update on progress within existing portfolios, advise and support teams on material considerations for new product development, and escalate delays as required
  • Support the tracking of planned, in-flight, and completed work as aligned to enterprise plastics and packaging reporting requirements
  • Lead weekly and monthly status update meetings with various levels of leadership within the Loblaw Brands team
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure on-time execution of product launches and optimum service levels
  • Maintain an understanding of global objectives for material circularity, and global definitions for recyclability
Job Qualifications:
  • Post-Secondary education in Business, Marketing or Merchandising preferred
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency in excel is an asset
  • Project management experience, and experience in the packaging or printing industry is an asset
  • Basic knowledge of retail merchandising or product manufacturing processes
  • Strong sense of ownership, in order to coordinate and prioritize tasks, workload and multiple projects
  • Outstanding decision-making skills required to achieve organizational objectives with an understanding and consideration to the impact on other work groups
  • Highly adaptable to set and prioritize work with varying exceptions
  • Diplomacy, constructive thinking and innovative approach to drive solutions
  • Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
  • Advanced digital literacy to produce effective reports, documents, spreadsheets and presentations
  • Communicate with clarity in all situations including written, verbal and group settings

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars - Environment, Sourcing and Community - and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values - Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence - guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits - these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

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