Senior Analyst, Procure to Pay

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.

Location: Brampton, Ontario

At Loblaw, we help millions of Canadians get through their best days, worst days, celebration days, and every day. Through our innovation and quality products, we're here for our friends, neighbours, family members, and colleagues.

We succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us.

We're looking for adaptable people who are thrilled to join us in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. We promote leaders at every level and support our people to follow their passion.

Loblaws Companies Ltd. is currently seeking highly motivated candidates to fill the position of Senior Analyst, Procure to Pay (P2P) within our Enterprise Business Services team.

This position interacts with internal and external customers to provide information in response to inquiries. The Senior Analyst will play a key role in driving standards, simplification, and implementing process improvement initiatives to improve to-end Supplier Management. Reporting to P2P Director, you will learn and support our business partners in five key areas of Finance. This includes Costing, EDI, Vendor Services, Vendor Audit, and Vendor Income. If you like working in a fast-paced business environment

What you'll do:

• Participate and lead in the development and implementation of projects, policies, and/or procedures, aimed at improving end to end Supplier Management
• Drive root cause analysis of inquiries, ensuring back-office accountability for effective resolution and consistent day-to-day operational excellence.
• Explore new ways of approaching business processes to inspire change and mitigate/eliminate potential inquires
• Support controls and governance models through documentation of new/updated process
• Facilitate knowledge transfers between various internal business teams, ensuring seamless information flow and understanding.
• Partner strategically with Finance, Operations, and Business partners to deeply understand of business processes as they relate to financial processes and reporting
• Synthesize complex information from multiple internal and external sources/systems into clear, actionable explanations and plans for both internal business partners and back-office teams.
• Lead and facilitate key stakeholder, fostering strong relationship with Suppliers, internal business partners, and back office to drive collaborative solutions.
• Look at proactive metrics to detect and resolve issues with the P2P pipeline including, but not limited to, open and aging GRIR, EDI transmission issues, store and DC receiving issues, P&L lines, and data issues.
• Support Suppliers and Procurement teams with Costing, and Vendor Income analysis and projects.

What you are:

• Curious Approach – ask questions, make linkages between business processes, and challenge existing processes
• Positive, eager to learn and apply new skills to work that inspires change.
• Exceptional analytical skills - ability to synthesize tremendous amounts of data, write reports, and develop presentations that clearly communicate findings, including delivering presentations to a variety of business partners
• Shares knowledge, ideas, and standard methodologies with all P2P team members
• Committed - Completes tasks on time and accurately, owns results, demonstrates initiative, and is hungry for new tasks and responsibilities
• Understands and implements the Lean and Agile philosophy for improved efficiency and effectiveness across business processes
• Self-starter, able to grasp and understand business concepts, think independently, and take initiative required to resolve issues

What you have done:

• Bachelor's Degree or Post-Secondary education in Business, Accounting, or Finance related subject areas or 3-5 years of relevant work experience in the retail food industry or the above subject areas
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate and present information in a clear, concise format
• Advanced MS Office skills (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• Previous working experience with SAP, VBA, and SQL is considered an asset
• Proven understanding of accounting and financial processes and experience with connecting dots between Finance and Business functions
• Consistent record to plan, organizing, and prioritizing numerous tasks with conflicting priorities and consistently delivering on-time and accurate results
• Excellent skills in relationship building and influencing skills to achieve results
• Being bilingual in French is considered an asset.

At Loblaw, we celebrate diversity and strive to build a culture of inclusion where differences are accepted, valued, and supported. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and encourage people from all backgrounds and identities to apply for our job. Accommodation in the recruitment, assessment, and hiring process is available upon request for applicants with disabilities.

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.