Associate Product Manager

Loblaw Companies Limited•Brampton, ON

10d•$52,000 - $71,500

About The Position

The Associate Product Manager works in a fast-paced environment to support Loblaw Brands in bringing our beloved brands, including President’s Choice and No Name, to life. In this role, your primary responsibility is to expertly manage and deliver projects that uphold product standards and brand guidelines to maintain customer satisfaction while unlocking value. You will lead collaborative efforts with various teams including vendors, product developers, quality assurance, and sourcing, to drive project milestones, provide clear progress updates, and ensure final product launch dates are met on time and within scope.

Requirements

Understanding and experience in retail merchandising or product manufacturing processes.
Well-developed and proven Project Management skills are absolutely critical for success in this role.
A strong track record of successfully managing and delivering complex projects is required.
Highly organized, able to prioritize effectively, and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple concurrent projects.
An ability to tell a story through data, and an eye for reporting on project progress and product performance.
Strong work ethic with a passion for detail and accuracy, particularly in project execution.
Strong time management and problem-solving skills, essential for navigating project challenges.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, for effective project collaboration.
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 and complex projects.
Outstanding decision-making skills required to achieve organizational objectives with an understanding and consideration to the impact on other work groups.
Diplomacy, constructive thinking, and an innovative approach to drive project solutions.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Excel skills are an asset.

Responsibilities

Proactively manage the development and execution process with internal and external stakeholders to ensure on-time completion of all merchandise projects.
Take ownership of developing robust project timelines and assign tasks to team members within the SAP system, ensuring clear accountability.
Lead project kick-off meetings with vendors.
Develop vendor-specific timelines and communicate all necessary information to support the on-time delivery of product projects, ensuring vendors understand Loblaw Companies Limited's (LCL) critical path milestones.
Responsible for the accurate listing of all approved merchandise projects in the internal Loblaw Brands systems.
Responsible for creating master label copy direction, as well as managing artwork circulation to studio teams and vendors for product packaging.
Support the Product Manager in leading design kick-off meetings to ensure team alignment to the product project strategy by gathering information and samples.
Lead day-to-day engagement with individual product teams on impacts to their business, advise and support teams on material considerations for new merchandise development, and escalate any potential delays as required.
Rigorously manage the critical path for all active projects and provide clear, concise reports on project status to stakeholders.
Chair weekly team meetings with the internal team to review project status, proactively escalate risks, and collaboratively solution challenges impacting project timelines.
Act as a key liaison between the project team and the in-house editorial, design, and production team to ensure seamless execution.
Assist the Product Manager, when required, in preparing for Internal presentations, updates using Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel, often related to project performance and product launches.
Create and analyze reports from MicroStrategy, PowerBI, ABI, and SAP as required to support project tracking and product performance analysis.