Co-op, Marketing SDM, Summer 2025 – Shoppers Drug Mart – Toronto, ON

Company: Shoppers Drug Mart

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 02:37:47 GMT

Job description: Referred applicants must not apply directly to this role. All referred applicants must use their unique referral link generated when they are referred by an existing colleague.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?Summer 2025 Work TermTerm Length: 4 monthsTerm Start: May 5, 2025Term End: August 22, 2025As of October 15, 2024 Loblaw has adopted the following Hybrid working model (a combination of working between the office and remotely). Colleagues will continue working remotely up to 1 day a week, while spending the other 4 days in the office (to be determined by each business unit).About Shoppers Drug Mart Marketing TeamAs Canada’s Leading Health, Wellness and Beauty Retailer with convenient stores located in virtually every neighbourhood, Shoppers Drug Mart makes everyday life easier for Canadians from all walks of life. Powered by our passion for customers, leading loyalty programs like PC Optimum, and full service in-house creative & media agencies, Shoppers Drug Mart Marketing Department closely collaborates with key functions such as Category Management and Merchandising to defend and grow our market leadership, build brand equity, implement promotions, collaborate with leading manufacturers on shopper marketing programs, and more.Location:

  • Based out of Shoppers Drug Mart Head Office at 243 Consumers Road, Toronto, ON

What You’ll Do:

  • Reporting to a Senior Marketing Manager, you will be a key player responsible for coordinating and implementing a wide range of Shoppers Drug Mart’s marketing activities, from brand building campaigns involving our charity foundation, to category marketing strategies, and shopper marketing programs partnering with leading consumer brands (eg. P&G, L’Oreal, Unilever, etc)
  • Work in a dynamic team setting, closely collaborating with a wide group of internal partners such Category Management, Merchandising, Operations, Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health, Analytics, in-house agencies, and other businesses within the greater Loblaw organization such as President’s Choice and Life brand teams
  • Develop a strong foundation in brand management, insight/analytics and retail marketing through working on one of Canada’s most trusted brands – Shoppers Drug Mart.
  • Have fun, be rewarded, and form lifelong industry relationships!

Responsibilities:

  • Executing briefs through the lens of the SDM brand
  • Organizing spreadsheets, product details, product images
  • Reviewing and approving vendor and internal artwork (print and digital)
  • Create web/email schedules and link plans
  • User testing of digital assets (web & email)
  • Assist with:
  • Execution of consumer brand marketing partnership programs that can include in-store, digital, and out of home tactics.
  • Execution of strategic campaigns on key categories and corporate charity initiatives

We’re Looking for an Individual who is:

  • Passionate about brand building and cause marketing
  • Consumer- and customer-obsessed
  • Highly detail-oriented
  • An enthusiastic team player with the ability to rally others around a common goal
  • Organized and adaptable, able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Skilled at sourcing information, obtaining approvals, and collaborating effectively with others.
  • Resourceful, self-motivated, and proactive
  • A collaborative teammate with strong communication skills

What You’ve Done:

  • Demonstrated passion for customer & consumer-centric retail and brand marketing
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Word, Excel and PowerPoint

How You’ll Succeed:At Loblaw, 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.At Loblaw, we respect the environment, source products with integrity and make a positive difference in the community. 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.Loblaw 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.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 competitive pay program 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 timeType of Role: Temporary (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.

Referred applicants should not apply directly to the role and must use a unique referral link. Shoppers Drug Mart is looking for individuals to join their marketing team for a four-month summer work term starting in May 2025. Responsibilities include coordinating and implementing marketing activities, collaborating with internal partners, and working on brand management. The ideal candidate should be passionate about brand building, customer-focused, detail-oriented, and a team player. Shoppers Drug Mart offers competitive benefits and training opportunities. Applicants with disabilities can request accommodation during the recruitment process.

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Lieu:

243 Consumers Road, Toronto, Ontario, M2J 4W8

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Pourquoi ce role est-il important?

Role Mandate:

The Sr. Manager, Brand Marketing translates divisional strategies into brand strategies at the category or campaign level. This role drives strategy through to execution, and serves as a key collaborator with category leaders and counterparts within Loblaw Media and Loblaw Agency. The Sr. Manager oversees a brand marketing team to drive seamless delivery of Marketing’s most visible and complex campaigns/programs. They are accountable for the growth of their portfolios, which may include an entire category, or a collection of critical brand campaigns

Core Responsibilities:

  • Brand Strategy 1 : Translates divisional strategy into objectives and plans for the category/campaign to drive the growth of the assigned portfolio; makes recommendations for divisional marketing strategy based on category/campaign-level insights
  • Campaign/Program Strategy: Translates brand- & portfolio-level strategic objectives into campaign/program-level strategies; leverages consumer/business insights (e.g., insights from the Customer CoE) and previous campaign learnings to inform campaign brief; works with Marketing leaders to clearly define KPIs and objectives for each campaign
  • Campaign Planning & Execution: Leads the execution of marketing campaigns for portfolio and ensures execution aligns with annual plan objectives; acts as a key point of contact for agency counterparts, and other partners (e.g., Loblaw Media, Loblaw Digital) for the review and approval of creative
  • Control Brand Programs: Supports and manages the portfolio-level execution of Control Brand programs within the guidelines set by the CB marketing team
  • People Leadership: Manages team performance against marketing portfolio and campaign objectives and KPIs through mentorship and professional development
  • Partnership: Acts as an advisor to category counterparts; collaborates across the Marketing organization and with other key partners to drive best practices, shared learnings, and efficiencies
  • Innovation: Collaborates with partners such as Loblaw Agency, and Loblaw Media to incorporate leading edge, innovative marketing strategies across paid, earned and owned channels, to drive relevant and best in class campaigns
  • Annual Planning: Supports leadership in the development of annual marketing plans

Outcomes & KPIs:

  • Brand health
  • Customer acquisition and expansion
  • Sales and contribution
  • Campaign ROI
  • Growth in market share
  • Campaigns delivered on-time and on-budget

Key Skills & Capabilities:

  • Translating marketing strategy into execution
  • Strong knowledge of both traditional and digital marketing practices
  • Marketing communication
  • Brand strategy & positioning
  • Developing marketing insights from data & analytics
  • Budget management
  • Project management

Experience:

  • 8 years of experience
  • 4-5 years in brand manager role, managing marketing campaigns

COVID-19 is a serious condition and has had a devastating impact on Canadians and others across the globe. As a leading Health and Wellness provider for millions of Canadians, our goal is to help all Canadians “Live Life Well”.

In support of this goal, we have adopted a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to protect the health and well-being of our employees as we continue our phased approach of office reopening. Employees will be required either to be fully vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Screening in order to access the workplace.

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En outre, nous croyons que la conformité aux lois consiste à faire ce qu’il faut. Le respect de la loi fait partie de notre Code de conduite; il renforce ce que nos clients et nos parties prenantes attendent de nous.

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