Senior Director Analytics
L’utilisation du masculin à pour but d’alléger le texte
Venez faire votre différence dans les communautés à travers le Canada, où l'authenticité, la confiance et l'établissement de liens sont valorisés - alors que nous façonnons l'avenir du commerce de détail au Canada, ensemble. Notre position unique en tant que l'un des plus grands employeurs du pays, celle associée à notre engagement à avoir un impact positif sur la vie de tous les Canadiens, viens offrir à nos collègues une gamme d'opportunités et d'expériences pour aider les Canadiens à Vivre Bien, Vivre Pleinement.
Chez Les Compagnies Loblaw Limitée, nous réussissons grâce à la collaboration, à l'engagement et nous plaçons la barre haute pour nous-mêmes et ceux qui nous entourent. Que vous débutiez votre carrière, que vous réintégriez le marché du travail ou que vous recherchiez un nouvel emploi, votre place est avec nous.
As the Senior Director, Sourcing Analytics, you will lead the development of a best-in-class analytics function that strengthens commercial decision-making, accelerates value creation and transforms the capabilities of Loblaw's Sourcing organization. Reporting to the SVP, Enterprise Sourcing, you will serve as a strategic advisor to the Chief Sourcing Officer and Sourcing Leadership, bringing together deep analytical expertise and commercial judgment to shape critical sourcing decisions and advance enterprise performance.
At the heart of this mandate is ownership of Category Analytics, Sourcing data and reporting, advanced analytics, and the Sourcing AI capability roadmap. You will establish the analytical standards, data foundations and scalable tools that enable category teams to execute sophisticated sourcing strategies, evaluate supplier economics and negotiate with greater confidence. Working across Fresh and CoS/HABA, you will ensure that insights translate into practical, high-impact commercial recommendations.
You will also lead the evolution of Sourcing's analytical and AI-enabled capabilities, partnering with Digital, Technology and Strategy & Value Delivery to bring new solutions into the business. Combining enterprise leadership, commercial acumen and a commitment to innovation, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our ambition to be the World's Best Buyers.
Core Responsibilities:
Category Analytics & Commercial Value Creation
- Lead the Category Analytics function across Fresh and CoS/HABA, setting the analytical agenda and standards for the highest-impact sourcing decisions and commercial opportunities.
- Oversee sophisticated Fresh sourcing events, including complex RFP design, bid evaluation and award scenarios; and CoS/HABA supplier plays, offer assessments and negotiation analytics.
- Challenge commercial assumptions, quantify alternative scenarios and develop recommendations that strengthen negotiation strategies, supplier decisions and enterprise value.
- Partner with Sourcing and Merchandising leaders to prioritize analytical resources against the most material category opportunities and measure the impact of resulting decisions.
Sourcing Data, Reporting & Performance Intelligence
- Own the Sourcing data and analytics agenda, defining priorities for data quality, accessibility, governance and effective use in commercial and strategic decision-making.
- Establish enterprise-consistent Sourcing performance metrics, executive dashboards and analytical reporting that provide clear visibility into sourcing effectiveness, supplier performance and emerging opportunities.
- Partner with Enterprise Data, Finance and Technology teams to strengthen data foundations, clarify ownership and controls, and connect internal and external sources into decision-ready insights.
- Evolve reporting from retrospective measurement toward forward-looking insight, predictive analysis and actionable commercial intelligence.
Advanced Analytics & AI Capability Transformation
- Own and lead the multi-year Sourcing advanced analytics and AI capability roadmap, defining the highest-value use cases, business requirements, investment priorities and measures of success.
- Champion the development and deployment of advanced models, automation, Generative AI and emerging agentic capabilities that improve sourcing decisions, negotiations and colleague productivity.
- Partner with Digital, Technology and enterprise analytics teams to guide solution design, testing, data readiness and responsible implementation, ensuring capabilities are scalable and fit for business use.
- Work with Strategy & Value Delivery, which leads organizational adoption and ways-of-working change, to connect new capabilities to measurable operational and financial outcomes.
Executive Partnership & Enterprise Influence
- Translate sophisticated analyses into clear executive narratives, recommendations and trade-offs, with a focus on enterprise rather than isolated category outcomes.
- Collaborate across Sourcing, Merchandising, Finance, Commodity & Business Intelligence, Digital and Technology to align complementary insights and avoid duplication of accountabilities.
Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Build, lead and develop a high-performing team of Category Analytics professionals, setting clear expectations for commercial impact, analytical rigour, quality and stakeholder partnership.
- Establish reusable analytical methodologies, models and tools while enabling the category-specific approaches required for Fresh and CoS/HABA.
- Develop talent and a culture of curiosity, continuous improvement and AI-enabled ways of working, strengthening analytical capability across the wider Sourcing organization.
- Key Skills and Qualifications:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, merchandising, commercial analytics, strategy or related fields, including significant experience leading teams and complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Proven record of influencing material commercial decisions and delivering value through sophisticated sourcing analytics, supplier economics, negotiation support and executive-level recommendations.
- Demonstrated ownership of enterprise data, reporting or advanced analytics capabilities, including data governance, performance measurement and scalable analytical solutions.
- Experience shaping and delivering analytics or AI transformation roadmaps in partnership with business and technology stakeholders; ability to evaluate opportunities pragmatically and manage implementation risks.
- Exceptional commercial judgment, structured problem-solving, executive communication and ability to influence senior leaders in a complex matrixed organization.
- Knowledge of relevant analytics and visualization tools and familiarity with modern data and AI capabilities; ability to lead technical specialists without needing to be the hands-on developer
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or related discipline; MBA or other relevant advanced degree an asset.
Notre engagement envers la durabilité et l'impact social est un élément essentiel de notre façon de faire des affaires. Nous concentrons notre attention sur les domaines où nous pouvons avoir le plus grand impact. Notre approche de la durabilité et de l'impact social repose sur trois piliers - l'environnement, l'approvisionnement et la communauté. Nous recherchons constamment des moyens de faire preuve de leadership dans ces domaines importants. Nos valeurs ÊTRE – Engagement, Tient à coeur, Respect et Excellence – guident toutes nos prises de décision et prennent vie à travers notre culture bleue. Nous offrons à nos collègues des carrières progressives, une formation complète, de la flexibilité ainsi que les nombreux avantages compétitifs - voici quelques-unes des nombreuses raisons pour lesquelles nous sommes classés au palmarès des meilleurs employeurs du Canada, au palmarès des meilleurs employeurs pour la diversité au Canada, au palmarès des employeurs les plus verts au Canada et au palmarès des meilleurs employeurs pour les jeunes au Canada.
Si vous ne savez pas si votre expérience correspond à toutes les exigences ci-dessus, nous vous encourageons à postuler quand même. Nous recherchons des perspectives de candidatures variées, qui incluent des expériences diverses que nous pouvons ajouter à notre équipe.
Nous nous concentrons depuis longtemps sur la diversité, l'équité et l'inclusion, car nous savons que cela fera de notre entreprise un meilleur lieu de travail et de magasinage. Nous nous engageons à créer des environnements accessibles pour nos collègues, candidats et clients. Les demandes d'aménagement en raison d'un handicap (qui peut être visible ou pas, temporaire ou permanent) peuvent être faites à n'importe quel stade de la demande et de l'emploi. Nous encourageons les candidats à faire connaître leurs besoins en matière d'accommodation afin que nous puissions offrir des opportunités équitables.
Veuillez noter:
Les candidats âgés de 18 ans ou plus doivent effectuer une vérification des antécédents criminels. Les détails seront fournis lors du processus d’embauche.
#FR
#SS #MERCH #ON