Use retail analytics and merchandising expertise as a Merchant with Loblaw Companies Limited’s Hard Discount Division across Canada. Shape customer-focused category decisions through data.
Reporting to the Category Director, this Merchant role supports products and customer programs across 400 grocery retail stores. You will collaborate with merchandising, operations, supply chain, loyalty, e-commerce, marketing, media, and control brands teams. Your work connects promotional planning, financial analysis, vendor relationships, assortment, and private-label innovation.
Key Responsibilities: Lead promotional programs from selection through performance evaluation
Build strategic plans using customer and financial data
Support assortment optimization, planograms, and merchandising strategies
Research competitive pricing,



assortment, and promotional standards
Evaluate product innovation and private-label program development
Requirements: Post-secondary education or equivalent experience
At least one year of merchant, buyer, retail sales, or merchandising experience
Analytical approach and data-based decision-making experience
Financial, business, and retail knowledge
Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and software platform proficiency
Apply retail analytics, vendor collaboration, and merchandising judgment to advance Loblaw’s customer-focused Hard Discount strategy.

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📌 Retail Merchant Category Strategy (Ontario)
🏢 Loblaw
📍 Ontario