The Overwaitea Food Group is a dynamic member of the Jim Pattison Group of companies. Located in Langley, BC, we support over 140 unique stores in 6 banner formats (Save-On-Foods, Cooper’s Foods, Overwaitea Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Urban Fare and Bulkley Valley Wholesale) across both BC and Alberta. With over 15,000 team members, and one of the longest serving team member bases in the retail industry, our team is committed to fulfilling our mission of “Always Customer First” and maintaining our core values of People, Service, Innovation, Fun and Integrity. Our company is also very proud to have been selected as one of British Columbia’s Top Employers in 2014.

We have a permanent full time employment opportunity in our Marketing Department for a Marketing Analyst. This position reports to the Managing Director, More Rewards.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Support the marketing function in analyzing the impact of various initiatives, including More Rewards promotions, advertising campaigns, team member offers, flier programs, product pricing promotions etc.

• Undertake benchmarking of the More Rewards loyalty program to comparable programs.

• Develop one-to-one marketing strategies that target customers based on their shopping behavior.

• Undertake ongoing analysis of marketing spend in comparison to budget and other metrics, and recommend ways to proactively manage costs and improve return on investment.

• Develop a set of marketing KPI’s and ongoing dashboard reporting.

• Support the development of marketing plans, events and promotions.

• Actively participate in the enterprise-wide Strategic Analysis Team in the undertaking of enterprise-wide analysis initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Relevant university degree or equivalent (business, marketing etc.)

• Previous experience in an analytical role, ideally within a retail/consumer customer environment.

• Strong analytical skills – able to reason logically, develop assumptions, extract and analyze raw data, and form appropriate conclusions.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills – able to produce professional and polished presentations for review by the senior management team that can summarize complex analytical reviews in an easy-to-understand format, together with well-thought-out conclusions and recommendations.

• Proficient in the use of Oracle databases, the Oracle QlikView business intelligence application, and Microsoft Office applications (in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

• Proficient in the use of social media applications.

• Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy, to manage multiple priorities, and to respond in a proactive and timely manner to tight deadlines.

• Detail-orientated and organized.

• An enthusiastic and outgoing team-player that enjoys working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.