Shopper Marketing Specialist Jobs

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You’ll experience them all at London Drugs. As one of Canada’s most successful retail chains, we know what it takes to build a satisfying career. We are seeking innovative, customer focused people to join our team!
Our Marketing Department located at our head office in Richmond, BC currently has an opportunity for:
Shopper Marketing Specialist
The Shopper Marketing Specialist is responsible for supporting the strategy, planning and execution of brand and category advertising and promotions.
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Understand and prioritize the needs of the business as they are seasonally relevant, and customer driven.
• Ensure consistent execution of plans across all customer touch points including Website, in-store, print and social media.
• Develop strong relationships with our vendor partners.
• Project manage key initiatives with cross functional players.
• Manage communication and marketing services as the key contact between the business team and Marketing.
• Provide creative and communication objectives to production and content teams.
• Ensure strong and clear brand communication with our customers, while balancing business priorities.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to implement marketing plan across various categories and services.
• Work with the Shopper Marketing Leads and Department Managers to execute strategic advertising and marketing plans to drive business results.

The successful candidate should possess the following:

• Strong project management skills.
• Initiative to isolate and solve problems.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills and the ability to deal with senior levels of the organization.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to negotiate and sell a concept.
• Highly organized and able to multitask effectively and work under changing priorities.
• Strong administrative skills.

EDUCATION & KNOWLEDGE:

• 3-5 years of increasing responsibility in a marketing role.
• Retail Marketing experience an asset.
• A marketing degree or equivalent work experience an asset.

London Drugs offers advancement opportunities through our promote-from-within policies, salaries commensurate with experience, as well as a comprehensive benefits program including:

• Company matched RRSPs (Helping you plan for your future)
• Ongoing In-House Training & Education Courses (Lifelong learning)
• Community Involvement (Giving back to our communities)
• Employee Discount Program (Sharing our success)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, prescription drug and vision coverage for you and your family (Ensuring you and your family are taken care of)
• Employee Family Assistance Program (Free confidential counseling)
• Employee Recognition Program (Tangible rewards for great work!)

If you are a well-organized, self-motivated, individual who has a positive attitude and a commitment to achieving Company objectives, then we have the opportunity for you to excel!
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We are an equal opportunity employer. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work applicable to this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. Be advised, London Drugs DOES NOT use third party recruitment services.
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