Senior Merchandising Manager
Knix
Market Strategy and Planning Manager
Instacart
full-time
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Location: 🇨🇦 Canada
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💰 CA$153,000 - CA$170,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Drive strategic initiatives impacting retail partnerships, including new product/business initiatives and retailer-specific strategic plans
- Develop detailed understanding of Instacart’s suite of products, features and solutions
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Business Development, Product, Finance, Marketing, Legal, Partnerships) to guide cross-functional plans
- Own a portfolio of initiatives and manage multiple workstreams concurrently
- Develop go-to-market strategy, build partner-facing communications, lead internal sessions, and present initiatives to retailers in collaboration with Business Development teams
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience working on cutting-edge challenges in the grocery, retail and/or e-commerce space
- Ability to bring a retailer-focused perspective to influence company decision making
- Passion for understanding retail partners’ businesses and building new partnerships
- Ability to use conceptual and analytical skills to tackle challenging problems and distill complex ideas into clear stories
- Self-starter able to proactively and independently drive progress across multiple stakeholder groups
- Strategic mindset with strong critical thinking skills and ability to craft compelling narratives or business cases
- Strong analytical skills - comfortable with quantitative and data-driven analysis
- Strong drive to own and execute strategic growth initiatives
- Preferred: Prior experience working in grocery retail or for a multi-faceted marketplace
- Preferred: Prior experience in Management Consulting or fast-paced Corporate Strategy environment
