Corporate Strategy Manager

The Role: Manager, Corporate Strategy (18-month Mat Leave)

What you are looking for:

• A closely connected culture
• A total rewards package meant to enhance your work-life flexibility
• Fully utilizing your talent
• Professional growth and development via challenging projects and assignments
• Warm and fuzzy feelings knowing you have helped your community, your team, the business and social causes through the Rexall Care Network

The existing Manager, Corporate Strategy role focuses on supporting corporate strategic initiatives through Structured Problem Solving & Modelling, Business Development, Market Analysis, and Stakeholder Management and Communication. Reporting into the Vice President, Data, Analytics & Strategy, this role operates with a significant degree of autonomy and has high visibility with significant exposure to the  executive team.  

What you’ll be doing:

The Manager, Corporate Strategy will support and lead several strategic initiatives at Rexall, with responsibilities including, but not limited to:

Structured Problem Solving & Modelling:

• Transform high-level strategic objectives or challenges into structured projects, coordinating data, analytics and insight across key stakeholders.
• Build business cases with financial and operational models to assess strategic opportunities.

Business Development:

• Identify and evaluate new business opportunities that align with Rexall’s strategic priorities, including market analysis, building business cases and coordinating discussions with internal and external key stakeholders.

Market Analysis:

• Develop and maintain key analysis on market trends, including pharmacy and drug trends, front-store market trends, consumer trends, competitor analysis, etc.
• Identify early market trends, size relevant market opportunities and present recommendations to key executive and senior team stakeholders.

Stakeholder Management and Communication:

• Build and maintain relationships with cross-functional business unit leaders, the executive team, external stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for strategic initiatives.
• Prepare and present clear and concise materials for strategic decision-making meetings.
• Project manage the design and development of new business opportunities in collaboration with business unit leaders.

Perform other related job duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant university degree such as a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Economics, Management, Business/Administration, Marketing or Statistics.
• 3+ years of strategy, analytics, and/or corporate development work experience in retail, consulting, operational, or other relevant industry such as finance. 
• Strong analytical capabilities, able to synthesize and analyze large amounts of information effectively.
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and phases.
• Demonstrated experience in leading meetings with cross-functional teams and working directly with executives.
• A self-starter with the ability to work independently, multitask, and prioritize tasks effectively
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, able to summarize and present findings clearly and succinctly.
• Ability to build rapport and credibility with team members and stakeholders across the organization.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.

Our hiring process uses AI-enabled tools to assist with the assessment of applications based on job-related criteria. All decisions are made by the hiring team.

At Rexall, we are better together. We serve our customers, partners, and patients best—we are our best—when everyone brings their true self to work. Our connected, inclusive culture celebrates our lived experiences, backgrounds, expertise, and self-expression to let us win as one team. Leveraging our differences distinguishes us and brings out our best performance.

Are you #ALLin?

Rexall Pharmacy Group is committed to providing an accessible environment for all of our customers, employees, and job applicants. Rexall Pharmacy Group will make available to any selected applicants’ accommodations and/or accessible formats should they require. Candidates are encouraged to discuss any accommodation they may need in order to allow for the most effective selection process.