Senior Fresh Produce Commodity Manager

Lead Fresh produce intelligence at Loblaw Companies Limited, using commodity forecasting and cost modelling to guide commercial decisions across Canadian retail businesses.As Senior Manager, Fresh Produce Commodity Intelligence, you will analyze supply-demand fundamentals, seasonality, weather, trade flows, and input costs. You will support Fresh Sourcing and Merchandising with market outlooks, benchmarks, scenario forecasts, and commercially relevant recommendations. The mandate also includes improving intelligence tools, data sources, and recurring products.Key Responsibilities:
Monitor Fresh produce supply, demand, seasonality, weather, and trade flowsDevelop market outlooks, risk assessments, and opportunity scenariosBuild input-cost models, commodity benchmarks, and scenario forecastsEquip partners with evidence for supplier discussions and sourcing decisionsDevelop scalable monitoring processes and recurring intelligence productsRequirements:
Seven or more years of relevant progressive experienceAbility to analyze fundamentals and translate forecasts commerciallyKnowledge of Fresh produce markets and supplier cost processesBachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent experienceAdvanced Excel and financial modelling capabilitiesApply commodity economics, forecasting, and commercial analysis to strengthen Loblaw’s Fresh sourcing and merchandising decisions.
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