Sales Strategy Analyst - Remote

Sales Strategy Analyst

Division: Consumer
Job location: Remote (Ontario, Quebec & Alberta)
Hours: 40 hours per week
Employment type: full-time permanent

A little about us

Hi, we're Aurora Cannabis, and we're so excited to meet you!
We're a global cannabis company with operations across Europe and North and South America. We're driven by our passion to help people improve their lives and have a diverse team who bring their best every day, so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family - from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael '71, Greybeard and Whistler.

Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our "A-Team". We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director, Business Intelligence & Strategy and as a key member of the Recreational Commercial Team, you will help design and execute strategic plans and tactics to achieve our financial objectives. You will be responsible for supporting commercial team initiatives - assortment analyses, category and market research, innovation strategy, forecasting, and providing data-based strategic recommendations to the business.Sound interesting? Here is a little more…

As the Sales Strategy Analyst you will…

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including Sales, Marketing, Finance, Product Development, and Insights & Analytics) to develop strategies to grow Aurora's categories
• Develop business cases and recommendations leveraging consumer-insights & financial projections for innovations that support our brand and category plans
• Analyze and build tools to assist in the on-going analysis of complex data, to identify consumer and business insights to enable decision making
• Be a highly visible and integral team member, working directly with Aurora's management team to support growth objectives
• The successful candidate must be able to assess market share, in-market product performance, competitive price positioning, market category trends, portfolio revenue/ margin mix, forecasting and forecast accuracy, product life cycle analyses, and inventory management analyses
• Innovate, explore, and test new ideas in an environment where creativity and experimentation are highly encouraged
• Assist on ad hoc projects as required

You would be the best fit for this role if you have…

• University degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or related field
• 2-4 years of work experience in a Strategy, Analytics, Sales, Category Management, or Innovation role
• Experience in analytics, consumer insights, and forecasting

Bonus points if you have…

• Superior knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint is essential
• Cannabis & CPG industry experience is considered an asset
• Strong financial acumen and the ability to assess and build category P&L statements, and measure product profitability
• PowerBI experience is an asset
• Passion for consumer insights and understanding market dynamics
• Superior communication and business case skills that will enable you to influence internal and external decision makers
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt; maintain focus and a high degree of accuracy while working with complex data in an environment of ever-changing deadlines, priorities, and requirements
• An agile mindset with a passion for problem-solving, enabling you to strategically tackle challenging situations in a complex and dynamic business environment Effective communication skills and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain a professional and collaborative relationship with the finance team

Why you'll love working at Aurora
Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here's how we do it…

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, vacation time, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more
  
• Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.
  
• Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).
  
• Life-long learning: we're lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.
  
• Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time and modern technology.

• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with cannabis.

Life@Aurora
With us, you'll find a place where you belong and love where you work with competitive compensation, stock options, RRSP matching, performance bonuses, remote-work, benefits, virtual happy hours, 420 celebrations and more! We will go above and beyond to prioritize your success and help you #GrowWithAurora. Learn more by visiting our Careers Page - Careers - Aurora Global Leader in Cannabis (auroramj.com)

Next steps
Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

Think you're the ideal candidate but you don't meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you're the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity.

Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities (hot tip: if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).

Diversity and inclusion
At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers - and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know!

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