Job Description:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is a diverse business operating in the agriculture, food, energy and home and building sectors. Based in Saskatoon, Sask., FCL is owned by independent retail co-operatives from across Western Canada that are committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. FCL is involved in wholesaling and manufacturing, including refined fuels and lubricants. It also provides administrative and marketing support to its member-owners. For more information, visit www.fcl.crs.  

The Co-operative Retailing System is a network composed of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) and over 180 independent retail co-operatives that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities in Western Canada. From Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and into the Arctic, retail co-ops serve 1.8 million active members and many more customers at 2,500 locations. FCL centrally supplies and supports these retail co-ops. By working together under the CO-OP® brand, we are all committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. For more information, visit www.coopconnection.ca.   

FCL invites applications for the position of Business Development Analyst in our home office located in Saskatoon, SK.

The Growth & Business Development team is responsible for:

• Supporting Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL)’s leadership in the development of a future growth strategy
• Supporting Retail and Strategic Business Units in executing on growth opportunities
• Identifying and analyzing potential opportunities in new business lines, and 
• Developing the processes and tools by which the Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) identifies and develops growth opportunities.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Manager, Business Development,, responsibilities for this position include the following: 

• Support the identification and evaluation of new business opportunities that support the Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) growth strategy.
• Conduct research and feasibility studies to analyze the viability of alternative business development opportunities.
• Collect, verify, and analyze financial, competitive, sales, marketing, and other information about potential business partners; new markets, products and services; or other business opportunities.
• Prepare documents and materials for meetings or negotiations with potential clients and business partners so that the information provided is accurate and appropriate for distribution to senior management, as well as Region and Retail teams.
• Support the development of financial/valuation models or templates to fit unique projects that may be presented.
• Support various business development processes and transactions related to acquisitions, greenfield development, the commercialization fund, confidentiality and due diligence.
• Stay informed and up-to-date on industry knowledge, trends, and the competitive landscape.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree with a preference for a major in Finance, with 1-3 years of experience in financial analysis. Exposure to project management is an asset.

A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

• Apply

Job Description:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is a diverse business operating in the agriculture, food, energy and home and building sectors. Based in Saskatoon, Sask., FCL is owned by independent retail co-operatives from across Western Canada that are committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. FCL is involved in wholesaling and manufacturing, including refined fuels and lubricants. It also provides administrative and marketing support to its member-owners. For more information, visit www.fcl.crs.  

The Co-operative Retailing System is a network composed of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) and over 180 independent retail co-operatives that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities in Western Canada. From Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and into the Arctic, retail co-ops serve 1.8 million active members and many more customers at 2,500 locations. FCL centrally supplies and supports these retail co-ops. By working together under the CO-OP® brand, we are all committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. For more information, visit www.coopconnection.ca.   

FCL invites applications for the position of Regional Petroleum Retail Sales Co-ordinator in our Region Office located in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Under the direction of the Region Petroleum Marketing Manager, responsible for advising retail co-operatives that distribute fuel throughout the Region.  Provide advice and guidance on their petroleum promotions and programs, marketing activities, facility development, and training; also provide both environmental and technical assistance.  Ensure the growth and profitability of all retail co-operatives’ petroleum operations by assessing various aspects of the retails’ current processes and implement strategies and marketing programs that will increase retail efficiencies and market share. Approximate annual travel of 75%.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Region Petroleum Marketing Manager, responsibilities for this position include the following: 

• Provide retail co-ops with guidance and advice on retail petroleum operations and TEMPO/Reseller accounts. Work with retails to realize a consistently high level of service, cleanliness, merchandising, brand awareness, and maintenance standards by implementing programs to achieve this. 
• Build relationships with existing and potential Tempo/Reseller accounts and, when appropriate, work with Home Office to develop and secure a supply agreement based on their needs and potential sales volume, with most offers including financing for petroleum upgrades.
• Work directly with retails on operational efficiencies by enhancing margins and controlling variable costs of supplies, repairs and maintenance, salary and delivery costs. 
• Coordinate retail upgrades and new development of cardlock and gas bar/convenience store/car wash facilities. 
• Identify and train retail employees and managers to be more effective in their existing positions and prepare them for higher level positions within the Co-operative Retailing System, and encourage them to utilize online training tools. Identify retail employees yearly for advancement, and develop Individual Development Plans for the same candidates. Conduct presentations in such areas as customer contact, and new petroleum marketing programs.
• Manage the petroleum farm and pump pricing program by providing suggested pricing to retails and monitoring pump discounts and farm rebates to maintain retail profitability and competitiveness, while maintaining profitability for Federated Co-operatives Limited. 
• Monitor sales volume by completing a monthly sales report; forecast sales activity and budget accordingly for retail co-operatives. This includes forecasting projected gains/losses of litres for retails by providing market intelligence and information on competition or new customers. Budget and manage expenses for corporate bulk plant locations. Provide budgeting information for Region department expenses.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a University degree, preference for business, engineering, or agriculture and 5-8 years of experience in petroleum industry. Working knowledge of Clarizen project management software is an asset.

A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

• Apply

Job Description:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is a diverse business operating in the agriculture, food, energy and home and building sectors. Based in Saskatoon, Sask., FCL is owned by independent retail co-operatives from across Western Canada that are committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. FCL is involved in wholesaling and manufacturing, including refined fuels and lubricants. It also provides administrative and marketing support to its member-owners. For more information, visit www.fcl.crs.  

The Co-operative Retailing System is a network composed of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) and over 180 independent retail co-operatives that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities in Western Canada. From Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and into the Arctic, retail co-ops serve 1.8 million active members and many more customers at 2,500 locations. FCL centrally supplies and supports these retail co-ops. By working together under the CO-OP® brand, we are all committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. For more information, visit www.coopconnection.ca.   

FCL invites applications for the position of Data Entry Clerk (Temporary, up to 7 months) in our Home Office located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Under the direction of the Propane Business Development Specialist, the Data Entry Clerk will assist the Propane department in the data entry of regulatory and inspection data into asset tracking systems along with data validation by cross referencing information from 3 systems.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Propane Business Development Specialist, responsibilities for this position include the following: 

• Cross reference tank data being received from tablet applications against PSMS records to ensure consistency; liaise with respective propane branches to reconcile and update data where necessary.
• Update Propane Safety and Asset Management (PSAM) system, or other data management programs, with various inspection data and propane tank relief valve data obtained from manual forms submitted by internal propane branches.
• Track and Monitor progress of inspection and relief valve data and provide updates as required to stakeholders.
• Update FCL propane department scorecard on a monthly basis.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a High School Diploma and minimum two years of office experience. Ability to work well within a cross-functional team. Experience with MS Office products including Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word; experience with MS Visio would be an asset.

• Apply

Job Description:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is a diverse business operating in the agriculture, food, energy and home and building sectors. Based in Saskatoon, Sask., FCL is owned by independent retail co-operatives from across Western Canada that are committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. FCL is involved in wholesaling and manufacturing, including refined fuels and lubricants. It also provides administrative and marketing support to its member-owners. For more information, visit www.fcl.crs.  

The Co-operative Retailing System is a network composed of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) and over 180 independent retail co-operatives that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities in Western Canada. From Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and into the Arctic, retail co-ops serve 1.8 million active members and many more customers at 2,500 locations. FCL centrally supplies and supports these retail co-ops. By working together under the CO-OP® brand, we are all committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. For more information, visit www.coopconnection.ca.   

FCL invites applications for the position of Human Resources Advisor (Temporary, up to 18 months) in our home office located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 

The Advisor acts as a first point of contact, for an assigned portfolio, to provide leadership, expertise, advice and human resource strategies to Organizational & Team Leaders to help them excel in areas such as: employee engagement, development for all employees, creating a high performance culture, employee relations, organizational development, organizational design, performance management, compensation, policy interpretation.  All activities are aligned to the organization’s values with a focus on delivering business outcomes through proactively supporting the delivery of business and HR processes.  The Advisory team makes best use of the whole HR function to manage complex HR projects and situations.

The scope includes:  labour relations, performance management & coaching, organizational design,integration/onboarding, change management, employee exits, health and safety, and coaching and support for all other talent management practices.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Home Office Human Resource Manager, the Human Resource Advisor is responsible for providing HR services to Organizational & Team Leaders and Team Members at Home Office, Propane (Saskatoon, Melfort & Northern SK) and Saskatoon Feed plant. Responsibilities for this position include the following: 

• Actively builds dynamic working relationships and trusted partnerships with client groups by building and maintaining a working knowledge of the business environment and leveraging that understanding when providing proactive and strategic advice and support Collaboratively work with specialized functions (ex. Total Rewards, Labour Relations, Talent Engagement, Health & Safety, etc.) to plan and deliver projects and initiatives.
• Provide coaching and support to team leaders and team members (both in scope and out of scope) on all aspects of talent management practices   (goal setting, performance coaching and improvement planning, development coaching, etc.).  Recommendations take into account the risk to the organization, brand and values in our process, and success of the business plans. Facilitates the Performance Calibration cycle and Talent Reviews with Organizational Leaders. Supports business planning with client groups and utilizes KPI’s to inform business decision making as it relates to Talent. Develop parameters and frameworks around policies and procedures that allow for consistent application. Acting as a change agent, develop and maintain partnerships with client departments to provide advice into strategic business plans by leading the review of organizational structures and designs, performance and change management issues and conflict resolution opportunities. Advise and guide Organizational and Team Leaders regarding the interpretation and application of the Collective Agreement. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with union representatives in order to facilitate business operations. Collaborate with the Labour Relations Department and external legal counsel in the case of grievance arbitrations and actively participate in the arbitration hearing process. Advise and administer the Attendance Management Program for unionized employees.
• Facilitate talent management on-boarding/integration for both team members and team leaders in both new team member situations but also with respect to new talent management practices so roles and responsibilities are clearly understood.
• Collaborate with the Safety Team and Disability Management Specialist on implementation of Company safety and accommodation policies, procedures, and practices.  Participate in Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee (COR), conduct inspections, investigations, follow up on corrective actions. Claims/Return to Work (RTW) facilitation, management and processing for WCB incidents.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree, preference for Human Resources and 5-8 years of HR generalist experience.  Experience in a unionized environment is an asset. CPHR designation is an asset.

A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

• Apply

Job Description:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is a diverse business operating in the agriculture, food, energy and home and building sectors. Based in Saskatoon, Sask., FCL is owned by independent retail co-operatives from across Western Canada that are committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. FCL is involved in wholesaling and manufacturing, including refined fuels and lubricants. It also provides administrative and marketing support to its member-owners. For more information, visit www.fcl.crs.  

The Co-operative Retailing System is a network composed of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) and over 180 independent retail co-operatives that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities in Western Canada. From Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and into the Arctic, retail co-ops serve 1.8 million active members and many more customers at 2,500 locations. FCL centrally supplies and supports these retail co-ops. By working together under the CO-OP® brand, we are all committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. For more information, visit www.coopconnection.ca.

FCL invites applications for the position of Data Analyst in our home office located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Reporting to the Analytics Manager, the Data Analyst works collaboratively with the I&A team, FCL and Retail Organizational Leaders and Managers to understand business objectives, solve business problems, and provide actionable insights and recommendations that support Co-operative Retail System (CRS) growth initiatives, corporate performance management, resource planning and investment decisions informing business strategy at multiple levels: enterprise, business line, and retail. Business insights and recommendations presented will mitigate risk by providing FCL/CRS leadership with quality data-driven insight that will better inform the efficient and effective allocation of organizational resources in terms of people, time and money.
 

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Analytics Manager, responsibilities for this position include the following: 

• Project Intake and Scoping: Responsible for project intake including translating stakeholder business requirements into appropriate analytical problems. Clearly define research objectives, scope, and develop methodological framework for all business problems. Assess industry best practices and incorporate in processes as appropriate.
• Data Management and Analysis: Acquire, integrate and manage a variety of business line, retail and enterprise level data that is required to provide analytic services to stakeholders (i.e., includes internal member data, transaction data, retail statistics, Insights primary research, as well as other external competitor and market data). Assess for data quality and reporting process gaps and collaborate with FCL functional area stakeholders, enterprise information management (IT), region, retail and I&A team members, as required, to ensure the best quality data (this includes aligned processes for data collection, data definition and business reporting rules). Utilizing a suite of business analytic tools, analyze and interpret data-driven insights.  Maintain supporting process documentation.
• Reporting: Focusing on stakeholder requirements, develop and deliver customized and comprehensive reporting solutions; i.e., reports, maps, dashboards, formal presentations, etc. Present information in a manner that can be understood at all levels, has a relevant business application, with insights and recommendations that can be actioned by the stakeholder.  
• Understanding markets and customers: Support the CRS in executing customer-centric focused strategies by undertaking work to understand Co-op’s markets and customers and identifying growth opportunities. This may include deliverables such as analysis of CRS membership trends, market segmentation or competitive analysis, among others.  
• Performance Measurement: Working collaboratively within and across FCL and retails, develop, build, distribute and maintain processes that track and report key performance measures in support of strategic initiatives. Examples may include deliverables such as key retail statistics and KPIs, marketing campaign effectiveness (ROI), digital channel performance, among others.
• Other Duties: Assessment and trialing of business analysis and reporting software, consultation with external vendors/data sources, provision of analytic insight to primary research projects, and other ad hoc research projects as required.
   

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor degree, with a preference for business, economics, planning or related field. 3 - 5 years’ experience in business or marketing/retail analytics (or other relevant work experience) with focus on creating and communicating insights.

A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

• Apply

Job Description:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is a diverse business operating in the agriculture, food, energy and home and building sectors. Based in Saskatoon, Sask., FCL is owned by independent retail co-operatives from across Western Canada that are committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. FCL is involved in wholesaling and manufacturing, including refined fuels and lubricants. It also provides administrative and marketing support to its member-owners. For more information, visit www.fcl.crs.  

The Co-operative Retailing System is a network composed of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) and over 180 independent retail co-operatives that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities in Western Canada. From Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and into the Arctic, retail co-ops serve 1.8 million active members and many more customers at 2,500 locations. FCL centrally supplies and supports these retail co-ops. By working together under the CO-OP® brand, we are all committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. For more information, visit www.coopconnection.ca.   

FCL invites applications for the position of Accounting Technician – Retail Accounting Support in the Retail Operations department at home office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The role of the Retail Accounting Support Technician is to provide patronage/equity support to retails. This includes balancing and preparing equity statements, preparing withholding tax payments, modifying procedures to accommodate program enhancements and maintaining patronage/equity files.  This position will also provide backup support for the Senior Accounts Receivable Technician.
 

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Retail Accounting Supervisor, responsibilities for this position include the following:

• Monitor, maintain and provide support for patronage/equity systems through the Retail Member Master (RMM), files, and reports
• Balance, prepare and mail equity statements, cheques, T4As and charge-outs.
• Organize, schedule and submit edit & actual T4A statement runs for assigned retails. Coordinate CRA responses regarding T4A statements.
• Submit edit & actual runs for equity statements, cheques and check output as requested.
• Create and balance patronage/equity runs and audit processed data. Follow up on errors and provide support to assist the retails in the correction of patronage/equity data errors.  Review exception reports and follow up with the retail to ensure the allocation is as accurate as possible in order to identify potential errors which could have a financial impact on the retail as well as FCL’s relationship with the retails.
• Prepare withholding tax payments and create debit memos for assigned retails. Must be done within required deadlines to mitigate risk of financial penalty to the department.
• Prepare and submit annual Retail Member Master (RMM) purges for retails and complete Customer Master File (CMF) updates.
• Modify procedures to accommodate program enhancements and update manuals as required. Assist in the testing of program changes.
• Provide support to retails on ongoing and year end patronage/equity instructions. Provide general inquiry support for patronage/equity systems, programs and enhancements, reports and procedures to retails and department employees. Strong communication skills are vital to effectively provide this service.
• Provide backup support in Accounts Receivable as required. This may include but is not limited to, assisting retails and FCL staff with questions relating to the on-line Accounts Receivable system, coordinating with ISM to correct errors in programs, and assisting with EFT inquiries and balancing equity checks daily.
• Maintain patronage/equity files as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a High School diploma and two post-secondary courses in financial accounting (from an accredited post-secondary institution). Two (2) years of relevant accounting experience. Preference will be given to candidates with experience related to the applicable functional area. TSO and related systems experience is considered an asset.
 

• Apply

Job Description:

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is a diverse business operating in the agriculture, food, energy and home and building sectors. Based in Saskatoon, Sask., FCL is owned by independent retail co-operatives from across Western Canada that are committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. FCL is involved in wholesaling and manufacturing, including refined fuels and lubricants. It also provides administrative and marketing support to its member-owners. For more information, visit www.fcl.crs.  

The Co-operative Retailing System is a network composed of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) and over 180 independent retail co-operatives that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities in Western Canada. From Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and into the Arctic, retail co-ops serve 1.8 million active members and many more customers at 2,500 locations. FCL centrally supplies and supports these retail co-ops. By working together under the CO-OP® brand, we are all committed to local investment, community mindedness and lifetime membership benefits. For more information, visit www.coopconnection.ca.

FCL invites applications for the position of Senior Business Intelligence Analyst in our home office located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Under the direction of the Senior Manager Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence, the Senior BI Analyst uses their subject matter expertise and in-depth knowledge to analyze business requirements; participate on design review of data mart; designs, develops and tests Cognos BI Metadata Models and Reports/Visuals; Provides guidance/support on Quality Assurance, Performance, and Operational Tests; Implements, administers and supports BI apps and information governance; Progressively document designed and developed applications. This position will collaborate with the rest of the Business Intelligence/Data Integration team to create synergies and provide knowledge transfer within the team.
 

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence, responsibilities for this position include the following: 

• Develops and unit tests solutions using BI tools. Code promotion to various environments.
• Analyzes business requirements and translates into BI architectural/technical solution. Solutions cover data warehouse/data marts, presentation visuals – reports, charts and dashboard, OLAP, and analytical models.     
• Conducts system test on developed solutions and packages. Supports Quality Assurance or Performance Testing.
• Participates on reviews of business requirements, solution/design, test strategy and planning, test cases, and implementation planning.  Provides sign-off on reviews where required.
• Progressively documents design, solution, metadata, and operational requirements including business continuity plan and procedures. Defines/develops development/coding standards.
• Deploys and operationally tests solutions/packages.
• Explores, researches, and recommends new BI technology approaches or solutions.
• Performs data analysis, data quality audits/reviews, statistical analysis and data mining.
• Participates on project activities related to BI deliverables including planning, prioritization and scheduling, risk management, and issue resolution. Provides project deliverables status.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related fields. 10+ years IT experience, of which 7+ years development experience in Cognos (10.x, 11.x), OLAP, ETL tools, data mining and analytics; 5+ years of Data warehouse design and development; 5+ years on databases like Oracle, DB2, MS SQLServer, and Netezza ; 4+ years on Cognos Server administration and security; Strong Unix/Linux OS knowledge. Experience on other BI tools like Business Objects, MicroStrategy, and Hyperion is an asset. Experience on IBM MDM and SPSS is an asset. Retail Industry experience is an asset. Certified Cognos Developer on Metadata Models required. Preference for: Certified Cognos Developer on Data Warehouses, OLAP Models, Scorecard, BI Reports Designer, BI Multidimensional Reports or Administration. SPSS certification is an asset. MS Office Proficiency.

A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.
 

• Apply