Franchise Store Operator

Ready to Make an impact?

At FreshCo, we're passionate about lowering food prices. We're always on the lookout to make sure you can feed your family with good food regardless of your budget. Launched in 2010, FreshCo's commitment has always been to provide the best low-price grocery shopping experience by offering quality fresh food at low prices, in a bright, easy-to-navigate store and friendly teammates. Today, FreshCo and its franchise partners proudly operate over 146 stores across Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.

Please note that this opportunity is for a role as a Franchise Operator of an independently owned and operated franchise store location (who would not be an employee of Sobeys and/or FreshCo).

As a Franchise Store Operator, you will lead all facets of a store operation including the strategic direction, vision, talent management and operational excellence of an overall store location.

We are looking for qualified candidates who have:

• A minimum of 5 - 10 years grocery retail experience, most recently with 3 - 5 years at a Store Managerial or head office senior management/store operations level.
• Community focused individual with the demonstrated ability to build and cultivate long lasting relationships with local community groups.
• People focused manager with an emphasis on development and coaching of staff for high performance.
• Strong "entrepreneurial" flair with priority placed on growing the business.
• Sophisticated and high-level business acumen committed to long term planning for increased business growth.
• Excellent merchandising and marketing knowledge with previous success executing programs to drive sales.
• Demonstrated strong financial background, with capability to understand and interpret the P&L and to make positive impact on sales, shrink, labour and budgets.
• People-oriented leadership skills with the proven ability to communicate effectively and lead a team through business change.
   

Proficiency with the following:

• Four wall accountabilities
• Category reviews and planograms execution
• Cost of goods analysis and inventory control
• Cash office operations (including but not limited to cash lane operations, cash reconciliation, accounts receivable/payable)
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

*An initial investment will be required as a Franchise Owner/Operator. This will be discussed and disclosed to the successful candidate. 
FreshCo. and its franchise partners offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role, location, and store ownership. Some websites share job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by the store owner/operator. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

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