District Operator-Discount
Requisition ID: 186702
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Discount Operations
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Alberta
City: Calgary
Location: Calgary Office
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
• Provide on-going coaching for Franchisees through effective use of business advisory coaching conversations.
• Actively engage in and monitor progress of training programs for new store managers
• Foster Franchisee involvement in the community
• Articulate key performance indicators (KPIs) to Franchisees and monitor/coach toward achievement of them.
• Assist in creation of action plans to meet business requirements
• Participate in the planning and development of the annual budgets
• Deliver annual budgets and all key metrics within the budget
• Identify, plan and react to market conditions
• Works with Franchisees to build Winning conditions/profits program
• Achieve financial targets; maximize sales and profits
• Coordinate and work with respective teams for new store openings, closing and renovations
• Coach Franchisee to make the right decisions for the business
• Review staffing requirements and coach/assist Franchisee in recruitment and retention
• Follow-up on issues in food safety audits
• Review peer to peer and disseminate best practices
• Participate in action planning and working committees
• Conduct quarterly Customer Experience Scorecard assessment (as required)
• Develop business plans as required and measure performance/ results against plan
• Conduct store visits (90% travel required or as needed) in order to provide feedback on internal and external
• Ensure that food safety guidelines are followed in all locations
• Ensure adherence to government regulations
• Ensure competitive pricing is maintained in the market (as required)
• Coach Franchisee on maintenance of a clean and safe work environment as per Company requirements
Key Support Accountabilities
• Collaborate regularly with Specialist team, Merchandising, Customer Engagement/Experience to establish merchandising and customer experience strategies
• Partner with Human Resources, Learning and Development, Change and other lines of business to support effectively lead people and their development
• Collaborate and liaise with all lines of business that effect Discount to drive effective programs and processes.
• Work closely with Discount Merchandising Team to provide feedback on programs.
What you have to offer:
- An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
Some websites share our 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 our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. 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.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
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.