Team lead - Inventory Control
Requisition ID: 188844
Career Group: Distribution Centre Careers
Job Category: Inventory Control
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
City: Grand Falls Windsor
Location: 0023 Grandfalls RSC
Postal Code: A2A 2J9
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.
Ready to Make an impact?
Manage all functions related to inventory within the RSC as well as the operational integrity of the EXE WMS. Actively contributes to a positive and productive working environment.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Manage HEAT system for store returns and claims
- Provide analysis and action plans to reduce inventory loss
- Run and review the EXE RSC adjustment listing daily
- Comply with all RSC audit expectations/ all programs and standards
- Pre-plan and identify future space requirements
- Act as liaison with the Procurement Department
- Investigate and address product issues
- Reconcile inventory BOH discrepancies between the host and warehouse systems
- Ensure warehouse financial reporting, relating to inventory shrink, is maintained accurately with/ through the Regional Finance Department.
- Manage the inventory cycle count and process
- Co-ordinate daily activities of inventory control staff
- Coach, counsel, and discipline as required
- Participate in ongoing training
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment as per company
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What you have to offer:
- A minimum of three years experience in inventory control
- Previous supervisory experience
- Working knowledge of EXE and SAP
- Strong analytical skills
- Physical work including frequent bending, lifting, and reaching
- Occasionally lift over 88 lbs
- Two person lift required for weights exceeding 50 lbs
- Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time
- Possible exposure to extreme temperatures
- Alertness to other people and vehicles
- Various shifts including evenings and weekends
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
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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.