Specialist Category Fresh
Requisition ID: 190860
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Discount Operations
Travel Requirements: 50%+
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: London, Cambridge, Waterloo, Kitchener
Location: Home Office - ON
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?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for passionate new talent to join our team! We are currently looking for a Specialist Category Fresh - Discount Banner / FreshCo, to support our stores in the Cambridge to Windsor territory (includes London / Kitchener / Waterloo). This position requires regular travel within the territory.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
Provide training and on-going coaching for department-specific merchandising programs and task skills. Assist in the development of training programs that support implementation of commercial programs. Actively contribute to a positive and productive working environment.
- Participate in development programs and provide feedback for alternatives and creative solutions
- Support department development and performance through targeted training, coaching and follow-up
- Make all preparations for training programs, classes and attend, train and evaluate training programs
- Perform quality and adherence checks during store visits and check merchandising plans and requirements
- Follow-up on course requirements and use pre-determined metrics to measure level of implementation and financial results of programs
- Suggest continuous improvement ideas to merchandising from follow-up
- Conduct needs assessment on non-compliance and participate in training required at new stores/renos
- Update department training manuals as required to reflect current programs and standards
- Identify, assess training gaps and ensure all applicable company policies and procedures are communicated and adhered to
- Responsible for ensuring that OH&S, Food Safety, and other regulatory requirements and procedures, are implemented and maintained
- React to areas where there are problems with program implementation
- Provide ‘as needed’ one-on-one coaching and development for service managers when requested
- Support continuous development of department employees during training and store visits
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment as per company requirements
What you have to offer:
- An Undergraduate Degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
- Working knowledge of SAP, proficient use of Microsoft Office suite
- Working knowledge of store operations (business acumen)
- Retail Grocery Fresh experience (strong asset)
- Data Analysis – Ability to gain insights using data
- Coaching / Training experience
- Must be able to travel within the territory
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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.
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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.