Specialist Grand Openings

Requisition ID: 185524

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Media Strategy & Performance

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: British Columbia; Alberta; Ontario

City: Victoria, Calgary, Toronto

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

• The Specialist, Grand Openings, Store Marketing is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of all grand opening tactics as determined collaboratively with the key stakeholders for each banner
• Includes grand openings, re-openings, conversions, and closures for all full-service, community and discount banners in Western Canada or regional as required
• Engage and collaborate with marketing leads and other cross functional stakeholders and internal service leads in Creative, POS Signage, Loyalty, Media, Merchandising, Finance, Communications, Consumer Insights, Retail Operations, Construction, Community Investment, Sponsorship to develop and execute grand opening/re-openings/closures plans
• Coordinate all tactical elements of the grand openings/re-openings/closure plans by working directly with required functional areas
• Lead communication of grand opening/re-openings/closures plans and status updates to leadership as well as functional areas both in written and verbal communication
• Interact and communicate effectively with various levels of leadership on plans for grand opening/re-openings/closures
• Manage budget for assigned grand openings
• Collaborate with functional areas to prepare postmortem brief for grand opening/re-openings/closures for appropriate stakeholders
• Manages Store Marketing Projects: As a member of the Store Marketing team; the Specialist may be asked to support projects beyond Store Marketing campaigns and projects
• Execute all elements of the grand opening process in collaboration and partnership with leads for identified functional areas
• Work with external agency partners to request tactical information and coordinate grand opening initiatives/elements as required
• Aligns with internal service leads for Creative, POS Signage, Loyalty, Media, Merchandising, Finance, Communications, Consumer Insights, Retail Operations, Construction, Community Investment, Sponsorship to develop and execute plans for grand openings/re-openings/closures
• Development and continuous maintenance of set of standards and best practices for local store marketing initiatives
  
  

What You Have To Offer

• Minimum of 2 years experience in the grocery industry preferred
• Diploma or undergraduate degree in Marketing or Business Administration
• Proven track record of managing multiple projects
• Proven track record of project management, managing to budget
• Main confidentiality pertaining to strategic business projects and initiatives
  
  

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.

The salary range for this position in British Columbia is $60,666.00 - $83,000.00 . We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure that you are paid fairly and competitively.

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.