Receiving Department Manager

We are looking for a Receiving Department Manager who is passionate about food and enjoys working in a fast paced, team environment!

Are you a talented, passionate leader with a proven record of providing excellent customer service and growing sales? If so, come join our growing team!

Position Overview

Position: Receiving Manager

Reports to: Store Manager

This is your opportunity to advance your career in a leadership role. As the Receiving Manager, you will manage the Receiving department to ensure that all departments are prepared for daily operations.

What you’ll do:

• Hire, motivate and mentor Team Members
• Lead, coach and train Team Members to maintain the highest level of productivity and engagement
• Resolve Team Member and customer issues as they arise
• Be committed to maintaining merchandising and operational standards
• Uphold company policies and procedures including health & safety, food safety and loss prevention and hold your team accountable to maintain set standards
• Merchandise, manage inventory, schedule and be accountable for financial objectives
• Implement initiatives that support company objectives
• Monitor local competitors and react to local market conditions
• Provide exceptional customer service to all Team Members, Customers and Vendors

What we are looking for:

• Post secondary education and a minimum of 2 years of food retail experience
• 1-2 years supervisory/leadership experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Certified Forklift Operator and certified trainer
• Knowledge of Employment Standards, WHMIS, Food Safety and Loss Prevention practices
• Knowledge of temperature control
• Radio Frequency gun knowledge
• Ability to verbally communicate with customers and staff to understand what is wanted and expected from them. Enhancing relationships with customers through verbal interaction
• Strong organization and tactical planning skills
• Strong initiative ability, excellent work ethic and a sense of urgency
• Ability to work in a high paced time constrained environment
• Strong sense of ownership, drive and enthusiasm
• Strong leadership, motivation, coaching, development and mentoring skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to new situations, as well as new and changing processes, programs and services

Work Environment:

• Work is performed in a store retail environment
• Must be available to work days, evenings and weekends
• Travel is required to support off-site events

Why join our team?

• Competitive wages and flexible benefits
• Opportunity to advance your career
• A team that cares and treats you like family
• Culture of teamwork and collaboration
• Celebrates and rewards our Team Members

Longo’s is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability.

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.

If you require accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Coordinator at:

Telephone: 905-264-4100

Email: [email protected]

Mail: 8800 Huntington Road, Vaughan, ON, L4H 3M6