Grocery - Assistant Manager Second SW at Sobeys

What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised/affiliate store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise stores operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family.

Please note that this career opportunity is for a role at an independently owned and operated franchised/affiliate store location.

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This position helps to oversee the implementation of Division Grocery Merchandising programs. Responsible for sales, displays, ordering, inventory control and minimizing out-of-stocks within the department; the overall presentation and profitability of the department, while providing excellence in world-class customer service.

Here’s Where You’ll Have An Impact

• Supervise staff to include scheduling and assigning duties.
• Implement all merchandising program
• Ensure standards of department presentation and operations are met; including cleanliness, inventory control, rotation, ordering and world-class customer service
• Responsible for ordering and inventory control
• Monitor to ensure schematic integrity, as well as 100% compliance on ad item display.
• Ensure proper backroom procedures are being met
• Ensure paperwork, as set by the division, is followed
• Responsible for the sales and profitability of the department
• Resolve problems that arise, such as customer complaints and supply shortages
• Hire and train or arrange for the training of new sales staff
• Lead/coach store employees; responsible for ensuring employees provide world-class customer service
• Reduce out-of-stocks
• Perform all other related duties assigned by Store Manager

Our affiliate and franchise stores offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role, location and store ownership. To learn more about this opportunity—including expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required —please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual Compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.

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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.

Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.