DISTRICT MANAGER, ZEHRS ON

Loblaw Companies Limited; Brampton; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian retailer is seeking a District Manager to oversee stores in the Zehrs banner in the Kitchener, Waterloo, and Guelph areas. The role involves managing store operations, achieving sales targets, and ensuring exceptional customer service. Candidates should have retail experience, a strong integrity in leadership, and a passion for community support. The company values diversity and offers comprehensive training, competitive benefits, and a commitment to sustainability.

Benefits

Progressive careers

Comprehensive training

Flexible working hours

Competitive benefits

Qualifications

• An understanding of fresh products and local sourcing.
• Experience in financial planning and budgeting.
• Driven to improve on processes and find efficiencies.
• Focus on improving community support and reducing waste.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned stores to meet sales and customer satisfaction targets.
• Implement operational and merchandising standards.
• Recruit, train, and develop store teams.
• Monitor competitive environment and propose market responses.

Skills

Passion for food

Retail experience in the food industry

Leadership experience

Understanding of seasonal trends

Ability to improve processes

Community focus

Job description

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well®.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

At Loblaw, we seek great people to strengthen our culture and continually achieve our business objectives. We believe that to deliver on these business objectives and provide fantastic customer experiences, we need people who model our values and Blue Culture principles and are authentic, build trust, and make connections.

Loblaw recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and assessment process and upon hire.

We are searching for a District Manager to lead our stores in the Zehrs banner in Kitchener, Waterloo, and Guelph, and the surrounding areas.

The District Manager is responsible for achieving sales, market share and P&L targets in a group of assigned stores in one format within a region by executing centrally developed merchandising programs, applying established processes and standards, managing labour productivity and ensuring customer satisfaction standards are met or exceeded.

Accountabilities

• Manage assigned stores by implementing centrally developed standards including control standards (inventory, health & safety, product recalls, food safety, compliance), central services, merchandising and operational standards (hours of operation, backroom processes, customer service, maintenance, receiving, etc.).

• Accountable for driving exceptional customer service performance and achieving customer satisfaction targets across assigned stores.

• Provide assistance to stores in the execution of merchandising and operational standards.

• Achieve inline, promotional and seasonal inventory and shrink targets for the assigned stores.

• Implement initiatives designed to increase employee engagement, drive blue culture, improve labour productivity and improve recruitment and retention experience.

• Provide input into annual operating budgets, monitor and manage within approved limits, ensuring key targets in the P&L and cost containment are met for the assigned stores.

• Authorizes capital expenditures within established limits.

• Provide input into and execute decisions regarding store openings, closures, expansion, rationalization, mix of formats, etc., throughout the region.

• Provide input to the VP regarding format and business unit strategy, budget, product assortment and other matters.

• Monitor the competitive environment in the assigned district and propose market-focused responses.

• Recruit, manage, train, motivate and appraise direct reports. The incumbent is also responsible for discipline as warranted.

• Consult on union relations.

Job Qualifications

Passion for food

• An understanding of our core offerings, fresh products, assortment and local sourcing.

• The ability to understand key seasonal trends and insights to drive profitable sales.

• Keep up to date on food trends, seasonal transitions, with a focus on the diversity of cultures within the communities that we trade.

Business acumen

• Retail experience in the food industry.

• Show and demonstrate capabilities and understanding of financial planning and budgeting.

• Driven to improve on processes and driven to find efficiencies.

• Entrepreneur minded with sales, profit and bottom-line focus.

• Results driven is a fact paced energetic environment.

• Be curious, open minded with a passion of continuous learning.

CORE values and culture

• Leads with integrity with a focus on winning with a collaborative approach.

• Values diversity and inclusion within his/her/their team.

• Promotes a team atmosphere while embracing difference in ideas and open to feedback.

• Experience in leadership/senior management roles.

Community support

• Focused on improving the communities where we trade.

• Supporting local charities and community centers.

• Reduce waste through process improvements, packaging and cost controls.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note: Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.