Food Commercial Manager II

Ikea Ab; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness days

Extended health, dental, and vision

RRSP with IKEA contribution matching

Annual bonus eligibility

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Discounts on merchandise and food

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

IKEA Edmonton is seeking a Food Commercial Manager II to lead a high-volume food service operation. You will coach the team, plan activities, and implement standardized processes to meet commercial targets and local regulations.

You will partner with stakeholders to forecast, budget, and ensure compliance while delivering an inspiring customer food experience across all food areas at the store.

Qualifications

• University degree with 4 years related experience, or 8+ years overall experience.
• Minimum 3 years of managerial experience.
• Solid experience in a high-volume food or hospitality environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team through planning, coaching and coordinating food selling activities to deliver to the common objectives and goals.
• Implement common commercial framework, standards, plans, WoW (Ways of Working), tools and KPI's adapting to local requirements and legislation.
• Contribute insights and ideas to the market business plan as an integrated commercial partner and manage forecasting and budgeting in line with financial plan.
• Secure global and national compliance standards, as well as optimized levels of commerciality are achieved by cooperating effectively with key stakeholders.
• Ensure the customer has an inspiring food experience and secure that common store planning solutions and vitality packages are implemented within all food commercial areas.
• Strategic and operational planning with a 2-3 month outlook
• Workforce scheduling and resource planning
• Managing the commercial calendar
• Equipment maintenance planning
• Inventory management, ordering, and supply management
• Ensuring efficient operations in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

Skills

Managerial experience

Hospitality experience

Education

University degree

Job description

What you'll need to have

• University degree and 4 years of related experience, or minimum 8 years of related experience
• Minimum 3 years of managerial experience
• Solid experience in a high-volume food or hospitality environment

A day in your life with us

• Lead the team through planning, coaching and coordinating food selling activities to deliver to the common objectives and goals.
• Implement common commercial framework, standards, plans, WoW (Ways of Working), tools and KPI's adapting to local requirements and legislation.
• Contribute insights and ideas to the market business plan as an integrated commercial partner and manage forecasting and budgeting in line with financial plan.
• Secure global and national compliance standards, as well as optimized levels of commerciality are achieved by cooperating effectively with key stakeholders.
• Ensure the customer has an inspiring food experience and secure that common store planning solutions and vitality packages are implemented within all food commercial areas.
• Strategic and operational planning with a 2-3 month outlook
• Workforce scheduling and resource planning
• Managing the commercial calendar
• Equipment maintenance planning
• Inventory management, ordering, and supply management
• Ensuring efficient operations in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

About this work area

Thanks to us, customers, co-workers and people at home can have a better everyday life through food that is good for both people and planet. Together we serve more than 660 million customers yearly at the IKEA restaurants worldwide, underlining our Scandinavian heritage by offering a modern taste of Sweden. We also offer a variety of foods in our bistros and in the "Swedish Food market". We are a diverse group of people who all live by the motto: Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is!

Why you will love us

Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That's why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Food Commercial Manager II

The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 65,000 CAD to 85,000 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.