Manager Store

Sobeys; Saint John; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery chain in Saint John is looking for a Store Manager. The role involves managing store operations, enhancing customer and employee experiences, and achieving financial targets. Candidates should have retail management experience and strong communication skills. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage and employee discounts.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

10% in-store discount

Learning and development resources

Parental leave top-up

Paid vacation and days off

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience as a Department Manager in a retail environment.
• Strong communication skills for effective team leadership.
• Proficient in retail operations and inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Manage all facets of store operations and ensure excellence.
• Lead recruitment, training, and employee engagement efforts.
• Deliver superior customer service and shopping experiences.

Skills

Communication skills

Retail operations knowledge

Microsoft Office proficiency

Knowledge of SAP

Team management

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Career Group: Store Management Job Category: Retail - Administration Travel Requirements: 0-10% Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA) Province: New Brunswick City: Saint John Location: 0233 Lansdowne Ave Sobeys

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.

Ready to Make an Impact?

The Store Manager will provide and communicate the strategic direction and vision for the store. The Store Manager will manage all facets of store operations and ensure operational excellence in retail merchandising, inventory management, employee engagement, customer engagement and relations. The Store Manager will coach and develop the store team to provide superior customer service and shopping experiences achieved through execution of strategy, customized for the local market in an engaging working environment, while achieving budgeted financial results.

Provides direction and leadership for store where volume is $10M in annual sales or higher.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

People Leadership:

• Create a coaching and development culture for all store employees which embraces a passion for food.
• Oversee total store talent management including recruitment, succession planning, orientation, training, performance management, and compensation.
• Ensure the communication of operational requirements/changes and store vision to total store.

Customer Offering:

• Understand and respond to local market needs and competition.
• Ensure superior execution of the retail commercial program and provide feedback and recommendations to appropriate parties.
• Role model, coach, and reinforce customer service expectations on a daily basis for all staff.
• Ensure community presence by working with store management and community partners to host/support community events.
• Create a shopping experience that engages customers in a way that enhances loyalty, sales, and profit.
• Execute winning conditions as required.

Policy/Regulatory Adherence:

• Ensure all applicable company policies and procedures are communicated and adhered.
• Responsible for ensuring that OH&S, food safety, and other regulatory requirements and procedures are implemented and maintained.

Financial:

• Participate with local store marketing to identify and capitalize on opportunities within store/market.
• Responsible to ensure efficient operation of the business to achieve all financial targets and deliver on budgeted KPI’s.

Personal/Professional Development:

• Thoroughly understand all relevant company programs and attend training as required.
• Maintain knowledge of current industry trends.

Employee Engagement:

• Be known as the “employer of choice” by actively supporting an environment of employee engagement.

Other Duties:

• Order equipment.
• Coordinate maintenance of store equipment and repairs.
• As requested by the company.

What You Have to Offer

• Above average oral and written communication skills.
• Full knowledge of retail operations and skills throughout the total store.
• Proficient use of the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Working knowledge of SAP.
• High School Diploma.
• Three to five years experience as a Department Manager.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

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.