Strategic Initiatives Lead

Sobeys; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sobeys is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Lead to drive high-impact projects across the company. This full-time role is vital to ensuring the alignment of strategic goals and managing complex initiatives with a focus on collaboration and accountability. The ideal candidate will bring significant experience in leading cross-functional teams and possess excellent project management skills, enabling the organization to achieve its goals effectively.

Benefits

Health and dental coverage

Life, short- and long-term disability insurance

Retirement and Savings Plan

10% in-store discount

Learning and Development Resources

Parental leave top-up

Paid Vacation and Days-off

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives.
• Experience with project management best practices.
• PMP certification is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Shapes and drives high-impact strategic initiatives.
• Leads cross-functional business case development.
• Manages complex end-to-end initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Collaboration

Project Management

Bilingual (French and English)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Requisition ID: 190148
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Merchandising Services
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Québec
City: Montréal-Nord
Location: Bureau de Montréal-Nord

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?

Embark on a rewarding career as a Stratetic Initiatives Lead. We are among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talent contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

• Shapes and drives high-impact strategic initiatives from definition through to execution, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and measurable business outcomes
• Leads cross-functional business case development, including opportunity sizing, benefits articulation and alignment of investment with strategic goals
• Partners with senior leaders to define strategy and initiative roadmaps; clarifying objectives, success metrics, and key milestones
• Manages complex initiatives end-to-end, ensuring delivery on time, on budget and within scope
• Develops and maintains integrated initiative plans, working across workstreams to track dependencies, risks and critical decisions
• Establishes and manages initiative governance, including issue and risk management processes, steering and working committees, and status reporting
• Drives accountability among stakeholders and cross-functional teams, ensuring commitments are met, dependencies are managed, and progress is transparent to maintain momentum and deliver results.
• Supports executive decision-making by synthesizing complex information, framing strategic choices and providing clear, data-driven recommendationsDrives a culture of continuous improvement, bringing a proactive, solution-oriented mindset to every aspect of the role

What you have to offer:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field
• Minimum 5-10 years of experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives or programs
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification an asset
• Knowledge of project management best practices, processes and tools (e.g., MS project)
• Bilingual in French and English (written and spoken) The candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with peers in other provinces to develop procedures and processes to be implemented nationally. She will also have to interact regularly with her peers in other provinces, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada.

#LI-Hybrid

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

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.