Supervisor - retail

Sobeys; Quebec; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group insurance benefits

Job summary

Sobeys in Quebec is seeking a Retail Supervisor to lead store operations, manage staff schedules, and ensure excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment. This permanent, full-time role offers 40 hours per week and requires French language skills.

You will assign duties, hire/train staff, order merchandise, manage inventory, and report on sales and merchandising. Candidates should have secondary school certificate and 2–3 years of retail supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in retail or supervisory roles.
• Secondary school graduation certificate required.

Responsibilities

• Assign sales workers to duties.
• Hire and train or arrange for training of staff.
• Order merchandise.
• Authorize return of merchandise.
• Establish work schedules.
• Sell merchandise.
• Prepare reports on sales volumes, merchandising and personnel matters.
• Resolve issues that may arise, including customer requests, complaints and supply shortages.
• Organize and maintain inventory.
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers.

Skills

Staff supervision

Hiring and training

Merchandise ordering

Scheduling

Sales

Education

Secondary school graduation certificate

Job description

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: French
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

Tasks

• Assign sales workers to duties
• Hire and train or arrange for training of staff
• Order merchandise
• Authorize return of merchandise
• Establish work schedules
• Sell merchandise
• Prepare reports on sales volumes, merchandising and personnel matters
• Resolve issues that may arise, including customer requests, complaints and supply shortages
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Dependability
• Initiative

Screening questions

• Do you have experience working in this field?

Government programs

• Recognized employer

Employment terms options

• Evening
• Morning
• Day
• Weekend

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Provides auditory accessibility accommodations (for example: transcription software, teletypewriters, etc.)
• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
• Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
• Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)
• Offers resources to help mature workers plan their retirement (for example: financial planning, access to pension and benefits, lifestyle adjustments, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities