Regional Retail Growth & Talent Lead

Food Lion; Milford Terrace (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Lion in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Regional Support Specialist to drive growth across the region. You will analyze operations, ensure Food Safety and regulatory compliance, and work with Operations leadership to improve store performance and frontline talent.

Lead talent planning, oversee trainer effectiveness, manage training targets, and track progress toward financial goals. The role centers on executing the Brand Strategy and developing store leadership to strengthen the bench and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years' combined experience in retail, merchandising, training, change management.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Strong retail operations experience.
• Strong execution experience with proven track record.
• Thorough understanding of Standard Practices and Merchandising techniques.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (including Excel and Power Point)
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to influence others.
• Must live within their respective region.

Responsibilities

• Identify and align focus priority stores with Director of Operations with a focus on delivery of regional KPI's, trend analysis as well as troubleshooting areas of opportunity.
• Partners with the Director of Operations and Store Managers to evaluate the execution of Food Lion Every Day.
• Lead talent planning conversations with Director of Operations to discuss performance, capability and career aspirations of store talent for the purposes of ensuring role-appropriate assignment, identifying development needs, succession planning, and building bench strength, leveraging the Food Lion Retail Talent Planning tools, high performance career development and processes to include job fairs.
• Ensures high-level of effectiveness and impact of Regional Lead and Trainers (RLT) structure to support department-specific technical training within their regions.
• Manage the regional training targets and manage tracking in support of delivering financial goals.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring associate completion of and compliance with all regulatory training within their regions.
• Responsible for conducting training classes on an as needed basis based on organizational priorities.
• Inform, educate, and train retail leadership and support staff to maximize the execution of all front-end operational key performance indicators (fast & friendly, IPB, supplies, behaviors), initiatives and programs in support of achieving the financial targets and delivering on the retail promise.
• Partner with regional retail leadership team in support of delivering on financial expectations regarding front-end initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Retail execution

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Food Lion in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Regional Support Specialist to drive growth across the region. You will analyze operations, ensure Food Safety and regulatory compliance, and work with Operations leadership to improve store performance and frontline talent.

Lead talent planning, oversee trainer effectiveness, manage training targets, and track progress toward financial goals. The role centers on executing the Brand Strategy and developing store leadership to strengthen the bench and