Regional Support & Talent Development Lead

Food Lion; Salisbury (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Lion in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Regional Support Specialist to drive sustainable growth in sales, profits, people and ensure consistent execution of initiatives across a region.

The role focuses on delivering the Food Lion Brand Strategy by analyzing operational results to capitalize on opportunities for improvement including ensuring Food Safety and Regulatory measures are met, developing retail talent, and leading front-line skill development.

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
• 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.
• 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 appropriate assignment and succession planning.
• Ensures high-level of effectiveness and impact of Regional Lead and Trainers (RLT) structure to support department-specific 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.
• Inform, educate, and train retail leadership and support staff to maximize the execution of all front-end operational KPIs.
• Partner with regional retail leadership team in support of delivering on financial expectations regarding front-end initiatives.

Skills

Retail operations

Leadership

Communication

Training

Influencing others

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Food Lion in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Regional Support Specialist to drive sustainable growth in sales, profits, people and ensure consistent execution of initiatives across a region.

The role focuses on delivering the Food Lion Brand Strategy by analyzing operational results to capitalize on opportunities for improvement including ensuring Food Safety and Regulatory measures are met, developing retail talent, and leading front-line skill development.