Job Description

Province: Ontario; Alberta; British Columbia; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia

City: Multiple

Location: Home Office - ON

Postal Code:

Our family of 134,000 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 1500 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.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Ready to Make an impact?

Our FreshCo team is looking for a member to join their team as a District Operator. While recruiting from multiple provinces, this role will support locations in and around Ottawa, Ontario. The District Operator collaborates regularly with Specialist team, Merchandising, Customer Engagement/Experience to establish merchandising and customer experience strategies. Our team works with all lines of business to drive effective programs and processes.

Here\'s where you\'ll be focusing:

• Provide on-going coaching for Franchisees through effective use of business advisory coaching conversations.
• Actively engage in and monitor progress of training programs for new store managers
• Foster Franchisee involvement in the community
• Articulate key performance indicators (KPIs) to Franchisees and monitor/coach toward achievement of them.
• Assist in creation of action plans to meet business requirements
• Participate in the planning and development of the annual budgets
• Deliver annual budgets and all key metrics within the budget
• Identify, plan and react to market conditions
• Works with Franchisees to build Winning conditions/profits program
• Achieve financial targets; maximize sales and profits
• Coordinate and work with respective teams for new store openings, closing and renovations
• Coach Franchisee to make the right decisions for the business
• Review staffing requirements and coach/assist Franchisee in recruitment and retention
• Follow-up on issues in food safety audits
• Review peer to peer and disseminate best practices
• Participate in action planning and working committees
• Conduct quarterly Customer Experience Scorecard assessment (as required)
• Develop business plans as required and measure performance/ results against plan
• Conduct store visits in order to provide feedback on internal and external
• Ensure that food safety guidelines are followed in all locations
• Ensure adherence to government regulations
• Ensure competitive pricing is maintained in the market (as required)
• Coach Franchisee on maintenance of a clean and safe work environment as per Company requirements

What you have to offer:

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Above average communication skills (both oral and written)
• Above average customer and employee engagement
• Effective coach and mentor
• Full knowledge of store operations and skills (business acumen)
• Effective management of district sales, margin, labour, and controllable expenses such as floor washing, hydro, phone lines, etc (financial acumen)
• Proven ability to drive growth and execute with excellence
• Proven ability to think strategically and critically

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. 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 or monitored for accuracy by our organization. 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.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.

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