Job Description

Requisition ID: 171199

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Finance Risk Management

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Nova Scotia; Alberta; Ontario

City: Stellarton / Dartmouth / Calgary / Mississauga

Location: King St. Office, Calgary Office, Dartmouth Office, Tahoe Office

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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, Lawton's 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.

Overview

The Examiner, Risk Management & Loss Prevention, is responsible for the oversight, investigation, evaluation and resolution of claims, loss prevention, analytics, deductible management & Loss Fund monitoring for the franchise and/or corporate program on a national level in partnership with Adjusting Service Providers. The Examiner should have a Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation from the Insurance Institute of Canada or be very close to completion.



What you'll get to do in this fast paced role:

This role will have varying elements of the below tasks, either directly involved or in an oversight capacity with the external service providers:

• Manage diverse levels of liability, property, crime and equipment breakdown claims
• Limit solicitor involvement by being attentive and building a rapport with injured customers
• Work independently to conduct claim investigations; obtain and evaluate defence materials sourcing any documentation that may assist in defending claims.
• Participate as part of the larger group in meetings with other RM team members to troubleshoot defence tools, ideas and share experience.
• Obtain, review and interpret internal documentation such as leases and contracts as they pertain to a claim.
• Oversee or determine the disposal of claims as outlined by the National Manager, Liability Risks keeping in line with our evolving litigation strategies.
• Keep apprised of changes involving the Occupiers Liability Act, Civil Code and other rules of civil litigation on a national level
• Ensure defence costs are minimized by having service providers obtain waivers, then legal opinions while continuing towards prompt resolutions.
• When defence counsel is hired (upon approval from National Manager); establish defence strategy early on, ensure claim stays on track and counsel is firmly guided to follow the corporate litigation strategy.
• Insurer to be notified of claims with potential to exceed our Self-Insured Retentions & deductible limits upon approval of National Manager and keeping in the parameters of our insurer claims handling agreements.
• Create opportunities to present loss prevention strategies and educational materials to field personnel to minimize losses and preserve defence information when losses occur.
• Track loss analytics creating useful reports and communicate with National Manager as well as our operations teams to present metrics designed to engage and motivate our retail locations to preform best in class, improving loss ratios steadily year to year.
• Participate in annual insurance renewals, providing documentation on loss ratios and loss prevention strategies and improved performance metrics.

Job Requirements

What your resume will include and demonstrate to us:

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Completed or close to completion of CIP designation
• The Examiner must have a thorough knowledge of the Corporation and the operations of the various Franchise banners, mainly focusing on the Franchise locations.
• Strong background in property claims
• Have proficient knowledge of property insurance policy wordings

If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do, and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then we look forward to reviewing your application. Please ensure that you take the time to ensure your profile shows us why you're the most qualified applicant for the role.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a leading Canadian company with a clear vision and focus. We are only accepting online applications and welcome applications from all qualified people interested in this challenge. We will be contacting only those who will be selected to interview.

Sobeys offers our employees many valuable benefits such as:

• Growing organization
• Competitive salary
• Profit Sharing Plan (based on company performance)
• Pension plan
• Flexible health and dental benefits plan (eligible employees)
• Ongoing Training & Development
• Opportunity for internal mobility to other departments and/or promotions (for employees who are strong performers)

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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.