Job Description

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 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 1,600 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.
Ready to Make an impact?
As the In-Store Marketing Solutions Specialist, Inventory Management & Online Tools, you will play a critical role in supporting in-store grocery retail operations, ensuring store teams are equipped with the right signage tools to promote sales in a fast-paced retail environment.
You will be responsible for managing and coordinating the inventory of printed marketing signage assets across multiple store banners, while also overseeing the day-to-day operation and enhancement of Sobeys Print Services (SPS), our internal online signage ordering platform. This includes supporting the ongoing development and coordination of customizable signage templates, optimizing the user experience, and driving platform efficiency.
Through close collaboration with internal stakeholders and external vendors, you'll maintain accurate data, troubleshoot issues, support quote and invoice tracking, and ensure seamless signage fulfillment across our network. This role combines operational precision, cross-functional communication, and a customer-focused mindset to deliver signage solutions that are both efficient and impactful.
Here's where you'll be focusing:
Sobeys Print Services (SPS):

• Oversee the day-to-day maintenance of SPS, including asset updates, store profile management, and ongoing user experience and navigation improvements.
• Work closely with the print supplier to troubleshoot challenges, resolve issues, and identify platform enhancements that support store efficiency.
• Coordinate the setup and management of SKU-level signage data and categories for accurate online ordering.
• Support the ongoing development and publication of customizable signage templates, working with Creative and Banner Marketing teams to ensure stores can generate compliant, localized signage for their needs.
• Monitor usage patterns and order trends to ensure adequate stock and system reliability to support growing demand.
• Field store feedback and support the resolution of SPS-related inquiries, improving the overall user experience for store teams.

Printed Finished Goods/Inventory

• Manage the inventory portfolio of printed signage materials (~5,050 SKUs) across all banners (excluding Quebec), ensuring accuracy, availability, and alignment with marketing and operational priorities.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact with the print vendor for inventory performance, material usage, forecasting accuracy, and ongoing reporting.
• Oversee ongoing SKU lifecycle management, including:

• Removal and destruction of outdated SKUs
• Review and right-sizing of slow-moving inventory
• Management of replenishment cycles and low watermarks
• SKU audits: descriptions, pricing, gating, keywords, and units of measure
• Ensure backorder health and maintain up-to-date tracking, reporting, and validation for replenishment and destruction activity.
• Develop and maintain reporting dashboards on inventory health, usage, fulfillment trends, and warehouse value.
• Collaborate with suppliers to forecast replenishment needs and identify opportunities to reduce SKU count and associated warehousing or handling costs.

What you have to offer:

• A degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in in-store marketing, print production, or signage management, bonus if within a retail or grocery environment.
• Proven project coordination skills with a meticulous eye for detail and process improvement.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills; confident working with data sets, reports, and forecasts.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to juggle priorities in a fast-paced environment while staying solution-focused and customer-centric.
• Self-starter mindset - proactive, dependable, and comfortable taking ownership.

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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.
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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. 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.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

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