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?
The Lead Cosmetics will provide customers with friendly and professional cosmetic service. The Lead is responsible for the overall operation of the cosmetic and giftware departments including sales/profitability and supervision of Cosmeticians. The Lead will ensure operational excellence in retail merchandising, inventory management and customer service. Actively contributes to an environment of employee and customer engagement.
Here's where you'll be focusing:
People Leadership

• Create a culture of selling, coaching and development of all employees

• Responsible for ensuring the communication of operational requirements/changes to the Cosmetic and Giftware department employees

• Coach and develop the team to provide superior customer service and shopping experience

Customer Offering

• Create a shopping experience that engages customers

• Provide customer service to exceed customers needs

• Merchandise cosmetic department

Financial

• Perform department administrative duties as required

• Manage department budget

• Responsible to ensure efficient operation of the department to achieve all financial targets and deliver on budgeted KPI's

Personal/Professional Development

• Thoroughly understand all relevant company programs, attend and deliver product training as required

• Maintain knowledge of current industry trends in cosmetics

Employee Relations

• Be known as a supervisor who actively supports an environment of positive relations

Other Duties

• Have the ability to create action plans to improve the department operations and employee performance

• Support all company initiatives, programs, and standards

• Responsible for ensuring that OH&S, and other regulatory requirements and procedures, are implemented and maintained

• Other duties as required

What you have to offer:

• Above average communication skills (both oral and written)
• Strong Customer Service skills

• Knowledge of cosmetic products and trends

• High School Diploma
• Experience within the cosmetic industry
• May be required to lift up to 50lbs
• Two-person lift required for weights exceeding 50lbs
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Physical work including; but not limited to bending, lifting, and reaching
• Exposure to varying temperatures over short periods of time
• Exposure to sanitation and cleaning chemicals
• Flexible hours and overtime

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.
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 our organization nor monitored for accuracy. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this position role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment 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.
• Paid Vacation

• Eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.

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.