Job Description

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

City: Calgary, Mississauga, Victoria, Vancouver, Stellarton, Dartmouth, St. John\'s

Location: Tahoe Office, Calgary Office, Dartmouth Office, Foord St. Office, King St. Office, NL Lawtons Office, Vancouver Office, Victoria Office

Postal Code: Multiple

Our family of 131,000 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?

Support the Distribution and Logistics team in data analysis, modeling and financial analysis \xc2\xb7 Interface with other business units to ensure communication and continuous improvement of process and procedures relating to warehouse operations

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

• Provide operational, financial and technical expertise to both the warehouse and transportation teams to implement best practice standards.
• Review KPI\'s and identify trends requiring corrective action. \xc2\xb7 Develop and maintain the regional Business Continuity Plan and involve key stakeholders in table top exercises.
• Develop and implement policies, process, procedures and audits to ensure sustainable quality execution of service to our business partners
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, where colleagues in your department are encouraged and recognized for generating and implementing innovative ideas
• Understand the concepts of Engineered Labour Standards and its dependency to operational processes and layout. \xc2\xb7 Develop and implement \xe2\x80\x9cBest Practices\xe2\x80\x9d and continuously review practices in each RSC \xc2\xb7 Support System and Support Teams to ensure optimal use and benefit of logistic systems.
• Assist in the implementation and change management of new software/hardware releases
• Support RSC\'s as they strive to improve operations through financial controls, slotting, layout, inventory levels, productivity, energy consumption, etc. Accountable to ensure the business is suitably trained and equipped to run the business once the new systems and processes have been activated
• Identify, assess and provide high-level support to the senior management team on potential risks and opportunities of current and future business requirements relating to productivity, warehouse/transport efficiency and capacity, and system implications
• Ensure end-to-end development and delivery of high quality business solutions, from the gathering of business/functionality requirements, analysis, design, internal costing, development and testing, to production and post production, on time and on budget
• Provide authoritative analysis, interpretation and opinion to support and guide senior management and teams, ensuring an understanding and acceptance of issues and influence the direction and nature of programs regarding supply chain initiatives
• Provide support and coordination to the business in growth and other strategic initiatives having impact on distribution and transportation
• Provide leadership, project governance for logistics related initiatives
• Ensure department abides by current OH&S policy and hold team members accountable when they have faulted on this requirement

What you have to offer:

• Undergraduate degree
• Engineering designation prefered
• A minimum of ten years direct or indirect experience in warehouse operations;
• five years supply chain experience

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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