Job Description

Province: Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Saskatchewan; Yukon

City: Missisauga

Location: 0100 Stellarton Sobeys, King St. Office, Tahoe Office, Vancouver Office, Vancouver Office - Fraser Street

Postal Code: G1P 4B7

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.

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

• Develop, implement and audit best practices across the national network
• Help RSCs deliver on or better than target for operating budget
• Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement among the teams, by following the Lean Six Sigma (L6S) method
• Foster critical thinking amongst internal and external teammates, helping deliver innovation through Small i and Large I projects
• Develop a structure and tools for managing projects, intake process and prioritization
• Lead end-to-end development and delivery of high-quality business solutions, on schedule and on budget
• Influence decision making on new initiatives with multiple leadership levels in Supply Chain
• Have strong operational background to help stand-up a National Productivity Council involving our RSC Leaders and Management across the country
• Ensure that productivity data is understood by the teams and KPIs established to action improvements
• Lead large, inter-regional teams in the delivery of small to large projects
• Communicate effectively to all levels of the business organizations.
• Lead Store First initiatives, transitioning to a proactive approach towards improving store satisfaction
• Strengthen our Business Continuity goals through robust contingency plans covering various operation disruptions including labour, weather and systems.
• Support order management centre of excellence and improve overall customer service
• Collaborate with other backstage teams to support projects where required

What you have to offer:

• Bachelor\'s degree in business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering
• 3-5 years of directly related experience in Lean/Continuous Improvement roles
• 3-5 years of experience in Warehouse Management in a Retail/CPG environment
• 5+ years of project or program management experience delivering complex cross-functional projects, preferably in a supply chain or retail environment.
• Six Sigma Green Belt is required, Black Belt certification is an asset.

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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