Job Description

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, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Please note this postion is temporary for a maternity leave,starting early January 2024

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Ready to Make an impact?

Do you have a passion for the culinary world with an understanding of the importance of delivering knowledgable advice and high quality products to customers? The Meat and Seafood Department wants you to join their team!

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

Reporting to the Meat Department Manager, you will assist in managing the daily operations of the Department while providing outstanding service to our customers.
As the ideal candidate, you will have excellent communication and organizational skills. You will demonstrate outstanding customer service while you coach staff to provide superior cuts of meat. With the support of the Department Manager, you will utilize your leadership skills to assist with training employees.

What you have to offer:

Job Requirements

• Previous meat retail experience
• Excellent customer service skills
• Thorough understanding of Health and Safety legislation, policies and practices is an asset
• Post-secondary certification is an asset
• Available days, evenings, and weekends

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, varied by role, designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.

The starting salary range for this position in British Columbia is $18.00/hr. We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure that you are paid fairly and competitively.

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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