Management - Area Leader Production

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.

What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise partners operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an Impact?
The Production Area Leader is responsible for consistently delivering an exceptional customer experience. This role supports the Store Leader in overseeing store management activities to maximize results. In partnership with the Store Leader, the Production Area Leader establishes objectives, clearly communicates expectations to the management team, drives team engagement, and helps ensure consistency in people management practices.
Here’s how you’ll make an impact:
• Lead and manage all production activities for meat, fish and seafood, deli, prepared foods, cut fruits and vegetables, and bakery products to achieve sales objectives.
• Provide strategic direction and vision for the production function.
• Take ownership of sales forecasts and weekly plans for the production team and ensure they are kept up to date.
• Review and ensure the completion of transfers between departments and review weekly expenses to support department profitability.
• Implement loss-prevention strategies.
• Facilitate the transfer of product and service knowledge to teammates within Production and other store departments so they are better equipped to answer customer questions.
• Share knowledge of Production as well as products and services offered by other departments, answer customer questions, and help customers make informed choices.
• Use available reports to identify inventory opportunities and take appropriate action to optimize inventory levels.
• Provide strategic direction and vision for the production function.
• Take responsibility for training and onboarding team members, ensuring they feel supported and empowered to perform their roles to expected standards, including coaching and motivating teammates through change.
• Ensure the management team is trained and equipped to train their own teams.
• Identify development opportunities for Production teammates both within and across teams.
What you bring to the table:
• Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills.
• Demonstrated leadership in people management, delegation, and conflict resolution.
• Knowledge of inventory requirements for production departments.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
• Effective organization and time-management skills.
• Sound judgment and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to analyze financial and statistical information to make informed decisions.
• Ability to read planograms and merchandising sequences.

Learn more about our story and culture:
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Total Rewards
We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation.
Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.
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Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.
Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.