Produce - Assistant Manager Produce

What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised/affiliate store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise stores 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.
Please note that this career opportunity is for a role at an independently owned and operated franchised/affiliate store location.

Ready to Make an Impact?

The assistant department manager is responsible for supervising staff and ensuring the smooth operation of the department’s daily activities in the manager’s absence, including merchandising, inventory and loss management, standards compliance and customer service.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

• Carry out day-to-day management activities within the department in collaboration with the department manager.

• Provide team members with the necessary feedback to ensure their professional development and achieve established objectives.

• Adhere to the banner’s standards and maintain its image.

• Work with production and customer service clerks.

• Ensure that the customer service provided is exceptional.

• In collaboration with the manager, oversee the management of inventory, price lists, merchandising and wage-based productivity in accordance with established standards to ensure business readiness.

• Apply policies and procedures, comply with government health guidelines and occupational health and safety standards, and ensure they are consistently applied and adhered to by all department employees.

• Organize and participate in training sessions and motivate team members.

• Create a work environment that promotes trust and communication within your team.

• Manage loss prevention (waste, theft, loss of inventory, breakage) in collaboration with the department manager.

• Adhere to department budgets.

• Perform any other related duties.

What you have to offer:

• You have a high school diploma; a college diploma would be an asset.

• You have at least two years of years of experience in a retail environment or in the applicable department.

• Any management experience is a valuable asset.

• You are customer service-oriented.

• You foster communication and team spirit.

• You have strong technical skills and abilities in the applicable department.

• You stand out for your leadership, energy and creativity.

• Flexible work hours and ability to work overtime

• Short-term exposure to chemicals and cleaning products

• Ability to stand for extended periods of time

• Ability to lift up to 20 kg

• Short-term exposure to cold temperatures

Our affiliate and franchise stores offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role, location and store ownership. To learn more about this opportunity—including 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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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.
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.