About the role
Responsibilities:
- Properly train staff to understand the policies and procedures and know how to communicate effectively with the customer
- Schedule department appropriately to meet business needs
- Handle customer complaints in a proper and efficient manner
- Comply with all Health and Safety and Food Safety policies within the store and ensure that all policies are followed by staff
- Train and motivate staff
- Delegate and prioritize workload for staff
- Effectively merchandise advertising and promotional programs
- Recommend aggressive and achievable sales goals
- Maintain up to date information about market trends and competitor activities
- Receiving, storing and handling of the product to ensure efficient, effective results
- Ensure proper product rotation as required
- Ensure proper signage for produce displays to enhance sales/profits
- Ensure pricing integrity
- Accountability for store in the absence of the Franchisee including key carrying and alarm responsibilities
- Any other duties that may be required to ensure courteous friendly service, competitively priced products, and a store that meets and maintains the hygiene standards specified.
Qualifications/Experience:
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2 years Produce Management experience preferred
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Demonstrated understanding of critical success factors for the no frills concept as a discount food store focusing on low price image.
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Demonstrated understanding of the produce department’s impact on store performance in the following ways:
- merchandising to appropriate No frills standards
- maintaining and ordering proper inventories
- checking invoices for proper pricing
- maintaining cleanliness to appropriate standards
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Excellent communication skills
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Demonstrated Customer focus
-
Ability to manage people
-
Ability to work with minimal functional direction
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Solid knowledge of all aspects of the produce area, operations and products.
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Open availability and flexibility to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays according to the needs of the business
About Loblaw Companies Limited
Our Purpose – Live Life Well
Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized brands – President’s Choice and no name.
The acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart, along with the powerful Life Brand and Optimum brand, has only served to reinforce our leadership position in the marketplace. As well, our PC Plus program, omni-channel efforts and multicultural merchandising offerings continued to be points of differentiation for our customer experience.
In 2019, Loblaw has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT FRAUD AFFECTING OUR JOBSEEKERS.
Please be advised that recruitment fraud has affected a number of Canadian companies. In such schemes, individuals posing as legitimate recruiters may request personal information and payment from those seeking employment.
Loblaw Companies Limited, its subsidiaries, and recruiting agencies will never ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process. All legitimate postings may be accessed via our career website.
About the role
Responsibilities:
- Properly train staff to understand the policies and procedures and know how to communicate effectively with the customer
- Schedule department appropriately to meet business needs
- Handle customer complaints in a proper and efficient manner
- Comply with all Health and Safety and Food Safety policies within the store and ensure that all policies are followed by staff
- Train and motivate staff
- Delegate and prioritize workload for staff
- Effectively merchandise advertising and promotional programs
- Recommend aggressive and achievable sales goals
- Maintain up to date information about market trends and competitor activities
- Receiving, storing and handling of the product to ensure efficient, effective results
- Ensure proper product rotation as required
- Ensure proper signage for produce displays to enhance sales/profits
- Ensure pricing integrity
- Accountability for store in the absence of the Franchisee including key carrying and alarm responsibilities
- Any other duties that may be required to ensure courteous friendly service, competitively priced products, and a store that meets and maintains the hygiene standards specified.
Qualifications/Experience:
-
2 years Produce Management experience preferred
-
Demonstrated understanding of critical success factors for the no frills concept as a discount food store focusing on low price image.
-
Demonstrated understanding of the produce department’s impact on store performance in the following ways:
- merchandising to appropriate No frills standards
- maintaining and ordering proper inventories
- checking invoices for proper pricing
- maintaining cleanliness to appropriate standards
-
Excellent communication skills
-
Demonstrated Customer focus
-
Ability to manage people
-
Ability to work with minimal functional direction
-
Solid knowledge of all aspects of the produce area, operations and products.
-
Open availability and flexibility to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays according to the needs of the business
About Loblaw Companies Limited
Our Purpose – Live Life Well
Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized brands – President’s Choice and no name.
The acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart, along with the powerful Life Brand and Optimum brand, has only served to reinforce our leadership position in the marketplace. As well, our PC Plus program, omni-channel efforts and multicultural merchandising offerings continued to be points of differentiation for our customer experience.
In 2019, Loblaw has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT FRAUD AFFECTING OUR JOBSEEKERS.
Please be advised that recruitment fraud has affected a number of Canadian companies. In such schemes, individuals posing as legitimate recruiters may request personal information and payment from those seeking employment.
Loblaw Companies Limited, its subsidiaries, and recruiting agencies will never ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process. All legitimate postings may be accessed via our career website.