Position Title: Field Specialist Grocery-Bakery

Job Requisition ID: 47731

Career Group (ADSP): Administration

Division: Operations Food Basics (01006151)

Department: Stores Operations

Work Location: ON-FIELD POSITION-5559 DUNDAS ST W

Province: Ontario

The typical salary range for this position is $78 880.00 - $103 530.00 annually. The base salary offered will be determined based on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and internal equity considerations.

**This is a posting for an existing permanent full-time position **

**Joining our team has its advantages! **

• This position is eligible for participation in a non-discretionary Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP) bonus, which is determined by both individual and company performance.
• Flexible schedule to promote work/life balance
• Group insurance from the first day
• Very competitive pension plan
• Generous holiday policy
• Personal days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free parking
• Opportunity for professional development

SUMMARY:
This position is responsible for working with store management in the assigned district to ensure Company standards and processes for both the grocery and bakery departments are being achieved. This position will identify and correct operational weakness such as shrink, margins, labor controls.

Travel (including overnight travel) is required. The region of Food Basics Stores this position will oversee is Kitchener Waterloo, Hamilton, Brampton, Guelph, Peel, and Halton.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor grocery/bakery shrink and work with stores on meeting their budgeted goals by executing merchandising plans and operating standards.
• Provide support to stores in ordering merchandising and inventory management.
• Develop and support sales objective activities.
• Supervise the set up of grocery /bakery departments in new locations.
• Ensure store management complies with Sanitation Standards for grocery/bakery departments.
• Look for opportunities to improve sales and profit in individual stores.
• Train store management on proper ordering and filling practices as per operations manual and provide recommendations/feedback on performance.
• Constantly reviews product line ups and keeps current on customer needs and competitive activity in different markets.
• Work with store management to develop and improve store employees skills including customer services.
• Addresses customer inquiries or complaints as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• College diploma or University Degree
• 5 -7 years relevant experience specifically Grocery or Bakery
• Strong understanding of merchandising, planograms, store layouts, and various union agreements.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated understanding and ability to correct shrink.
• Valid drivers license

The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.

Disclosure on Use of Artifical Intelligence in Recruitment: At METRO, we are commited to transparency and fairness in our hiring practices. In compliance with Ontario's Employment Standards Act (Bill 149), we disclose that METRO and certain third-party job boards we use incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for positions. The use of AI helps us efficiently review the large volume of applications we receive, ensuring that every candidate's profile is considered promptly and consistently. This technology supports our goal of providing an equitable and streamlined recruitment experience for all applicants. While AI tools support our recruitment procedures, all decisions throughout the process are made exclusively by METRO's Talent Acquisition team or METRO employees. At no stage does AI determine recruitment outcomes.

METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.

We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.

Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.

We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.