Career Group:* Store Management *Job Category:* Retail - Grocery *Job Type:* Full-Time *celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact. Our family of 131,000 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. 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 1,600 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. *The Grocery Manager is responsible for coaching, motivating, and developing department staff to foster customer loyalty, fulfil customer needs and actively contribute to an environment of employee and customer engagement. They are fiscally responsible for the operation of the department and will manage budgets, labour costs, inventory control, product presentation and merchandising while adhering to all protocols, procedures, policies and other programs and initiatives. *Create a coaching and development culture for all store employees that embraces a passion for food * Manage direct reports including selection, orientation, training and development, performance management, succession planning and compensation * Manage store operations and communicate requirements/changes to department employees as required *Policy/ Regulatory Adherence** Ensure all applicable company policies and procedures are communicated and adhered to by employees * Ensure that Occupational Health & Safety, food safety, and other regulatory requirements and procedures are implemented and maintained * Maintain a thorough understanding of all relevant company programs and attend training as required *Manage the department budget and ensure the department achieves all financial targets and maximizes sales and margins, including appropriate sales forecasting, variance analysis and correction, and labour cost control * attend training as required * Keeps abreast of local competitor activity, industry trends and makes recommendations on internal pricing, promotions, and product policies * Initiate, support, participate and lead community and charitable events and activities *Minimum 18 months of retail store experience, grocery experience preferred * Full knowledge of total store and department operations * Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite * We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.*** *Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance*.** *Access to Virtual Health Care Platform* and Employee and Family Assistance Program.** *A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings*.** *A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable*.** *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. Job Type: Full-time Day shift * Holidays * Night shift * Weekends as needed Ability to commute/relocate: * Williams Lake, BC V2G 1M5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required) management: grocery: