Manager Liquor Store

Requisition ID: 196274

Career Group: Liquor Careers

Job Category: Retail - Liquor Store

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Saskatchewan

City: Saskatoon

Location: 5053 Stonebridge Sobeys

Postal Code: S7T 0V1

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 impact.

A proudly Canadian company with more than 100 years in the food business, Sobeys Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The Sobeys name is synonymous with quality and passion. Now we’ve brought it to liquor stores across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Here’s how: in 1993, the Alberta Provincial Government announced the privatization of the liquor retail industry. Capitalizing on this important change, we launched Western Cellars, which opened its first location in Spruce Grove in November 1995. In 2014 Sobeys Liquor acquired Safeway Wine & Spirits. Since then, we’ve grown steadily to over 100 locations across Alberta and Saskatchewan.™

Ready to Make an Impact?

The Store Manager is responsible for providing and communicating the strategic direction and vision for the store. Managing all facets of store operations, the Store Manager will ensure operational excellence in retail merchandising, inventory management, and customer relations. They will coach and develop the store team to provide superior customer service and shopping experiences through execution of strategy, customized for the local market while achieving budgeted financial results.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

People Leadership

• Lead employees to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, and goal accomplishment.
• Act as a role model, coaching/mentoring employees to support outstanding customer service.
• Recruit, interview, hire, and train staff.
• Lead team meetings through communication and sharing of new programs, policies and product knowledge.
• Conduct individual performance reviews on a timely basis that provides an overall context and framework to encourage employee contribution and includes goal setting, feedback, and performance development planning.
• Create and maintain employee work schedules including hours of work, work assignments, training, vacations and paid time off, along with the ability to react to last minute decisions regarding coverage for absenteeism, and overtime scheduling.
• Counsel, discipline and/or terminate employees using Sobeys progressive discipline policy with the assistance of the ASM, Director of Operations and Human Resources.

Customer Offering

• Create a shopping experience that engages your customers in a way that enhances loyalty, sales, and profit.
• Understand and respond to local market needs and competition.
• Ensure superior execution of the retail commercial program and provide feedback and recommendations to appropriate parties.
• Role model, coach, and reinforce customer service expectations on a daily basis for all staff.
• Ensure community presence by working with store management and community partners to host/ support community events.

Policy/ Regulatory Adherence

• Ensure all applicable company policies and procedures are communicated and adhered.
• Ensure that Occupational Heath & Safety, Saskatchewan Gaming and Liquor Association, and other regulatory requirements and procedures are implemented and maintained.

Financial

• Participate with local store marketing to identify and capitalize on opportunities within the store/ market.
• Respond to ensure efficient operation of the business to achieve all financial targets and deliver on budgeted KPI’s.

Employee Engagement

• Foster a culture of engagement throughout the team and work towards making Sobeys Liquor the best place to work.

What You Have To Offer

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Three to five years experience in a manager level or supervisory role
• Above average communication skills (both oral and written)
• Full knowledge of retail operations and skills
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Willingness to work flexible hours as required by the needs of the business

We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

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.

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company, these decisions are made by our Hiring Teams.

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.

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