Production Managers - Various Modules
Choose SobeysRequisition ID: 193541
Career Group: Distribution Centre Management
Job Category: Central Production
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: British Columbia
City: Delta
Location: 5282 BC Central Kitchen
Postal Code: V4G 1C2
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.
Our family of 128,000 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. We are a family nurturing families.
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.
Ready to Make an impact?
Merchandising - Central British Columbia Kitchens, located in Delta, BC has openings for 4 Department/Module Managers. This posting will be used to group all 4 Modules into one job posting.
This is an exciting opportunity that brings together the retail grocery sector and an enhanced culinary experience. The successful candidates will require exceptional leadership combined with relentless drive to achieve the highest culinary quality and flawless presentation creating a wonderful overall customer experience.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Maintain superior customer service levels with both internal and external customers.
- Production planning and inventory management.
- Ability to coach and lead work teams to achieve performance, quality, and service goals.
- Cultivate a positive and innovative work environment.
- Identify and analyze areas for cost reduction or margin improvement.
- Ensure adherence to Sobeys policies, procedures, and practices.
- Strive for continuous improvement.
- Maintain HAACP standards for food safety and cleanliness and manage brand risk
- Conduct performance reviews and train or make recommendations on training for shift supervisors to improve management ability and enhance professional management skills
- Ensure staff are properly trained on all programs (safety, security, housekeeping, sanitation, etc)
- Manage disciplinary process of direct reports
- Ensure staff know their roles and hold them accountable
- Transfer best practices throughout the organization
- Participate in the creation Central Kitchens budget and capital requests
- Administrative duties related to production, shipping, and quality performance.
Available Modules:
Assembly & Produce
- Manage the daily operation of the Production Shift creating prepared salads, cut fruit &vegetables, and assembling items per recipes.
Meat Plant & Protein Hot Kitchen
- Manage the daily operation of the Production Shift for Meat Plant & Protein Hot Kitchen, including value added meat items, proper cutting and waste reduction in meat cuts and preparation of hot items.
Finishing Hot Kitchen
- Manage the daily operation of the Production Shift for hot kitchen items, soup and commercial scale cleaning of pots / equipment.
Shipping & Receiving
- Coordinate daily activities for receiving and shipping team, collaborating with other Module Managers and distribution/logistics network
What you have to offer:
- 5+ years’ years of progressively responsible experience in a food manufacturing environment, warehouse, hotel management, retail or production operations
- 2+ years’ experience in direct supervision and leadership.
- 4-year college degree in food science, business, manufacturing or related field and/or commensurate job experience (preferred).
- Strong financial background
- Working knowledge of EXE and SAP
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and team building skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with a high degree of initiative and flexibility.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and production planning software (preferred).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Critical thinking, analytical and detail oriented, preferred.
- Understanding of manufacturing regulations regarding safety, quality, HACCP, BRC, Federal Regulations and GMP’s.
- Ability to analyze cost performance data to improve operations and reduce costs.
- Must be comfortable at giving and receiving open feedback.
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We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
The salary range for this position is $73,000.00 - $101,000.00 . We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure that you are paid fairly and competitively.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability 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.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
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.