Grocery Manager

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing exceptional member service
• Maintaining staff levels by recruiting, selecting, orientating, developing personal growth opportunities and training employees
• Maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment
• Achieving results by communicating job expectations by planning, monitoring, and appraising performance through talent management including coaching and disciplining employees
• Coordinating workloads and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards
• Establishing strategic goals by gathering pertinent business, financial, service, and operational information; identifying and evaluating trends and options; choosing a course of action; defining objectives; evaluating outcomes
• Accomplishing financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing annual budgets; controlling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions
• Maintaining exceptional service by enforcing quality customer interactions, and solving problems
• Pursuing continual learning by attending educational workshops available on the CRS hub and CRS courses and marketing meetings

We are ideally seeking candidates with the following qualifications:

• Self motivated, reliable, responsible, friendly and hard working
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Skills in performance management, coaching, supervision, quality management, results achievement, developing budgets, implementing standards, fostering teamwork and leading a team
• Ability to handle pressure and provide feedback to employees in tough or uncomfortable situations
• Commitment to cooperative values and principles
• Sense of urgency, and customer first attitude
• Physically capable of performing dynamic and static movements, repetitive motions, and repeated lifting of up to 50 lbs unassisted
• Ability to work in cool and damp environments

Successful applicant will have completed one on one food training

As part of Evergreen Co-operative Association’s hiring process, pre-employment background checks will be required for all candidates.  Please be advised our Co-op has a Substance and Alcohol policy in effect.  All employees in Safety Sensitive Positions (SSPs) will be required to undergo pre-employment substance and alcohol screening.  You can obtain a list of SSPs by contacting our HR department

Evergreen Co-op is an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and respected. Accommodations are available on request for all persons requiring them that will be taking part in the selection process. We will act in accordance with applicable federal, provincial, and local laws.  Must be legally eligible to work for any employer in Canada by way of Canadian citizenship, permanent residency, or work permit.