Ready to Transform Retail? Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers where your unique contributions drive success. In this field-based role covering Winnipeg territory, you will report to the Director, Food Safety and provide essential training, coaching, and guidance to store and market teams. You will ensure consistent food safety practices and regulatory compliance across the region, monitor adherence to standards, support teams with audit results, conduct audits as needed, and help manage food safety incidents efficiently. **This role is a 12 months contract** Here’s where you’ll be focusing: + Provide coaching, training, follow-up support, and review of corrective action plans related to Food Safety, Regulatory compliance, Pest Control inspections, and Ground Meat sampling for assigned retail stores and Retail Support Centres (RSCs). Ensure adherence to all elements of the Sobeys Food Safety Program. + Maintain accurate documentation and reporting of coaching visits, store coverage, ground meat sampling activities, customer complaint investigations, regulatory follow-ups, and pest control performance metrics. + Lead and support the timely development, execution, and completion of objectives within the strategic plan/roadmap, along with other assigned responsibilities. + Conduct and/or monitor required food safety audits across assigned retail and RSC facilities. Ensure all audits are completed within prescribed timelines and that follow‑up activities are executed promptly and effectively. + In collaboration with Food Safety Leadership, establish measurable continuous improvement goals aligned to your specific areas of influence. + Deliver food safety training and coaching as required or assigned, ensuring content is accurate, relevant, and operationally practical. + Facilitate Food Handler Certification for required retail store team members. + Demonstrate strong technical proficiency and exercise sound risk‑management judgment, drawing on available scientific evidence, best practices, and appropriate subject matter expertise. + Build strong, trust‑based relationships with operators and team members through effective communication, sound rationale, and credible expertise to support informed decision‑making and successful outcomes. + Communicate relevant issues, risks, or emerging concerns to leadership, district operators, and key stakeholders in a timely manner. Ensure matters are escalated to your leader at the appropriate level for action. + Maintain timely and accurate submission of expenses and adhere to corporate policies related to credit card use and financial responsibility. Exercise good judgment in supporting departmental budgets and spending decisions. + Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to support an integrated approach to food safety, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs, as assigned by the Team Lead. + Demonstrate a sense of urgency and responsiveness to inquiries, operational needs, and leadership requests. Support recall management and emergency responses within established timelines. + Be available to support after‑hours requirements as assigned. This includes working outside regular business hours to observe operations, assist with recall execution, or respond to emergencies. Ensure appropriate coverage for your assigned area during absences or vacation. + Proactively identify emerging business needs or trends and communicate anticipated issues to your manager to support coordinated, consistent, and harmonized solutions. + Maintain all required professional credentials, including ongoing CPFS certification, to support expertise in food safety What you have to offer: + Post secondary education (Food Science or General Science) or equivalent combination of education and work experience + One to three years experience in retail operations or merchandising or food manufacturing environment + Valid Driver’s License + CP-FS Certification + Understanding of Canadian Food Regulation at the Federal, Provincial + Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications, + Good communication skills **Who we are:** 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. 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. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is fuelled by our purpose and values. It shapes our culture and drives business success. As a family nurturing families, we embed DE&I into everything we do. We know that it takes open minds and respect for distinct perspectives to create engaging workplaces, inclusive customer experiences and strong community partnerships. 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. **What we offer:** Our Total Rewards package is designed to help our teammates thrive—physically, financially, and emotionally. While offerings vary by role and employment type (full-time, part-time, contractual), eligible teammates may receive: + Comprehensive Benefits Package with health and dental coverage, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance. + Access to Virtual Health Care and an Employee and Family Assistance Program for personalized support. + Retirement and Savings Plan to help you build financial security. + 10% In-Store Discount at participating banners, plus additional discount programs. + Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP), giving you the opportunity to invest in the company’s success. + Learning and Development Resources to support your career growth. + Parental Leave Top-Up to assist growing families. + Paid Vacation and Days Off to help you recharge. Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity—including expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required —please click the “I’m interested” button above. Individual Compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided. External websites may share our organization's job postings which includes compensation information based on similar roles and market benchmarks. These figures are provided for general comparison purposes only and are not issued or verified by our organization.. To drive our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. 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. If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then please apply by the posting end date indicated above. We encourage candidates to submit a resume and take the time to ensure that their application highlights what makes them uniquely qualified for this opportunity! 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. **Job Details** **Job Family** **Operations Support** **Job Function** **Operations Support - Food Safety** **Pay Type** **Salary** **Travel Required** **Yes** **Travel Percentage** **80** **Telecommute Percentage** **20**