Food Retail Supervisor

**Company Description** WHO ARE WE?**
We've been serving Canadian clients for over 75 years. The companies that began independently and now form Dexterra Group have an outstanding record of supporting the infrastructure and built assets that play a vital role in our society and helping our clients achieve higher performance and productivity. Powered by passionate people, we bring the right teams with the right skills together - offering both experience and regional expertise so companies can operate their day to day, confidently and successfully.
**Job Description** WHAT'S THE JOB?**
Shift Supervisors create great experiences for partners and customers alike. They run shifts, lead the store team and make decisions that impact store operations. This role is a great way to develop leadership skills and expand your responsibility.

As a Food Retail Supervisor, you will assist the manager in executing store/Food Court operations during scheduled shifts. As a team lead, you will deploy partners and delegate tasks to create the Dana Experience for our customers by providing legendary customer service with prompt service, quality beverages and products, and maintaining a clean and inviting store environment. You will be responsible for modeling and acting in accordance with Dana/Dexterra guiding principles and best of all, you’ll be part of a company that is consistently rated as a great place to work and the people here love what they do.
**Qualifications** WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?**
Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

- Acts with integrity, honesty and knowledge that promote the Dana/Dexterra Culture.
- Maintains a calm demeanor during periods of high volume or unusual events to keep store/Food Court operating to standard and to set a positive example for the shift team.
- Anticipates customer and store needs by constantly evaluating environment and customers for cues.
- Communicates information to manager so that the team can respond as necessary during each shift.
- Assists with new partner training by positively reinforcing successful performance and giving respectful and encouraging coaching as needed.
- Provides feedback to store manager on partner performance during shift.
- Contributes to positive team environment by recognizing alarms or changes in partner morale and performance and communicating them to the store manager.
- Creates a positive learning environment by providing clear, specific, timely and respectful coaching and feedback to partners on shift to ensure operational excellence and to improve partner performance.
- Delivers legendary customer service to all customers by acting with a customer comes first attitude and connecting with the customer.
- Discovers and responds to customer needs.
- Develops positive relationships with shift team by understanding and addressing individual motivation, need and concerns.
- Executes store operations during scheduled shifts.
- Organizes opening and closing duties as assigned.
- Follows opening operational policies and procedures, including those for cash handling and safety and security, to ensure the safety of all partners during each shift.
- Conducting Weekly and Monthly Inventory.
- Follows all cash management and cash register policies and ensures proper cash management practices are followed by shift team.
- Follows up with baristas during the shift to ensure the delivery of legendary customer service for all customers.
- Maintains regular and consistent attendance and punctuality.
- Provides quality beverages, whole bean, and food products consistently for all customers by adhering to all recipe and presentation standards.
- Follows health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.
- Recognizes and reinforces individual and team accomplishments by using existing organizational tools and by collaborating with store manager to find new, creative, and effective methods of recognition.
- Utilizes operational tools to achieve operational excellence during the shift.
- Working with Unionized emloyees.

**Summary of Experience**
- Customer service experience in a retail or restaurant environment
- Previous Supervisor (in food industry) experience is a must.

**Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities**
- Ability to direct the work of others
- Ability to learn quickly
- Effective oral communication skills
- Knowledge of the food retail environment
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- WHIMS/Allergen Certification/FST/First Aid Certification is a must.
- Passionately advocating inclusion and diversity, we welcome all those historically excluded (Indigenous, Single Parents, LGTBQ2S+, Refugees, etc.)_
**Additional Information** WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?**
- Be part of an industry that's more important than ever
- Employee Referral Program
- Career advancement opportunities.
- Whereas other companies are downsizing, we are growing
- Be #1 on day 1 by joining an indust