Requisition ID: 187236

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: HR Change and Training

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Alberta; British Columbia; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Québec

City: Mississauga, Vancouver, Dartmouth, Stellarton, Montreal

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?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for passionate new talent to join our team! We are currently looking for a Senior Training and Development Advisor.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

Enterprise Projects – Learning Program Manager (Retail Operations)

• Oversee the adoption of the retail learning and communication platform.

• Partner with key project stakeholders to ensure alignment and successfully implement the new platform.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for adopting our new platform (Axonify) throughout the organization.

• Create user-friendly guides, communications, or tools to support various types of end-users.

• Design metrics and KPIs to measure adoption success and user engagement. Collaborate to identify the financing model and ROI.

• Identify, engage, and manage key stakeholders to align goals and secure buy-in.

• Act as the primary liaison among the different teams to promote cross-functional collaboration.

• Monitor adoption progress, identify change risks, and implement mitigation strategies.

• Coordinate with third-party vendors or consultants as needed.

Consult with other projects in the portfolio to ensure the updated learning and communication strategies are integrated:

• Present regular updates and reports to key stakeholders to provide ongoing visibility into platform adoption, learning, and communication impact.

• Collaborate with other project leads to ensure the learning and communications platform integrates seamlessly with other initiatives in the organization’s portfolio.

• Align Axonify’s capabilities with broader organizational goals, ensuring they support and enhance the overall learning and communication strategy.

• Act as a subject matter expert, offering insights on learning trends and strategies specific to a retail environment to inform decision-making and future planning.

Foster Collaboration and Alignment with Learning Teams:

• Partner with enterprise and retail-focused L&D teams to align on goals, strategies, and priorities, ensuring a cohesive approach to learning initiatives.

• Build and nurture strong, collaborative relationships with L&D counterparts across the organization to drive alignment and shared success.

• Work closely with the L&D Shared Services team to ensure that enterprise projects impacting the Retail Operations L&D team are adequately resourced and supported.

• Act as a key liaison between the Retail Operations L&D and Enterprise L&D teams, ensuring open communication, mutual understanding, and coordinated efforts.

• Monitor the timely and high-quality delivery of L&D solutions, addressing challenges proactively and serving as an escalation point when needed.

What you have to offer:

• Undergraduate degree, with a preference for adult education, communication, instructional design, information architecture or education

• Change Management designation or equivalent experience

• 5+ years experience in a consulting, learning or communication partner, or program/project management

• Experience managing/leading teams or project teams

• Experience with the Axonify platform a plus

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At Sobeys 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. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

The salary range for this position in British Columbia is $91,000.00 - $126,000.00. 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.

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.