Requisition ID: 195613
Career Group: Pharmacy Careers
Job Category: Retail - Home Health Care
Travel Requirements: 50%+
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia
City: Dartmouth
Location: 884 Westphal Lawtons
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.
The Rehabilitation Product Specialist is an integral part of the Lawtons Home Health Care team with a focus on the assessment, recommendation and sale of rehab and mobility equipment to Lawtons store customers and external healthcare providers, such as long-term care, hospitals and rehab centers. Actively contributes to a positive and productive working environment.
Sales - Customer offering
- Understand and respond to local market needs and competition.
- Demonstrate superior account management skills
- Develop deep and broad product knowledge in order to provide effective presentations to potential customers
- Role model and reinforce customer service expectations on a daily basis for all staff.
- Develop strong working relationships with Occupational Therapists, nursing and other allied healthcare professionals in territory
- Respond quickly and knowledgeably to customer inquires
Financial
- Achieve monthly and yearly sales targets and report as required on progress
- Participate with manager on planning and forecasting sales and growth areas for the business
- Ensure corporate credit card is paid in full each month
- Submit properly completed expense reports
Personal/Professional Development
- Attend training as required.
- Maintain knowledge of current industry trends.
Employee Engagement
- Demonstrate positive, productive customer service and co-worker relationships on a daily basis
- Provide feedback as to how to improve our offering for our customers and environment for our staff
Other Duties
- Adhere to and implement all applicable company standards
Coordinate maintenance of store equipment and repairs.
- As requested by the company
Required:
- Valid driver’s license and clean abstract
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- Strong communication, customer service and organizational skills
- Knowledge of the experience in the rehab and mobility industry
- High school or equivalent
- Bilingual (French & English)
- Related industry experience
Retail store
- May be required to lift up to 50lbs
- Two person lift required for weights exceeding 50lbs
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Physical work including; but not limited to bending, lifting, and reaching
- Exposure to varying temperatures over short periods of time
- Exposure to sanitation and cleaning chemicals
- Flexible hours and overtime
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.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
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.
