Assistant Store Manager - Feeds' n Needs - Bridgewater

Job Description:

Join Our Purpose - Feeding the Future  

Step Into Leadership: Become Our Next Assistant Store Manager at our Feeds’n Needs store in Bridgewater, NS!  This is our retail division of Shur-Gain/Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco Company.

Feeds' n Needs is on the hunt for a powerhouse leader to take the reins at our Bridgewater location. If you're a master communicator, a motivator by nature, and thrive in fast-paced environments, this is your moment.

We’re not just hiring an assistant manager. We’re looking for a trailblazer who can elevate customer experience, drive operational excellence, and lead a team to smash targets and set new standards. If you’re ready to make an impact and grow with a company that values your leadership, let’s talk.

Responsibilities:

• Champion regional strategies to boost traffic, sales, and market share
• Keep store operations sharp, compliant, and running smoothly
• Set the bar for visual merchandising and customer satisfaction
• Analyze buying trends and customer feedback to drive smart decisions
• Coach, develop, and empower your team to reach their full potential
• Resolve challenges with confidence—staff or customer, you’ve got it covered
• Lead with integrity, inspire with action, and build a culture of excellence

Skills and Expertise

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education or equivalent hands-on experience
• Sharp decision-making that balances speed and strategy
• Proven leadership and organizational finesse
• Customer-first mindset with multitasking superpowers
• Tech-savvy with strong Microsoft Office skills

Global Benefits:

• Be part of our sustainable mission with opportunities to grow within Nutreco, Skretting, Trouw Nutrition and the broader SHV group
• Embrace our culture of diversity and inclusion, where we respect and value everyone

Local Benefits:

• Robust pension plan with employer matching that begins on Day 1!
• Competitive health benefits - Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA, that start on Day 1!
• Short-term/Long-term Disability and Mental Health spending allowance
• Maternal top-up and Tuition Reimbursement
• 15 vacation days to start (tiered)

Next Steps:

We value a seamless candidate's experience and will review your application within five (5) business days.

We appreciate your interest in joining our mission to innovate and sustainably shape the future of food production. Thank you for choosing a career with us and sharing your ambition to “Feed the Future!”

Final candidates who are being considered for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check.

Please note that candidates applying for Canadian job openings must be independently authorized to work in Canada without sponsorship.

We are committed to employment equity and encourage applications from qualified individuals, including women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities.

Our corporate values FEED your career: Passion | Inclusivity | Integrity | Trust | Curiosity. These values are engrained into our core and shape everything we do.

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Our organisation:

Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees.  Our mission is Feeding the Future.

Equal Opportunity Employer: 

Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.