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Regional Operations Specialist
@ COBS Bread
Edmonton, Alberta
Overview
COBS Bread is hiring a Regional Operations Specialist in Edmonton, AB, to support bakery operations across the Prairies. The role involves frequent field visits to franchise bakeries for compliance checks, training, production reviews and profit-improvement work. The posting states a salary of $70,000 to $75,000 based on experience, plus bonus plans and extended benefits.
Pay:
$70,000–$75,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Conduct bakery visits and assessments for franchisee compliance
- Provide in-bakery training and operational support
- Coordinate and implement local marketing initiatives
- Implement plans to improve franchise operating profit
- Review production against schedules in bakeries
Requirements summary:
- 1-2 years operations experience, preferably franchise retail
- 2+ years customer service experience
- 1-2 years food service, hospitality or franchise experience
- Baking experience required
- Valid driver's licence and willingness to travel frequently
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-02
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Client sites, Vehicle |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Driver's licence |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Flexible hours, Retirement plan, Performance bonus |
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COBS Bread
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Full company description
COBS Bread is the fastest-growing bakery concept in Canada, with over 180 bakeries across the country and part of a global bakery network with over 700 locations. At your local COBS Bread bakery, we bake fresh in-house all day, every day. When we close our doors, we donate our leftover baked goods to local charities and start fresh again in the morning. For 14 years, COBS Bread has proudly received the Canadian Franchise Association’s Franchisees’ Choice Designation. Join our growing family and help us bring fresh goodness to homes across Canada. Interested in opening a COBS Bread franchise? franchise.cobsbread.com Looking for job opportunities? https://www.cobsbread.com/careers/
- LinkedIn followers
- 41,119
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 1,195
- Reported office locations
- 1100 Melville St, Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6, CA
- Business categories
- Food and Beverage
- Bakery
- Other recorded names
- COBS Bread
- Specialties
- baking
- franchise
- customer service
- loyalty
- bread
- croissants
- and pastries
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
COBS Bread is the fastest-growing bakery concept in Canada, with over 180 bakeries across the country and part of a global bakery network with over 700 locations. At your local COBS Bread bakery, we bake fresh in-house all day, every day. When we close our doors, we donate our leftover baked goods to local charities and start fresh again in the morning. For 14 years, COBS Bread has proudly received the Canadian…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food and Beverage Services |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, BC |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2003 |
| Specialties | bakingfranchisecustomer serviceloyaltybreadcroissantsand pastries |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 375 |
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Regional Operations Specialist
Reports to: Regional Operations Manager, Prairies
Location: Edmonton, AB
Annual Salary: $70,000 to $75,000 based on experience
We are looking for a Regional Operations Specialist to join our Operations Team in the Prairies. This position reports to the Regional Operations Manager, Prairies and will provide high level of in-bakery operational support, training, guidance, and oversight to deliver improvements in bakery sales, operating profit and standards.
Responsibilities include:
- Conduct regular bakery visits/assessments to evaluate franchisee compliance with merchandising, customer experience, and product quality and support implementation of changes as necessary
- Where appropriate, provide in-bakery training and operational support to address improvement opportunities for increasing bakery sales
- Coordinate and implement local marketing initiatives
- Implement plans to improve franchise operating profit across portfolio as directed by the Regional Director
- Attend in-person production process reviews (e.g., recipe compliance)
- Conduct in-bakery reviews of actual production vs. production schedules
- Attend Quarterly and Annual Business Reviews as required and contribute to discussions to ensure outputs align with in-bakery actions
- Monitor and ensure bakeries meet standard expectations, and implement with franchisees actions
- Comply with all relevant OH&S policies
- Other projects and tasks as required
What You Bring to the Table:
- A high-energy, positive attitude with the ability to quickly develop trust and meaningful relationships
- 1-2 years’ experience in operations, preferably in a franchise retail environment
- 2+ years' experience in customer service
- 1-2 years’ experience in the food service, hospitality or franchise industry
- Baking experience required
- Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel frequently and spend time ‘in the field’ rather than behind a desk
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to influence others in order to affect change and drive constant improvement
- Can work autonomously, as well as collaborate and work within a team environment
- Excellent communication, problem- solving and conflict resolution skills
- Strong interpersonal skills to build trust and rapport
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Strong attention to details
What’s in it for You:
- Competitive salary and vacation plan
- Both individualized and a company-wide bonus plans
- A great Extended Health & Dental Benefit, Group RRSP Matching and Flexible Spending Account
- Paid sick and personal leave days
- Paid day for community service/volunteer time
- An open, ‘continuous-learning’ environment where professional development and career progression is encouraged
- Work within a dynamic, driven, high-achieving, close-knit and fun-loving team
- High level of autonomy and responsibility
COBS Bread is young and growing fast with plans to expand across North America. The company’s success can be attributed to the quality of our product, the development of our people and our warm and friendly customer service.
At COBS Bread you get the growth of a start-up backed by one of the world’s largest bakery franchises. We are part of the world’s most successful franchise bakery network – Bakers Delight – an Australian-owned company. Bakers Delight has been in operation since 1980 and has more than 700 bakeries across Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada.
Accessibility
Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
We thank all applicants for their interest in COBS Bread but would like to advise that only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
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