Starbucks Canada Career Passport

Devyn Mccheyne joined Starbucks in 2012 as a barista in Winnipeg, Manitoba. From her early beginnings juggling work and school, Devyn knew that she wanted to grow within Starbucks as a career. Throughout the last decade, she's lived in 2 other provinces, and held 7 different roles within store and support departments. In this episode, she shares more about her approach to career development, along with breaking down how the Finance team at Starbucks Canada is organized. 

Kelig Glorennec is the senior manager of Translation Services within the Public Affairs department at Starbucks. Located in Montreal, Quebec, Kelig dives into the world of translation ranging from how she first started in this space, the work our Translation team supports, and the technologies in this industry.

Paul Vaillancourt is a Montreal-based store construction rep currently completing a time-limited assignment as an associate project manager. In this episode, Paul shares about his day-to-day responsibilities, how the Store Design & Development team bring the third place to life, and fun facts like how long it takes to build a store! 

What is a product manager, and how does their work show up in our stores at Starbucks Canada? This episode explores the career journey and day-to-day work of Amy Wang, the product manager of core foods and beverage within the Product and Marketing team. Tune in as she shares about how she launched her career in Marketing and a few fun facts about the product lifecycle.

Note: This episode was originally released in June 2021

Meet Sarah Chohan, senior coordinator of the Partner Resources Business Partners team. After immigrating to Canada on her own from Pakistan, Sarah first joined Starbucks to gain Canadian work experience as a barista. Since then, she's also supported the Supply Chain team as a logistics service rep prior to her current role in Human Resources. This episode will dive into her role as a senior coordinator, along with learning more about her journey along the way.

Note: This episode was originally released in May 2021

What does a day in the life of a talent acquisition specialist, more commonly known as a recruiter look like? This episode features 2 partners, Andrew Layman and Jessica Hoang dive into their day-to-day responsibilities, the structure of the team, and share a bit about their decade-long journey at Starbucks.

Note: This episode was released in April 2021.

Career Passport turned 1 on March 31, 2021! To celebrate, we put together a summary of our last 11 episodes. Thank you to all who have listened and supported this program!

Note: this episode was released in December 2020.

Kathleen Cook is the senior admin of the Product & Marketing Organization, Finance and Business Transformation teams at Starbucks Canada. She started as a store manager in 1996 and throughout her journey, she has held 10 different roles to date in a variety of functions. Today, we focus on her current role as a senior admin to give partners a glimpse into this role, and the key skills required to succeed.

Note: This episode was originally released in December 2020.

Now vp of Operations Services, Ferdinand Heyde joined Starbucks in 2004 as a store manager. His career journey has spanned a variety of roles, including district manager and regional director. In 2016, he even had the opportunity to do a time-limited assignment supporting Store Development, where his combination of field knowledge and leadership skills helped him remove barriers for his new team. As this is a critical quality for every leader, today we dive into his approach on removing barriers.

Note: This episode was originally released in November 2020.

Chelsea Gayle and Ebony Benjamin are two store managers at Starbucks who are part of the founding executive team of the Black Partner Network in Canada. Having started this network earlier this year (2020), this episode highlights the BPN origin story, along with diving into important topics including their personal experiences with racism, and the call to action on allyship.