Bakery Lead: Elevate Guest Experience & Team Growth

Meijer Inc.; Town of Grafton (WI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meijer Rewards

Weekly pay

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Inc. in Grafton, WI is seeking a Bakery Lead to oversee daily bakery operations, drive exceptional customer service, and mentor a team of associates. You will manage staff, scheduling, and inventory while ensuring compliance with food safety standards.

In this role you’ll lead by example, train and coach teammates, and collaborate with store leadership to meet sales and profitability goals. The position emphasizes teamwork, quality standards, and a strong customer focus within a

Qualifications

• Customer service experience preferred
• Ability to lead a team and influence others
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Capacity to mentor and coach team members
• Experience with scheduling and workforce planning
• Experience in retail or food service operations

Responsibilities

• Engage peers to provide the best possible shopping experience for customers including an exceptional checkout experience.
• Communicate with team members and assign daily work tasks.
• Mentor and coach other team members to ensure customer service and sales goals are exceeded and the area is maintained to Meijer standards and team members have completed required trainings.
• Support training new team members/cross-training high potential talent, providing peer coaching on job responsibilities/standards to positively impact team member productivity.
• Work with leadership on department schedule writing to focus on team member engagement, improving customer service, store sales and profitability.
• Ensure freshness of products by closely monitoring rotation and dating policies.
• Guide the team in compliance with food safety standards and regulations and working in a safe manner aligning to 200% accountability.
• Lead team members to ensure ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing, and product display are completed, where applicable.
• May be required to act in Lead capacity in other departments throughout the store

Skills

Customer service

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Scheduling

Store operations

Job description

Meijer Inc. in Grafton, WI is seeking a Bakery Lead to oversee daily bakery operations, drive exceptional customer service, and mentor a team of associates. You will manage staff, scheduling, and inventory while ensuring compliance with food safety standards.

In this role you’ll lead by example, train and coach teammates, and collaborate with store leadership to meet sales and profitability goals. The position emphasizes teamwork, quality standards, and a strong customer focus within a