Bakery Lead: Flexible Scheduling & Customer-Centric Leader

Meijer Inc.; West Bend, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meijer Rewards

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Inc. is seeking a dedicated store team member in Wisconsin to elevate the customer shopping experience and lead with integrity. You will engage customers, coordinate daily tasks with peers, and mentor teammates to meet service and sales goals.

The role emphasizes teamwork, training, and adherence to safety and quality standards, with opportunities for leadership across departments as needed. Meijer offers strong benefits and a path for growth.

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service and positive engagement with customers and teammates.
• Proactively initiate interactions with customers and peers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in retail or customer service contexts.
• Creative thinking to solve problems and improve service.
• Ability to influence others and drive outcomes.
• Ability to quickly build rapport and create repeat business.
• Capability to lift, carry, push, pull, bend, and twist as needed in a retail setting.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive environment for all team members.

Responsibilities

• Engaging peers to provide the best possible shopping experience for our customers including an exceptional checkout experience.
• Communicating with team members and assigning daily work tasks.
• Mentoring and coaching 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.
• Supports training new team members/cross-training high potential talent, providing peer coaching on job responsibilities/standards to positively impact team member productivity.
• Working with leadership on department schedule writing to focus on team member engagement, improving customer service, store sales and profitability.
• Ensuring freshness of products by closely monitoring execution of rotation and dating policies.
• Guiding the team in compliance with food safety standards and regulations and working in a safe manner aligning to 200% accountability.
• Leading team members to ensure ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing, and product display are completed, where applicable.
• Actively creating an environment that supports the Meijer culture, including valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• Operating a register and cash handling when needed.
• Operating powered equipment, where applicable.
• Participating in period end inventories, where applicable, to help achieve goals.
• May be required to act in Lead capacity in other departments throughout the store.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position.
• You may perform other duties as assigned or required.

Skills

Customer passion

Proactive communication

Communication skills

Creativity

Influencing

Rapport building

Physical ability

Inclusive culture

Job description

Meijer Inc. is seeking a dedicated store team member in Wisconsin to elevate the customer shopping experience and lead with integrity. You will engage customers, coordinate daily tasks with peers, and mentor teammates to meet service and sales goals.

The role emphasizes teamwork, training, and adherence to safety and quality standards, with opportunities for leadership across departments as needed. Meijer offers strong benefits and a path for growth.