Deli Bakery Lead

Meijer; Avon (IN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Avon is seeking dedicated team members to deliver exceptional customer service and a positive shopping experience. You will engage with customers and peers, mentor others, and assist in daily tasks to support store performance.

Responsibilities include training new teammates, coordinating schedules for engagement and service, and ensuring product freshness and safety standards. Join a family-focused retailer that values diversity and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service and engaging with customers and peers.
• Proactive interactions with customers and teammates.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Retail or customer service experience preferred.
• Creative thinking to improve service and sales.
• Ability to influence others and guide peers.
• Quickly building rapport to drive repeat business.
• Experience in executing plans and tasks.
• Positive influence to foster a strong team environment.
• Commitment to an inclusive environment for all teammates and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Engage peers to deliver the best possible shopping experience for customers at checkout.
• Communicate with team members and assign daily tasks.
• Mentor and coach teammates to meet customer service and sales goals.
• Support training of new teammates and cross-train high-potential staff.
• Assist department leadership with scheduling to boost engagement and store performance.
• Ensure product freshness through proper rotation and dating policies.
• Uphold food safety standards and safe work practices.
• Lead efforts in ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing, and displays as needed.
• Foster Meijer culture, valuing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Operate registers and handle cash when required; use powered equipment as applicable.
• Participate in period-end inventories and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Passion for customer service

Initiates interactions

Excellent communication

Retail experience

Creative thinking

Influencing others

Build rapport

Execute plans

Team leadership

Inclusive environment

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

What you'll be doing:

• 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.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Passion for customer service with total engagement that conveys approachability to customers and fellow team members.
• Initiates interactions with customers and peers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Retail or other customer service experience preferred
• Creative thinking skills
• Ability to influence others
• Ability to quickly build rapport and gain customer confidence to create repeat business
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, bend and twist while handling product
• Experience executing plans
• Positive influence to create a strong team environment.
• A commitment to fostering an inclusive environment where all team members and vendors feel valued and supported.