Deli - Bakery Lead Team member

Meijer; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Team member discount

401(k) with company contributions

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Development programs for advancement

Medical/dental/vision

And more!

Job summary

Meijer, Inc. is seeking a store support role focused on delivering a top-notch shopping experience. You will engage customers, guide daily tasks, and coach teammates to meet service and sales goals while adhering to policies and safety standards.

The role emphasizes teamwork, training, and leadership in a fast-paced retail environment with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service and helping shoppers.
• Ability to engage with peers and customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Engage customers to provide an exceptional shopping experience.
• Communicate and assign daily tasks to team members.
• Mentor peers to meet customer service and sales goals.
• Assist training of new team members and cross-train talent.
• Support department scheduling to boost engagement and store profitability.
• Ensure product freshness through rotation and dating policies.
• Adhere to food safety and safety policies; operate registers when needed.
• Lead by example and uphold Meijer values and diversity.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Verbal communication

Retail experience

Learnability

Coaching

Attention to detail

Problem solving

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!

Grab the Good Stuff:

• Weekly pay

• Team member discount

• 401(k) with company contributions

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

• Medical/dental/vision

• And more!

Provides direction related to operations, processes, and conditions of their area. Plans, guides, and empowers team members in the day-to-day operation of the department. Sets example for those in their department by modeling exceptional customer experience. Possesses the ability to help achieve department goals and influence their peers to create a continued winning strategy.

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.

We are committed to offering competitive pay that reflects market standards and ensures consistency within our organization.

This job has a step pay plan that generally starts between the rates below with raises occurring after predetermined hours worked. The actual rate offered will meet or surpass the legal wage requirement for the job's location.

$18.00 - $19.50

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match, disability leave, and paid time off (PTO).

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• a 401(k) plan with employer match
• disability leave
• paid time off (PTO)

In addition to these core benefits, we are committed to supporting your overall well-being and career growth.

• paid parental leave
• paid education assistance (including free education)
• childcare subsidy

Our offerings include a variety of programs designed to support your personal and professional development, such as paid parental leave, paid education assistance (including free education), a childcare subsidy, and more.

We are dedicated to creating a work environment that promotes work-life balance, long-term health and financial security, and continuous professional development.

We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we're a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.