Deli & Bakery Team Lead — Elevate Service & Growth

Meijer; Springfield (OH); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; 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 is hiring to support our family-oriented approach in its Ohio stores. This role focuses on directing operations, guiding team members in daily tasks, and modeling exceptional customer service to help meet department goals.

You will lead, train, and mentor staff while maintaining food safety and store standards in a fast-paced retail environment. You will also be involved in scheduling, inventory periods, and cross-training to develop potential talent, with a strong emphasis on diversity,

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service and engaging shoppers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Experience leading or mentoring teammates is a plus.
• Retail or service industry experience preferred.
• Ability to coach others and maintain Meijer standards.

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 service

Communication

Leadership

Retail experience

Team collaboration

Job description

Meijer is hiring to support our family-oriented approach in its Ohio stores. This role focuses on directing operations, guiding team members in daily tasks, and modeling exceptional customer service to help meet department goals.

You will lead, train, and mentor staff while maintaining food safety and store standards in a fast-paced retail environment. You will also be involved in scheduling, inventory periods, and cross-training to develop potential talent, with a strong emphasis on diversity,