Deli/Bistro Team Lead — People, Merch & Service

Bashas; Bagdad (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Paid weekly

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Scholarship opportunities

Store discount programs

Fun work environment

Job summary

Bashas is seeking a Deli/Bistro Team Lead to effectively direct and supervise all activities of the Deli/Bistro department, ensuring merchandising, sales and customer service goals are met. The role requires prior food service management experience and a strong focus on safety and quality.

The successful candidate will manage staff, coordinate with store leadership, oversee food preparation and display, and ensure accurate pricing and customer satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Directing department personnel, meeting department's goals and objectives, communicating directly with the store director and deli/bistro department supervisors.
• Selecting, on-boarding and coaching all new team members.
• Ordering the products and supplies necessary to maintain adequate stock levels and keep merchandising levels at deli/bistro standards.
• Engaging with customers through smiles and greetings, offering product information, providing selling suggestions and active sampling and always giving a genuine thank you.
• Overseeing the preparation and serving/merchandising of deli/bistro food service items, which includes such items as, breakfast, lunch and dinner entrees, fried chicken and other fried foods, roasting chickens, pizzas, prepared salads, sandwiches, and other meal items for hot cases, salad cases, and steam tables.
• Displaying deli/bistro merchandise, such as pre-cut cheeses, packaged salads, and snack items, following del/bistro department and/or company merchandising guidelines.
• Attentively rotating deli/bistro items for sale, ensuring quality and safety and product shrink control.
• Ensuring department personnel follow all county, city and company food safety and sanitation guidelines and policies.
• Receiving merchandise for sale and supplies, auditing invoices, breaking down orders, positioning cases of products in the deli storage area or in refrigerated walk-in coolers or frozen food walk-ins' freezers.
• Processing cash register transactions, giving back change, and refunds.
• Using scale printer machine, ensuring weights and pricing are correct.
• Understanding the importance of monitoring product pricing, signage, and placement as well as the use of product shelf tags and shelf signage.
• Keeping clean, neat and orderly sales counters, food prep areas, warehouse shelving and walk-in coolers and freezers.
• Ensuring all department personnel use proper safety equipment and procedures.
• Taking customer orders, ensuring orders are completed on time and to the customer's satisfaction.
• All other related duties as assigned

Job description

Bashas is seeking a Deli/Bistro Team Lead to effectively direct and supervise all activities of the Deli/Bistro department, ensuring merchandising, sales and customer service goals are met. The role requires prior food service management experience and a strong focus on safety and quality.

The successful candidate will manage staff, coordinate with store leadership, oversee food preparation and display, and ensure accurate pricing and customer satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.