Food & Beverage Growth & Ops Leader

Target Corp; Cuyahoga Falls (OH); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Target, a Fortune 50 company, is hiring a Food & Beverage Coordinator to drive in-store food and beverage execution and build market expertise to increase guest satisfaction and profitable sales. You will leverage local market insights, train teams, and lead service culture initiatives across assigned stores.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, training, and adherence to food safety and quality standards while supporting seasonal merchandising and guest-centric initiatives.

Qualifications

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years preferred food and beverage experience.
• Proven execution skills and ability to drive change.
• Operate in an ambiguous and rapidly changing work environment.
• Quickly adapt to changing priorities and tasks.
• Project and process management/ownership experience.
• Work in high intensity situations with composure and ease.
• Solution-based mindset with desire to uncover business gaps and solve problems.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Build strong working relationships with key partners.

Responsibilities

• Drive your business to grow sales.
• Execute food operations strategy in assigned stores.
• Partner with field and store leadership, Store Operations, Merchandising, and other stakeholder groups to champion projects to grow profitable food sales.
• Evaluate, educate, and improve on store conditions, guest experience, operational efficiency, waste reduction, and profitable sales.
• Leverage reporting to evaluate performance in sales, markdowns, inventory productivity, food safety, and other measures.
• Maintain industry knowledge and market trends by benchmarking competitor pricing, promotions, merchandising practices, and processes.
• Utilize innovation, critical thinking, communication, and store partnership to understand and influence food and beverage strategy and process evolution.
• Represent stores and food operations in food localization, including new items, holiday merchandising, and competitor merchandising benchmarking.
• Cultivate a guest-centric salesforce to drive sales and efficiency.

Skills

Execution skills

Adaptability

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Problem solving

Education

4 year degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Target, a Fortune 50 company, is hiring a Food & Beverage Coordinator to drive in-store food and beverage execution and build market expertise to increase guest satisfaction and profitable sales. You will leverage local market insights, train teams, and lead service culture initiatives across assigned stores.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, training, and adherence to food safety and quality standards while supporting seasonal merchandising and guest-centric initiatives.