Grocery Shift Lead — Lead Teams & Elevate Customer Experience

Meijer Inc.; Highland (IN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement и

Job summary

Meijer Inc. in Indiana is seeking a store operations leader to guide daily department activities and empower team members to deliver exceptional customer experiences. You’ll direct operations, schedule tasks, mentor staff, and ensure our standards for service, safety, and profitability are met.

The role emphasizes teamwork, continuous improvement, and strong communication with peers and leadership. You’ll also participate in training new hires and promoting an inclusive environment that values

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service with total engagement that conveys approachability to customers and fellow team members.
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Retail or other customer service experience preferred
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, bend and twist while handling product
• Ability to influence others and build rapport with customers and peers
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive environment where all team members feel valued and supported

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

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Sales goals

Tools

POS system

Job description

Meijer Inc. in Indiana is seeking a store operations leader to guide daily department activities and empower team members to deliver exceptional customer experiences. You’ll direct operations, schedule tasks, mentor staff, and ensure our standards for service, safety, and profitability are met.

The role emphasizes teamwork, continuous improvement, and strong communication with peers and leadership. You’ll also participate in training new hires and promoting an inclusive environment that values