Grocery Team Lead: Customer Experience & Operations

Meijer Inc.; Bloomingdale (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Team discount

401(k) contributions

Parental leave

Education assistance

Development programs

Medical/dental/vision

Job summary

Meijer Inc. in Bloomingdale, IL, is seeking a store operations leader to guide a team in delivering exceptional customer service and efficient daily operations. You will model Meijer standards, coach staff, and help drive department goals while ensuring safe, accurate execution of tasks.

The role emphasizes scheduling, training, inventory control, and maintaining product freshness, with a focus on inclusivity and a high standard of customer experience across the store.

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.

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

Mentoring

Team leadership

Coaching

Job description

Meijer Inc. in Bloomingdale, IL, is seeking a store operations leader to guide a team in delivering exceptional customer service and efficient daily operations. You will model Meijer standards, coach staff, and help drive department goals while ensuring safe, accurate execution of tasks.

The role emphasizes scheduling, training, inventory control, and maintaining product freshness, with a focus on inclusivity and a high standard of customer experience across the store.