Overnight Lead Fulltime (Weekends Required)

1016 Meijer Great Lakes LP; Michigan; On-site; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Schedule flexibility

Parental leave

Education assistance

Team member discount

Career growth programs

Job summary

Meijer Inc. in Michigan is seeking a store lead to oversee daily operations, guide team members, and ensure an exceptional shopping experience for customers.

You will manage scheduling, training, and adherence to company standards while promoting diversity and inclusion within the team. With a legacy of over 90 years, Meijer offers career growth through development programs and education assistance, a team member discount, and a commitment to serving communities across six states.

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service and engagement
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Retail or service industry experience preferred
• Ability to lead, mentor and influence peers
• Commitment to inclusivity and teamwork

Responsibilities

• Provides direction related to operations, processes, and conditions of their area.
• Plans, guides, and empowers team members in day-to-day operation of the department.
• Models exceptional customer experience and supports training new team members.
• Leads scheduling, productivity, and store standards to improve service and sales.
• Ensures accurate product reset, pricing, and display per Meijer policies.
• Fosters an inclusive environment and upholds food safety and safety standards.

Skills

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Retail experience

Influence others

Team mentoring

Rapport building

Problem solving

Safety and policies

Job description

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

What you’ll be doing:

• Provides direction related to operations, processes, and conditions of their area.
• Plans, guides, and empowers team members in the day-to-day operation of the department.
• Sets example for those in their department by modeling exceptional customer experience.
• Possesses the ability to help achieve department goals and influence their peers to create a continued winning strategy.
• 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.

What You Bring with You (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.

We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully‑protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.