Produce Lead

Meijer; Valparaiso (IN); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer is seeking a friendly, customer-focused team member for our Valparaiso, IN store. You will assist customers, operate registers, stock shelves, and contribute to a welcoming shopping environment.

This role emphasizes teamwork, effective communication, and adherence to safety and quality standards. Join our family culture with weekly pay, scheduling flexibility, paid parental leave, education assistance, and opportunities for advancement.

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service with engagement and approachability.
• 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.
• 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

• Engage peers to deliver a standout checkout experience.
• Communicate with team and assign daily work tasks.
• Mentor teammates to exceed customer service and sales goals.
• Assist training new team members and cross-training.
• Collaborate on department scheduling to boost engagement and sales.
• Ensure product freshness by monitoring rotation and dating policies.
• Guide the team in food safety standards and safe practices.
• Lead ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing and displays where applicable.
• Support Meijer culture, including diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Operate a register and cash handling when needed.
• Operate powered equipment where applicable.
• Participate in period end inventories as needed.
• May act in Lead capacity in other departments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Retail experience

Team leadership

Attention to detail

Job description

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!

Meijer Rewards

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

What You’ll Be Doing

• 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.

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.