Food Service Team Leader

The Food Service Team Leader role at Target involves leading a team to provide exceptional guest experiences, managing food service operations, and driving sales growth.

As a Food Service Team Leader, you will be responsible for:

• Delivering guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring, and Friendly guest experience
• Ensuring every team member understands and consistently delivers on Target's guest experience commitments and consistent operations
• Actively observing and providing feedback to team members, holding them accountable while recognising great guest experience moments
• Reviewing area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities and taking action to improve
• Planning department workload to support business priorities and deliver sales
• Leading a team of hourly team members, including skills in interviewing, training, coaching, evaluating, retaining, and developing talent
• Following all food safety requirements and cleaning routines
• Validating and following up on team members' progress against department checklists and routines
• Leading the team to uphold and maintain all Starbucks and Pizza Hut Brand Standards and production specifications
• Ensuring accurate in-stocks by placing store-initiated orders according to best practices
• Making production quantity decisions just in time to ensure freshness, in-stocks, sales, and profitability are achieved consistently
• Remaining up-to-date on relevant trends and products to educate team members
• Participating in team hiring and onboarding processes
• Establishing clear goals and expectations and holding team members accountable
• Demonstrating a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance
• Leading and demonstrating a safety culture through modelling and recognising safe behaviours
• Demonstrating inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches
• Supporting merchandise protection strategies across the total store
• Occasionally assuming store-level leadership on duty responsibilities
• Addressing all store emergency and compliance needs
• Supporting guest services such as back-up cashier, order pick up, and Drive-up

Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more. Other benefits include 401(k), employee discount, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

This role requires:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Being at least 18 years of age or older
• Previous retail experience preferred but not required
• Strong interest and knowledge of the food service business
• Ability to lead and hold others accountable
• Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners and other technology equipment
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to manage workload and prioritise tasks independently
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members
• Effective communication skills

The starting pay range for this position per hour is $21.00 - $23.00, and the full pay range is $21.00 - $35.70.