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Food & Beverage Team Leader

Target Hilliard, OH On-site full-time

Salary

$21.75 - $37.00 per hour

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Description

We are seeking a Food & Beverage Team Leader to join our team at Target. As a Food & Beverage Team Leader, you will play a key role in ensuring that our guests have an exceptional shopping experience. You will lead a team of hourly team members and be responsible for managing the Food & Beverage department, including inventory management, food safety, and merchandising.

Responsibilities:

  • Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience.
  • Ensure every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target’s guest experience commitments and consistent operations.
  • Actively observe and provide feedback, holding team members accountable while recognising great guest experience moments.
  • Review area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, take action to improve, and align team on the right behaviours and execution.
  • Plan and execute daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement.
  • Lead a guest-focused, efficient Food & Beverage team that strives to deliver the Food & Beverage standards.
  • Assess backroom and sales floor areas of Food & Beverage and Food Service on a daily basis.
  • Establish clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to those expectations.
  • Be a partner to the store leadership team through communication and collaboration.
  • Maintain a fresh, full and food safe area during all operating hours.
  • Assign daily tasks to team members based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns.
  • Validate and follow-up on team members’ progress against their assigned prioritised workload tasks.
  • Lead and demonstrate a culture of executing all best practices.
  • Lead team huddles to communicate focuses and trends.
  • Develop and maintain partnerships with vendors to ensure clear expectations are established.
  • Remain up-to-date on relevant trends and products to educate team members.
  • Support your leader in the hiring and onboarding process of new team members.
  • Support guest services such as back-up cashier, order pick up and Drive-up.
  • Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety and compliance.
  • Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modelling and recognising safe behaviours.
  • Model the execution of physical security processes to enhance the in-store security culture.
  • Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store.
  • Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches.

Requirements:

  • Must be at least 18 years old or older.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Previous retail and/or food experience preferred, but not required.
  • Strong interest and knowledge of the Food & Beverage business.
  • Lead and hold others accountable.
  • Communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed.
  • Work independently and as part of a team.
  • 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 towards all guests and other team members.
  • Effective communication skills.

Benefits:

  • Competitive pay range of $21.75 - $37.00 per hour.
  • Comprehensive health benefits and programs.
  • 401(k) and employee discount.
  • Short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

Skills

Nice to have

  • Previous retail and/or food experience
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