About The Position

The Assistant Deli Team Lead is a Team Lead in training who helps lead a successful Deli/Bistro team, meet department goals and objectives, and provide superior customer service. The role provides customers with product expertise and fresh, tasty, high-quality deli/bistro products. The assistant lead may direct department personnel and handle department operations when the Deli/Bistro Team Leader is absent. The position involves overseeing food preparation, service, and merchandising; maintaining stock and product displays; ensuring product quality and food safety; receiving and organizing merchandise and supplies; and keeping department work and storage areas clean and orderly. The role also includes taking customer orders and ensuring they are completed on time and to the customer's satisfaction.

Requirements

  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Must be at least 21 years of age for any position that serves alcohol.
  • For internal transfer, promotion, or rehire candidates, the current leader must recommend the candidate to apply and provide an endorsement upon request from HR.
  • Must be able to perform the role's physical activities, which may include standing, sitting, lifting and stocking up to 50 lbs., pushing, keyboarding, telephone use, walking, and bending.

Responsibilities

  • In the Deli/Bistro Team Leader's absence, direct department personnel and work toward meeting department goals and objectives.
  • Communicate directly with the store director and deli/bistro department supervisors.
  • Order products and supplies to maintain adequate stock and merchandising levels.
  • Oversee preparation, serving, and merchandising of deli/bistro food service items, including entrees, fried foods, roasted chickens, pizzas, prepared salads, sandwiches, and other meal items.
  • Display deli/bistro merchandise according to department or company merchandising guidelines.
  • Rotate deli/bistro items to ensure quality and safety and control product shrink.
  • Follow county, city, and company food safety and sanitation guidelines and policies.
  • Receive merchandise and supplies, audit invoices, break down orders, and position products in storage areas and refrigerated or frozen walk-in spaces.
  • Monitor product pricing, signage, placement, shelf tags, and shelf signage.
  • Keep sales counters, food preparation areas, warehouse shelving, and walk-in coolers and freezers clean, neat, and orderly.
  • Work safely around sharp slicers, tools, hot ovens, and burners.
  • Take customer orders and ensure they are completed on time and to the customer's satisfaction.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, paid weekly.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and eligible dependents.
  • Tuition reimbursement for qualified courses.
  • Scholarship opportunities for continued education.
  • Store discount programs, including 10% off household groceries.
  • Fun work environment with the opportunity to nourish the community.
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