Food Service Expert

Target • San Jose, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Expert supports Target’s Food & Beverage team by helping provide guests with a fresh, abundant, accurately priced, and inviting shopping experience. The role involves food service operations, replenishment, inventory accuracy, food safety, product presentation, pricing, and promotional signing. Team members follow Food & Beverage standards and, where applicable, Pizza Hut brand standards and training requirements.

The position combines guest service with operational tasks such as receiving and replenishing food, producing and labeling items to specifications, maintaining food service and dining areas, recording cleaning and temperature checks, managing perishable inventory, and promoting products through sampling and suggestive selling. Team members may also assist with backup cashiering, order pickup, and Drive Up duties. The work takes place in a fast-moving, physically active environment and may involve refrigeration and freezer conditions, allergens, and varying outdoor or other environmental conditions.

Requirements

• Strong interest in and knowledge of the food service business.
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward guests and team members.
• Ability to communicate using multiple-frequency devices and operate handheld scanners and other technology equipment as directed.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to resolve guest questions quickly.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow multi-step processes.
• Ability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and complete multiple tasks within established timeframes.
• Ability to access all building areas to respond to guest or team member issues.
• Ability to interpret instructions, reports, and information.
• Ability to accurately handle cash register operations as needed.
• Ability to climb ladders as needed.
• Ability to scan, handle, and move merchandise safely and efficiently, including frequently lifting or moving up to 44 pounds without additional assistance.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that may include nights, weekends, holidays, and peak shopping times; report for scheduled shifts and take required meal and rest breaks.
• Ability to work in refrigeration and freezer conditions and in areas where common allergens may be handled or present.
• Ability to work in and be exposed to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing certain duties, including Drive Up and carryout.
• Ability to remain mobile for the duration of scheduled shifts, which may vary in length.

Nice To Haves

• Previous food or grocery experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create a friendly, helpful guest experience by greeting guests, helping them find products or resolve issues, and thanking them at the end of transactions.
• Support team efforts, assist peers in other areas, and adjust to business and guest needs while maintaining a positive and respectful attitude.
• Provide a fresh and abundant shopping experience throughout operating hours, prioritizing guest needs over tasks.
• Uphold Food & Beverage standards and applicable Pizza Hut brand standards.
• Execute food and beverage processes, including receiving deliveries, replenishment, straightening merchandise, in-stock routines, data accuracy, culling, rotation, cleaning, signing, and organizing and storing reserve product.
• Produce, package, and label items according to specifications on production cards and department routines.
• Maintain a neat, clean, and inviting dining area throughout the shift, where applicable.
• Make salesfloor merchandise display changes as directed and stay aware of current Café and Pizza Hut promotions, where applicable.
• Complete and record food service cleaning tasks according to best practices.
• Follow perishable inventory procedures and accurately record inventory.
• Follow food safety requirements, including monitoring and recording temperatures of temperature-sensitive food items.
• Use sampling and suggestive selling to promote products and increase sales.
• Complete Pizza Hut training and quality-control certifications, where applicable.
• Demonstrate ethical conduct and follow safety, compliance, and training requirements; report hazards and correct them where possible.
• Support guest services, including backup cashiering, order pickup, and Drive Up, while following applicable compliance requirements such as adult beverage laws.
• Perform other duties based on business needs.

Benefits

• The posting directs applicants to Target’s benefits page for information about financial, education, and well-being benefits and role-specific benefits eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed