(USA) Prepared Food Lead

Walmart•Hot Springs, AR

11d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Prepared Foods and Café Department Lead, you drive sales in your area and supervise hourly associates who create and serve meals to members. You model expertise in Prepared Foods and Café and collaborate with other team leaders to help the club meet members’ expectations. The role oversees prepared foods areas such as the café and rotisserie, ensuring quality, production, sanitation, safety, inventory, equipment use, and regulatory compliance. You lead, train, and develop associates; use digital tools and handheld technology to make business decisions; and maintain operational continuity, staffing, and merchandise presentation. The role also supports company values, ethical standards, compliance, customer service, and continuous improvement. The position is based at 1368 Higdon Ferry Road, Hot Springs, Arkansas. The hourly wage range is $21.00 to $29.00, with additional premiums of $0.35 to $3.00 per hour possible in specific circumstances. The position requires successful completion of job-required trainings and assessments within a prescribed period.

Requirements

At least 6 months of experience in a fresh production department or at least 6 months of experience supervising a team.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if selected.

Nice To Haves

Experience supervising a team.
Food Handler Certification (Food Safety).

Responsibilities

Supervise teams across prepared foods areas, including the café, rotisserie, and prepared foods, facilitating rotations through fresh areas and managing member needs.
Communicate department goals, execute company programs, follow policies, and advocate for members, associates, and the company.
Maintain knowledge of floor and backroom operations and ensure quality, inventory, production, sanitation, equipment usage, safety, and compliance standards are met.
Manage seasonal production, including learning new products, recipes, processes, and production specifications, and prioritizing time across areas.
Coordinate with associates and third parties to ensure the team has resources, share knowledge, and train team members.
Use digital tools and handheld technology to plan and drive sales, improve the shopping experience, support associate engagement, and make decisions about production, training, and product quality.
Drive business results and operational excellence by planning for profitability, maintaining a clean and safe work area, ensuring appropriate staffing, meeting audit and compliance standards, and displaying merchandise according to the layout plan.
Work with other departments and third-party partners, such as maintenance personnel, suppliers, and equipment vendors, to support operational continuity.
Identify training needs, develop associates’ skills, encourage career growth, and source talent internally and externally.
Develop, communicate, and implement processes and practices by collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers, and business partners; analyzing information; monitoring results; and addressing improvement opportunities.
Promote and support compliance with company policies, procedures, and ethics standards; guide associates in applying them and assist management with ethical and compliance issues.
Lead and participate in teams by sharing resources and information, determining customer needs and business priorities, coordinating work, providing feedback and support, and helping others adapt to change.
Foster belonging, respectful teamwork, strong relationships, effective communication, and the development and recognition of associates.
Model integrity, accountability, humility, honesty, fairness, and transparency, and support the company’s goal of becoming a regenerative company.
Serve customers and members, make decisions based on reliable information, balance priorities, and consider the impact of work on team outcomes.
Pursue continuous improvement, demonstrate curiosity and resilience, use new technologies and skills, and support others through change.

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
PTO and/or PPTO that may be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Company discounts.
Military Leave Pay.
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
Company-paid education through Live Better U, including eligible programs from high school completion through bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates.
Performance-based bonus awards.