Prepared Food Lead

Walmart • Erie, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Prepared Foods and Café Department Lead, you drive sales and supervise hourly associates who prepare and serve meals to members. You model expertise in Prepared Foods and Café and collaborate with other team leaders to help the club meet member expectations.

You supervise teams across prepared foods areas, such as the café and rotisserie, facilitate rotations through fresh areas, manage member needs, communicate department goals, and implement company programs and policies. You ensure that prepared foods operations meet company and regulatory standards for quality, inventory, production, sanitation, equipment use, safety, and compliance. You manage seasonal production, learn new products, recipes, processes, and specifications, and prioritize work across areas. You also ensure the team has the resources and training needed to work effectively.

You use digital and handheld tools to plan and drive sales, improve the shopping experience, support associate engagement, and make timely decisions about production, training, and product quality. You maintain operational excellence by planning for profitability, maintaining a clean and safe work area, ensuring appropriate staffing and accurate audit and compliance standards, and displaying merchandise according to the layout plan. You work with other departments and third-party partners to support operational continuity.

You identify training needs, develop team skills, encourage career growth, and help source new talent. You collaborate with managers, coworkers, customers, and business partners to develop and implement practices, monitor results, and identify improvements. You promote compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity, and lead or participate in teams to meet customer needs, business priorities, timelines, and work-quality expectations. The role also emphasizes respect for individuals, integrity, customer and member service, and continuous improvement.

The hourly wage range is $21.00 to $29.00. Additional premiums of $0.35 to $3.00 per hour may apply in certain circumstances. The role is based at 7200 Peach St, Erie, Pennsylvania.

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 the prescribed time period if selected.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Supervise teams in prepared foods departments, including areas such as the café, rotisserie, and prepared foods.
• Facilitate associate rotations through fresh areas and manage member needs to support the business plan and club success.
• Communicate department goals, execute company programs, follow policies, and advocate for members, associates, and the company.
• Maintain prepared foods standards for quality, inventory, production, sanitation, equipment use, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Manage seasonal production and learn new products, recipes, processes, and production specifications.
• Ensure associates have resources to perform their jobs, share knowledge, and train team members.
• Use digital and handheld tools to plan and drive sales, improve the shopping experience, support associate engagement, and make decisions about production, training, and product quality.
• Promote adoption of new tools and encourage others to use them.
• Drive operational results, plan for profitability, maintain a neat, clean, and safe work area, and ensure appropriate staffing and accurate audit and compliance standards.
• Produce and display merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan.
• Coordinate with other departments and third-party partners, such as maintenance personnel, suppliers, and equipment vendors, to maintain operational continuity.
• Identify training needs, develop team skills, encourage career growth, and source talent internally and externally.
• Collaborate with managers, coworkers, customers, and business partners to develop and implement processes and practices, monitor results, and address improvement opportunities.
• Promote compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity, and assist management in addressing ethical or compliance issues.
• Lead and participate in teams by coordinating work assignments, sharing resources and information, and providing advice, feedback, and support to achieve timelines and quality expectations.
• Model respect, integrity, customer and member service, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off and/or protected paid time off, with benefits including parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Company-paid education benefit program, Live Better U, for eligible full-time and part-time associates; programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates, with tuition, books, and fees paid.

What This Job Offers

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