Prepared Foods Team Leader - Earth Fare Christiansburg

Hulsing Enterprises•Christiansburg, VA

About The Position

The Prepared Foods Team Leader is a manager responsible for modeling Earth Fare’s Mission, Conviction, and Purpose while developing and managing a successful department team. The role includes following departmental standard operating procedures and meeting or exceeding financial goals for gross profit, shrink, sales, labor, and overhead. The Team Leader also helps maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment. The Team Leader communicates the company’s vision, procedures, merchandising guidelines, and financial goals; interviews, selects, trains, and supports team members; and serves as a key holder supporting store operations. They supervise and participate in preparing in-house foods, ensure quality presentation and display, and maintain quality-control standards. Operational responsibilities include ordering and receiving deliveries, scheduling, reviewing sales and shrink reports and communications, conducting monthly inventory, and finding ways to reduce expenses. The role also maintains an attractive sales floor and department cleanliness, sanitation, and organization.

Requirements

Knowledge of food service industry trends and common allergies and specialized dietary terms, including gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian.
Understanding of food safety and sanitation and proper use of kitchen utensils and other food-preparation equipment.
Proven success managing shrink, sales, gross profit, and total department overhead in a similar environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, including Excel and Outlook.
Ability to learn and use a Falcon hand-held computer scanner.
Leadership experience managing a team of 10 or more people.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to bend, reach, stoop, kneel, and squat.
Ability to push, pull, and maneuver heavy loads.
Ability to stand and be on one’s feet during the workday.

Nice To Haves

Perishable experience.
OSHA ServSafe Certification.

Responsibilities

Model Earth Fare’s Mission, Conviction, and Purpose while developing and managing the department team.
Follow departmental standard operating procedures and meet or exceed financial goals for gross profit, shrink, sales, labor, and overhead.
Communicate the company vision, standard operating procedures, merchandising guidelines, and financial goals to team members, emphasizing customer service, safety, and sanitation.
Interview, select, train, and support team members.
Serve as a key holder to support overall store operations.
Supervise and participate in the production of in-house prepared foods and ensure proper presentation and display of quality pre-made items.
Maintain high quality-control standards.
Order and receive deliveries, prepare schedules, review sales and movement reports, shrink reports, and emails, and respond accordingly.
Conduct monthly department inventory and continually identify ways to reduce expenses.
Develop and maintain an attractive sales floor in accordance with Earth Fare merchandising guidelines.
Maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of the department, including fixtures, storage, work stations, freezers, and coolers.
Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.