Meat Lead

Overview

Position Summary... As a Meat Department Lead you will drive sales in your area and supervise your team of hourly associates to deliver to our members more of what they love, for less. You will model expertise in Meat and work collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club meets the member’s expectations.

• Be a Team Leader – Supervises the team within the meat department to deliver on the business plan and contribute to the overall success of the club by communicating the goals of the department, executing company programs, adhering to policies, and being an advocate for the member, the associate, and the company; works collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club is meeting the members' expectations.
• Be an Expert – Maintains an in-depth knowledge of business on the floor, backroom operations, product updates and product specifications by ensuring the meat department meets company and regulatory standards for quality, inventory, production, equipment usage, safety, sanitation and compliance; sharing knowledge and prioritizing training for the team to understand item specifications and utilize approved equipment for high volume products; engaging with members and sharing passion of the product to help them make the right protein selection.
• Be a Techie – Leverages digital tools to plan for and drive sales, improve the shopping experience and elevate associate engagement; utilizes handheld technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, training and product quality, and adopting new tools and encouraging others to use them.
• Be an Owner – Drives the business results, ensuring commitment to operational excellence; maintaining a neat, clean and safe work area in the meat department; utilizing digital tools for forecasting, planning and production; facilitating the product inventory and ordering process; ensuring appropriate staffing levels and accurate audit and compliance standards; ensuring meat and seafood equipment and storage systems are in working order;
  
  producing and displaying merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan.
• Be a Talent Ambassador – Teaches and trains the team by identifying training needs, providing and developing necessary skills to deliver high quality products to the members, encouraging career growth for team members and sourcing new talent internally and externally to work on the team; develops, communicates and implements processes and practices to meet business needs by collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers and other business partners;
  
  analyzes and applies information from multiple sources, monitors progress and results, and identifies and addressing improvement opportunities; demonstrates, promotes and supports compliance with company policies, procedures and standards of ethics and integrity; explains, guides and demonstrates how to apply these in executing business processes and practices; implements related action plans using the Open Door Policy and assists management with correcting ethical and compliance issues and problems;
  
  leads and participates in teams by using and sharing resources, information and tools, determines customer needs and business priorities, coordinates and executes work assignments, provides advice, feedback and support to ensure timelines and work quality are achieved, and models and helps others adapt to change or new challenges.
• Respect the Individual – Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected through a culture of belonging; creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform; helps to attract the best talent; works as a team, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy and positivity to motivate and influence;
  
  strengthens the team by helping develop and mentoring others, recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
• Act with Integrity – Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models Walmart values to support and foster our culture; holds oneself and others…