Produce Lead

Overview

Position Summary...As a Produce 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 Produce and work collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club meets the member’s expectations.

• Be a Team Leader:
  Supervises the team in Produce and Floral area to deliver on the business plan and contribute to the overall success of the club. Communicates the goals of the department, executes company programs, adheres to policies, and is an advocate for the member, the associates, and the company. Works collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club meets the members' expectations.
• Be an Expert:
  Maintains an in-depth knowledge of business on the floor and backroom operations, ensuring the produce area meets company standards for quality, inventory, production, sanitation, equipment usage, safety, and compliance. Manages seasonality in item volume, product knowledge, processes, and prioritizing time between areas. Collaborates with associates to ensure the team has resources to do their jobs effectively, sharing knowledge and training the team.
• 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; adopts new tools and encourages others to use them.
• Be an Owner:
  Drives the business results with commitment to operational excellence, planning for profitability, and maintaining a neat, clean, and safe work area for the team and members. Maintains adequate staffing levels, audits and compliance standards, and produces and displays merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan, modeling a commitment to member service.
• Be a Talent Ambassador:
  Teaches and trains the team to be highly effective, identifies potential and desire in others, and develops necessary skills to deliver high quality products to members. Encourages career growth for all associates and sources new talent internally and externally. Develops, communicates, and implements processes and practices to meet business needs by collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners;
  
  analyzes information from multiple sources, monitors progress, and addresses improvement opportunities. Demonstrates compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by explaining and demonstrating how to apply them in executing business processes; supports ethical and compliance issues through action plans and collaboration with management.
• Lead and Adapt:
  Leads and participates in teams, 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 how to adapt to change or new challenges.
• Respect the Individual:
  Embraces differences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen and connected, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Act with Integrity:
  Maintains high standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, models Walmart values, and supports the goal of becoming a regenerative company by positively impacting associates, customers, members, and the world around us.
• Serve our Customers and Members:
  Delivers results while putting the customer first and makes decisions based on reliable information, balancing short- and long-term priorities, and considering how work impacts the team's ability to deliver for all stakeholders.
• Strive for Excellence:
  Demonstrates curiosity, takes calculated risks, and shows resilience; embraces continuous improvement, open to new technologies and skills, and supports others through change.

At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.

• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
  
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• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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