General Merchandise Lead at 1016 Meijer Great Lakes LP — North Holland, MI

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

What you’ll be doing:

• Engaging peers to provide the best possible shopping experience for our customers including an exceptional checkout experience.
• Communicating with team members and assigning daily work tasks.
• Mentoring and coaching other team members to ensure customer service and sales goals are exceeded and the area is maintained to Meijer standards and team members have completed required trainings.
• Supports training new team members/cross-training high potential talent, providing peer coaching on job responsibilities/standards to positively impact team member productivity.
• Working with leadership on department schedule writing to focus on team member engagement, improving customer service, store sales and profitability.
• Ensuring freshness of products by closely monitoring execution of rotation and dating policies.
• Guiding the team in compliance with food safety standards and regulations and working in a safe manner aligning to 200% accountability.
• Leading team members to ensure ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing, and product display are completed, where applicable.
• Actively creating an environment that supports the Meijer culture, including valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• Operating a register and cash handling when needed.
• Operating powered equipment, where applicable.
• Participating in period end inventories, where applicable, to help achieve goals.
• May be required to act in Lead capacity in other departments throughout the store
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position. You may perform other duties as assigned or required.

• Passion for customer service with total engagement that conveys approachability to customers and fellow team members.
• Initiates interactions with customers and peers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Retail or other customer service experience preferred
• Creative thinking skills
• Ability to influence others
• Ability to quickly build rapport and gain customer confidence to create repeat business
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, bend and twist while handling product
• Experience executing plans
• Positive influence to create a strong team environment.
• A commitment to fostering an inclusive environment where all team members and vendors feel valued and supported.