Produce Lead

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, 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 member’s expectations.

Be an Expert:
Maintains an indepth knowledge of business on the floor, backroom operations ensuring the produce area meets company standards for quality, inventory production, sanitation, equipment usage, safety and compliance; manages seasonality in terms of item volume, product knowledge, processes and prioritizing time between areas; collaborates with associates ensuring the team has resources to do their job 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 hand held 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, planning for profitability, maintaining a neat, clean and safe work area for the team and the members; maintains adequate staffing levels, accurate audit and compliance standards, producing and displaying merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan and modeling a commitment to member service.

Be a Talent Ambassador:
Teaches and trains the team to be highly effective; identifies the potential and desire in others, provides and develops necessary skills to deliver high quality products to the members; encourages career growth for all associates and sources 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, analyzing and applying information from multiple sources, monitoring progress and results and identifying and addressing improvement opportunities.

Lead and participate in teams by using and sharing resources, information and tools, determining customer needs and business priorities, coordinating and executing work assignments, providing advice, feedback and support to ensure timelines and work quality are achieved, and modeling and helping others with how to 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 mentor others, recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.

Act with Integrity:
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members and the world around us; acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair and transparent.

Serve Our Customers and Members:
Delivers results while putting the customer first; makes decisions based on reliable information, balances short and long-term priorities and considers how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.

Strive for Excellence:
Displays curiosity and a desire to learn; takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience; drives continuous improvements, is open to and uses 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…