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:
  Supervise the team in Produce and Floral area to deliver on the business plan and contribute to the overall success of the club. Communicate the goals of the department, execute company programs, adhere to policies, and advocate for the member, the associate, and the company. Work collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club meets members’ expectations.
• Be an Expert:
  Maintain 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. Manage seasonality in terms of item volume, product knowledge, processes and prioritizing time between areas. Collaborate with associates to ensure the team has resources to do their job effectively, sharing knowledge and training the team.
• Be a Techie:
  Leverage digital tools to plan for and drive sales, improve the shopping experience and elevate associate engagement. Utilize handheld technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, training and product quality, adopting new tools and encouraging others to use them.
• Be an Owner:
  Drive 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. Maintain 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:
  Teach and train the team to be highly effective. Identify the potential and desire in others, provide and develop necessary skills to deliver high‑quality products to the members. Encourage career growth for all associates and source new talent internally and externally to work on the team.
• Develop, communicate and implement processes and practices to meet business needs by collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers and other business partners; analyze and apply information from multiple sources, monitor progress and results, and identify and address improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrate, promote and support compliance with company policies, procedures and standards of ethics and integrity by explaining, guiding and demonstrating how to apply these in executing business processes and practices; implement related action plans using the Open Door Policy and assist management with correcting ethical and compliance issues and problems.
• Lead and participate in teams by using and sharing resources, information and tools; determine customer needs and business priorities, coordinate and execute work assignments, provide advice, feedback and support to ensure timelines and work quality are achieved, and model and help others adapt to change or new challenges.
• Respect the Individual:
  Embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected through a culture of belonging; create opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform; help to attract the best talent.
• Respect the Individual:
  Work as a team, build strong and trusting relationships, communicate with impact, energy and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Respect the Individual:
  Strengthen the team by helping develop and mentor others, recognize others’ contributions and accomplishments.
• Act with Integrity:
  Maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; model the Walmart values to support and foster our culture; hold oneself and others accountable; support Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members and the world around us.
• Act with Integrity:
  Act in a self‑less manner…