Bakery Lead Fresh Bakery

Position Summary

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

Be a Team Leader:
Supervise the team within the Bakery 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. Work collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club is meeting the members' expectations.

Be an Expert:
Maintain an in‑depth knowledge of business on the floor, backroom operations, product specifications, and seasonality of product by ensuring the Bakery department meets company and regulatory standards for quality, inventory, equipment usage, production safety, sanitation, and compliance. Share knowledge and train the team ensuring team members possess the knowledge of new products, recipes, and production specifications and are equipped to do their job effectively.

Be a Techie:
Leverage digital tools to plan for and drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement. Utilize hand‑held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, training, and product quality; adopt new tools and encourage others to use them.

Be an Owner:
Drive the business results, ensuring commitment to operational excellence. Maintain a neat, clean, and safe work area in the Bakery department, ensure appropriate planning and staffing for weekly bakery volumes, drive consistency in quality, food safety, and company policies to support both production and member service, and maintain accurate inventory audit and compliance standards. Produce and display merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan.

Be a Talent Ambassador:
Teach and train the team by identifying training needs, providing and developing necessary skills, and encouraging career growth. Source new talent internally and externally. 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 and support compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity. Explain, guide, and demonstrate how to apply these in executing business processes. 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, determining customer needs and business priorities, coordinating and executing work assignments, and providing advice, feedback, and support to ensure timelines and work quality are achieved.

Respect the Individual:
Embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected; foster a culture of belonging; create opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform; help attract the best talent.

Strengthen the team by helping develop and mentor others, recognizing contributions and accomplishments, and building strong, trusting relationships. Communicate with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.

Act with Integrity:
Maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance. Model Walmart values, hold yourself and others accountable, and support Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world. Act in a selfless, humble, self‑aware, honest, fair, and transparent manner.

Serve our Customers and Members:
Deliver results while putting the customer first. Make decisions based on reliable information, balance short and…