Food and Beverage Coordinator - San Jose, CA

Food & Beverage Coordinator

The pay range is $73,000.00 - $. Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.

Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.

You support all aspects of a profitable food and beverage business that has one purpose: to help all families discover the joy of everyday life.

You utilize your industry knowledge to influence store leaders to execute food and beverage strategies and processes in store.

As a Food & Beverage Coordinator, you are responsible for the business performance of your respective districts in your market. These responsibilities include:

• Support operations, strategies, and food processes in assigned stores by coaching, teaching, and training.
• Partner with field and store leadership, Store Operations, Merchandising, and other stakeholder groups to support and advocate for projects to champion food and grow profitable sales.
• Evaluate, educate, and improve store conditions, guest experience, operational efficiency, waste reduction, and profitable sales through expertise.
• Leverage reporting to evaluate performance in sales, markdowns, inventory productivity, food safety, and other measures.
• Maintain industry knowledge and market trends by benchmarking competitor pricing, promotions, merchandising practices, and processes.
• Utilize innovation, critical thinking, communication, and store partnership to understand and influence future seasons and events with your insight and expertise.
• Represent stores and food operations in advocating for locally requested food items the guest is looking for, including new items, holiday merchandising, and competitor merchandising benchmarking.
• Influence and provide thoughtful feedback to key store and field partners (Team Leaders, ETLs, SDs, and district leadership).
• Lead and create a service culture utilizing tools and routines that model, train, and coach behavioral expectations to deliver the service standard.
• Ensure execution through detailed training and education of store leadership teams and food and beverage experts, including ordering and managing inventory and supplies, merchandising, freshness, food safety, sampling, and other store-controlled processes.
• Support guest service and profitable sales by assisting stores with guest-centric scheduling and training.
• Encourage and deliver a fresh and safe experience through reinforcing food safety processes, training teams to integrate food safety, product rotation, cleaning and sanitation, and freshness into everyday processes.
• Partner with Stores and Direct Store Delivery (DSD) Vendors to drive DSD sales through on-shelf availability and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Starbucks and Pizza Hut field leaders to drive sales through guiding brand standard execution and operational efficiencies.
• Maintain compliance with policies and procedures defined by all regulatory agencies.
• Challenge teams to develop staffing and contingency plans that ensure coverage and maintain production and service capabilities.
• Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment.
• Support Target's safety culture through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors, empowering store leaders to correct and/or escalate hazards, and holding team accountable to safety policies, best practices, and training.
• Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.
• All other duties based on business needs.

The good news is that we have some amazing training that will help teach you everything you need to know to be a Food & Beverage Coordinator. But there are a few skills you should have from the get-go:

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of food and beverage experience
• Proven execution skills and ability to drive change
• Operate in an ambiguous and rapidly changing work environment
• Quickly adapt to changing priorities and tasks
• Project and process management/ownership experience
• Work in high intensity situations with composure and ease
• Solution-based mindset with desire to uncover business gaps and solve problems
• Outstanding written and…