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 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 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 ensuring 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, analyzing and applying information from multiple sources, monitoring progress and results, and identifying and addressing improvement opportunities.

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 in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair and transparent.

Serve our Customers and Members. Deliver results while putting the customer first. Make decisions based on reliable information, balance short- and long-term priorities, and consider how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.

Strive for Excellence. Display curiosity and a desire to learn, take calculated risks and demonstrate courage and resilience. Drive continuous improvements, be open to and use new technologies and skills, and support 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 employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.…