Food and Beverage Coordinator - San Jose, CA

The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00Pay 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 .ALL ABOUT TARGET Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. ALL ABOUT FOOD AND BEVERAGE 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. You coach and train store leaders to become experts of their areas to consistently deliver sales growth through a clean, fresh and rewarding experience for their teams and guests. You elevate the Target brand across food by providing market level expertise to execute and amplify key seasons, holidays, and events. At Target we believe in our team members having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a Food & Beverage Coordinator can provide you with the skills and experiences of: Guest service fundamentals and experience building a freshness and reliability culture in food and beverage areas across a multi-unit market of stores Food and beverage business fundamentals, including department sales trends, freshness, food safety and quality, inventory management, product and service reliability, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies Awareness of competitors; leveraging guest insights to influence store leadership and food teams to drive business initiatives Influencing in-store food and beverage processes and leverage food expertise to support business priorities and deliver on sales goals Assessing daily business performance and provide store leaders guidance to drive efficiencies in food and beverage departments through in-store walks Learning how to prepare for and help stores execute holiday and event plans in a competitive retail environment to build on year over year growth 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). Utilize your industry knowledge to influence store leaders to execute food and beverage strategies and processes in store. 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 verbal communication skills Build strong partnerships with key partners We are an awesome place to work and care about our teams, so we want to make sure we are clear on a few more basics that we expect: Experience leading stores or supporting field organization Training experience Supervisory experience Strong leadership and influencing skills Should live in or within driving distance of assigned district market area Must be able to travel in assigned district market area Target will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco and City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.Benefits EligibilityPlease paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: with Disabilities Act (ADA)In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.  SummaryLocation: 1061 Cochrane Rd, Morgan Hill,CA 95037-9305Type: Full time