Prepared Food Lead

Sam's Club #4730

7571 S 3800 W

West Jordan, UT 84084-4319 Position Summary As a Prepared Foods and Café Department Lead you will drive sales in your area and supervise your team of hourly associates who create and serve meals to our members – giving them more of what they love, for less. You will model expertise in Prepared Foods and Café and work collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club meets the member’s expectations. What You'll Do Be a Team Leader – supervise the team within all prepared foods departments, facilitating rotations through different fresh areas and managing members’ needs to deliver on the business plan. Be an Expert – maintain an in-depth knowledge of business on the floor and backroom operations, ensuring the prepared foods area meets company and regulatory standards for quality, inventory, production, sanitation, equipment usage, safety, and compliance. Manage seasonality – understand new products, recipes, processes, and production specifications, prioritizing time between areas. Collaborate with associates and third parties to ensure the team has resources to do their job effectively, sharing knowledge and training the team. Leverage digital tools – 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. Operate as an Owner – drive the business results, ensuring commitment to operational excellence, planning for profitability, maintaining a neat, clean, and safe work area, ensuring appropriate staffing levels and accurate audit and compliance standards. Play the role of Talent Ambassador – teach and train the team, identify training needs, develop necessary skills, encourage career growth, and source new talent internally and externally. Implement processes and practices – collaborate with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners to analyze information, monitor progress, identify improvement opportunities, and support compliance with company policies and ethics. Lead teams by sharing resources, information, and tools, determining customer needs and business priorities, coordinating work assignments, providing advice, feedback, and support, and modeling adaptation to change and new challenges. Respect diversity and foster inclusion – create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging, and help attract, develop, and retain talent. Act with integrity – maintain the highest standards of ethics and compliance, support Walmart’s regenerative goal, and act in a selfless, humble, honest, fair, and transparent manner. Serve customers and members – deliver results while putting the customer first, making decisions based on reliable information, and balancing short- and long-term priorities. Strive for excellence – display curiosity, take calculated risks, demonstrate courage and resilience, drive continuous improvements, and support others through change. Minimum Qualifications 6 months experience in a fresh production department or 6 months experience supervising a team. Must be 18 years of age or older. Acknowledge that the position requires successfully completing all job‑required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if hired. Preferred Qualifications Experience supervising a team. Food Handler Certification (Food Safety). Minimum Salary Hourly wage range: $22.00 to $30.00* (actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the applicable local minimum wage). Additional compensation in the form of premiums may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Benefits Health benefits – medical, vision, and dental coverage. Financial benefits – 401(k), stock purchase plan, and company‑paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits – PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, voting, and other legal requirements. Other benefits – short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. Live Better U – company‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates covering tuition, books, and fees for a range of programs. Additional Information Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace and have a no‑tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. We foster a culture of teamwork, growth, and innovation, empowering associates to take initiative, solve problems, and contribute to delivering exceptional service to our members while supporting each other with continuous learning opportunities. #J-18808-Ljbffr Walmart