Food Service Expert

About the role

The role of a Food Service Expert at Target provides opportunities for personal and professional growth, fostering an environment where employees care, grow, and win together.

Responsibilities

• Create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience by delivering on the following commitments:
• Greet guests, smile, make eye contact, or wave, and initiate a warm, helpful interaction.
• Help guests find what they need and/or resolve issues to ensure a smooth, easy shopping experience.
• End every guest transaction with a sincere thank you.
• Actively support team efforts and assist peers in other areas while maintaining a positive and respectful attitude.
• Adjust to business and guest needs to deliver an easy and inspiring guest experience.
• Deliver an exceptional guest experience by providing a fresh and abundant shopping experience during all hours of operations, prioritizing the guest’s needs over task.
• Uphold and maintain the execution of the Food & Beverage standards and Pizza Hut brand standards (where applicable).
• Execute Food & Beverage processes, including food deliveries, replenishment, straightening merchandise, instocks routines, data accuracy, culling, rotation, cleaning, signing, and organizing and storing reserve product.
• Produce, package and label items to specifications on production cards and follow specific department routines to drive sales, instocks and profitability.
• Maintain a neat, clean and inviting dining area for guests throughout shift (as applicable).
• Make changes to salesfloor merchandise displays as directed.
• Always be aware of current promotions in Café and Pizza Hut (where applicable).
• Complete and record all cleaning tasks in the food service space as outlined in best practices.
• Follow proper perishable inventory procedures to ensure an accurate recording of inventory.
• Follow all food safety requirements including monitoring and recording temperature sensitive food items as outlined in best practice.
• Use sampling and suggestive selling to promote products and increase sales.
• Complete Pizza Hut training requirements and certifications related to quality control of Pizza Hut products (where applicable).
• Always demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety and compliance.
• Work in a safe manner at all times; comply with all safety policies, best practices, and training; report hazards and correct where possible.
• Support guest services such as back-up cashier, order pick up (OPU) and Drive-up (DU) and maintain a compliance culture while executing those duties, such as compliance with federal, state, and local adult beverage laws.

Requirements

• Strong interest and knowledge of the food service business.
• Previous food or grocery experience preferred, but not required.
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members.
• Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed.
• Work both independently and with a team.
• Resolve guest questions quickly on the spot.
• Attention to detail and follow multi-step processes.
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.

Qualifications

• Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues.
• Interpret instructions, reports and information.
• Accurately handle cash register operations as needed.
• Climb up and down ladders if needed.
• Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds without additional assistance from others.
• Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays); come to work when scheduled, work scheduled shifts and take required meal and rest breaks.
• Ability to work in environments that will include refrigeration and freezer temperatures and conditions; where common allergens may also be handled or present.
• Capable of working in and exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing certain job duties, including but not limited to Drive-Ups, carryout, etc.
• Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shifts (shift length may vary).

Skills

• Strong interest and knowledge of the food service business.
• Previous food or grocery experience preferred, but not required.
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members.
• Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed.
• Work both independently and with a team.
• Resolve guest questions quickly on the spot.
• Attention to detail and follow multi-step processes.
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.

Benefits

Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

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 Eligibility

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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