Meat Lead Fresh Meat

About the role

As a Meat 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 Meat and work collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club meets the member’s expectations.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the team within the meat department to deliver on the business plan and contribute to the overall success of the club by:
  • Communicating the goals of the department
  • Executing company programs and adhering to policies
  • Advocating for the member, the associate, and the company
  • Working collaboratively with other team leaders to ensure the total club meets members' expectations
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of business on the floor, backroom operations, product updates, and product specifications by:
  • Ensuring the meat department meets company and regulatory standards for quality, inventory, production, equipment usage, safety, sanitation, and compliance
  • Sharing knowledge and prioritizing training for the team to understand item specifications and utilize approved equipment for high-volume products
  • Engaging with members and sharing passion for the product to help them make the right protein selection
• 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
  • Adopt new tools and encourage others to use them
• Drive business results by:
  • Ensuring commitment to operational excellence
  • Maintaining a neat, clean, and safe work area in the meat department
  • Utilizing digital tools for forecasting, planning, and production
  • Facilitating product inventory and ordering processes
  • Ensuring appropriate staffing levels and accurate audit and compliance standards
  • Maintaining meat and seafood equipment and storage systems in working order
  • Producing and displaying merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan
• Develop and mentor the team by:
  • Identifying training needs and providing necessary skills development to deliver high-quality products to members
  • Encouraging career growth for team members
  • Sourcing new talent internally and externally
• 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
  • Identifying and addressing improvement opportunities
• Demonstrate, promote, and support compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by:
  • Explaining, guiding, and demonstrating how to apply these in executing business processes and practices
  • Implementing related action plans
  • Using the Open Door Policy
  • Assisting management with correcting ethical and compliance issues and problems
• Lead and participate in teams by:
  • Using and sharing resources, information, and tools
  • Determining customer needs and business priorities
  • Coordinating and executing work assignments
  • Providing advice, feedback, and support to ensure timelines and work quality are achieved
  • Modeling and helping others adapt to change or new challenges
• Respect the individual by:
  • Embracing differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences
  • Creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging
  • Creating opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform
  • Helping to attract the best talent
  • Working as a team and building strong, trusting relationships
  • Communicating with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence
  • Strengthening the team by helping develop and mentor others
  • Recognizing others' contributions and accomplishments
• Act with integrity by:
  • Maintaining and promoting the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance
  • Modeling the Walmart values to support and foster our culture
  • Holding oneself and others accountable
  • Supporting Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world
  • Acting in a selfless manner and being consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent
• Serve customers and members by:
  • Delivering results while putting the customer first
  • Making decisions based on reliable information
  • Balancing short- and long-term priorities
  • Considering how your work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders
• Strive for excellence by:
  • Displaying curiosity and a desire to learn
  • Taking calculated risks and demonstrating courage and resilience
  • Driving continuous improvements
  • Being open to and using new technologies and skills
  • Supporting others through change

Requirements

• 6 months experience in a meat production department or 6 months experience supervising a team
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if hired

Preferred Qualifications

• Meat processing experience, including boneless and bone-in products
• Supervising associates
• Food Handler Certification (Food Safety)

Benefits

• Competitive pay with performance-based bonus awards
• Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off including PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U: Company-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for high school completion, bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms.

Pay

The hourly wage range for this position is $22.00 to $30.00. The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Additional compensation in the form of premiums may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.