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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 – Supervises the team within all prepared foods departments (e.g., café, rotisserie, and prepared foods) by facilitating rotations through different fresh areas and managing members’ needs to deliver on the business plan and contribute to the overall success of your club, communicating the goals of the department, executing company programs, adhering to policies, and being an advocate for the member, the associate and the company.
Be an Expert – Maintains an in‑depth knowledge of business on the floor and backroom operations by ensuring the prepared foods area meets company and regulatory standards for quality, inventory, production, sanitation, equipment usage, safety, and compliance. Manages seasonality in terms of production, understanding new products, recipes, processes and production specifications, prioritizing time between areas.
Collaborates with associates and third parties ensuring the team has resources to do their job effectively, sharing knowledge and training the team.
Be a Techie – Leverages digital tools to plan for and drive sales, improve the shopping experience and elevate associate engagement. Utilizes hand‑held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, training and product quality and adopting new tools and encouraging others to use them.
Be an Owner – Drives the business results ensuring commitment to operational excellence, planning for profitability, maintaining a neat, clean and safe work area in the prepared foods area, ensuring appropriate staffing levels and accurate audit and compliance standards, producing and displaying merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan, engaging with other departments and third‑party business partners to ensure operational continuity.
Be a Talent Ambassador – Teaches and trains the team by identifying training needs, providing and developing necessary skills to deliver high‑quality products to the members, encouraging career growth for team members and sourcing new talent internally and externally to work on the team.
Develops, communicates and implements 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.
Demonstrates, promotes and supports 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, and assisting management with correcting ethical and compliance issues and problems.
Leads and participates 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 – Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected through a culture of belonging, creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform, helps attract the best talent, works as a team, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy and positivity to motivate and influence, strengthens the team by helping develop and mentor others, recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Act with Integrity – Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance, models Walmart values to support and foster our culture, holds oneself and others accountable, supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members and the world around us, acts in a self‑less manner and consistently humble, self‑aware, honest, fair and transparent.
Serve our Customers and Members – Delivers results while putting the customer first, makes decisions based on reliable information, balances short and long‑term priorities, considers how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.
Strive for Excellence – Displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience, drives continuous improvements, is open to and uses new technologies and skills, and supports others through change.
Benefits and Compensation We offer competitive pay as well as performance‑based bonus awards and other great benefits.
Health benefits: medical, vision, and dental coverage.
Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, company‑paid life insurance.
Paid time off: PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, voting. Additional PTO/PPTO can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount depends on your job classification and length of employment and meets or exceeds paid sick leave laws where applicable.
Other benefits: short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U: a company‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high‑school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short‑form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Hourly wage range for this position:
$23.00 – $31.00 *.
Additional compensation may be paid in premiums ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances, based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.
Minimum Qualifications
At least 6 months experience in a fresh production department or 6 months experience supervising a team.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must complete all job‑required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if hired.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supervising a team.
Food Handler Certification (Food Safety).
Location & Work Details Primary Location: 2405 S Caraway Rd, Jonesboro, AR 72401-6208, United States of America.
Workplace Policies 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. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Part‑time
Job Function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Retail
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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 – Supervises the team within all prepared foods departments (e.g., café, rotisserie, and prepared foods) by facilitating rotations through different fresh areas and managing members’ needs to deliver on the business plan and contribute to the overall success of your club, communicating the goals of the department, executing company programs, adhering to policies, and being an advocate for the member, the associate and the company.
Be an Expert – Maintains an in‑depth knowledge of business on the floor and backroom operations by ensuring the prepared foods area meets company and regulatory standards for quality, inventory, production, sanitation, equipment usage, safety, and compliance. Manages seasonality in terms of production, understanding new products, recipes, processes and production specifications, prioritizing time between areas.
Collaborates with associates and third parties ensuring the team has resources to do their job effectively, sharing knowledge and training the team.
Be a Techie – Leverages digital tools to plan for and drive sales, improve the shopping experience and elevate associate engagement. Utilizes hand‑held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, training and product quality and adopting new tools and encouraging others to use them.
Be an Owner – Drives the business results ensuring commitment to operational excellence, planning for profitability, maintaining a neat, clean and safe work area in the prepared foods area, ensuring appropriate staffing levels and accurate audit and compliance standards, producing and displaying merchandise according to the merchandise layout plan, engaging with other departments and third‑party business partners to ensure operational continuity.
Be a Talent Ambassador – Teaches and trains the team by identifying training needs, providing and developing necessary skills to deliver high‑quality products to the members, encouraging career growth for team members and sourcing new talent internally and externally to work on the team.
Develops, communicates and implements 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.
Demonstrates, promotes and supports 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, and assisting management with correcting ethical and compliance issues and problems.
Leads and participates 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 – Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected through a culture of belonging, creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform, helps attract the best talent, works as a team, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy and positivity to motivate and influence, strengthens the team by helping develop and mentor others, recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Act with Integrity – Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance, models Walmart values to support and foster our culture, holds oneself and others accountable, supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members and the world around us, acts in a self‑less manner and consistently humble, self‑aware, honest, fair and transparent.
Serve our Customers and Members – Delivers results while putting the customer first, makes decisions based on reliable information, balances short and long‑term priorities, considers how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.
Strive for Excellence – Displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience, drives continuous improvements, is open to and uses new technologies and skills, and supports others through change.
Benefits and Compensation We offer competitive pay as well as performance‑based bonus awards and other great benefits.
Health benefits: medical, vision, and dental coverage.
Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, company‑paid life insurance.
Paid time off: PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, voting. Additional PTO/PPTO can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount depends on your job classification and length of employment and meets or exceeds paid sick leave laws where applicable.
Other benefits: short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U: a company‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high‑school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short‑form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Hourly wage range for this position:
$23.00 – $31.00 *.
Additional compensation may be paid in premiums ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances, based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.
Minimum Qualifications
At least 6 months experience in a fresh production department or 6 months experience supervising a team.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must complete all job‑required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if hired.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supervising a team.
Food Handler Certification (Food Safety).
Location & Work Details Primary Location: 2405 S Caraway Rd, Jonesboro, AR 72401-6208, United States of America.
Workplace Policies 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. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Part‑time
Job Function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Retail
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Walmart by 2x.
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