Food and Beverage Coordinator - Jacksonville, FL

Target Brands, Inc.

$73K — $132K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years in food and beverage industry
  • Proven ability to drive change effectively
  • Experience managing projects and processes
  • Exceptional communication and partnership-building skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
  • Strong leadership capabilities with supervisory experience

Responsibilities

  • Support and train store leadership on food and beverage operations
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to implement food strategies
  • Evaluate and enhance store conditions and guest experiences
  • Leverage data to assess sales and operational efficiency
  • Maintain awareness of competitor practices and industry trends
  • Influence decisions with insights on seasonal events and promotions
  • Ensure compliance with food safety and operational standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical, vision, dental)
  • Life insurance coverage
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Employee discounts
  • Paid sick leave and holidays
  • Paid vacation time
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
Full Job Description
The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00

Pay 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 FOODANDBEVERAGE

You support all aspects of aprofitable food and beverage business that has one purpose: to help all families discover the joy of everyday life.

Youutilizeyour industry knowledge to influence store leaders to execute foodandbeverage strategies and processes in store.

Youcoach and train store leadersto becomeexpertsoftheirareas toconsistently deliver sales growth through a clean,freshand rewarding experiencefor their teams and guests.

Youelevate theTargetbrand acrossfood by providing market levelexpertiseto 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 ofa Food& Beverage Coordinator can provide youwith theskills and experiences of:

  • Guest service fundamentals and experience building afreshnessand reliabilityculture in food and beverage areasacross amulti-unitmarket of stores
  • Food andbeverage business fundamentals, includingdepartment sales trends, freshness, food safetyand quality, inventory management, product and service reliability, guest shopping patterns,pricingand promotions strategies
  • Awareness of competitors;leveragingguest insights to influence store leadership and food teams to drive business initiatives
  • Influencing in-store foodand beverageprocessesand leverage foodexpertisetosupport business priorities and deliver on sales goals
  • Assessingdaily business performance andprovidestore leaders guidance to drive efficiencies in foodand beverage departments through in-store walks
  • Learning how to prepare forandhelp stores executeholidayand event plansin a competitive retail environment to build onyear over yeargrowth

As a Food & Beverage Coordinator, youare responsible forthe business performance of your respectivedistrictsin your market. These responsibilities include:

  • Supportoperations,strategies,and food processesin assignedstoresby coaching, teaching, and training.
  • Partner with field and store leadership, Store Operations, Merchandising, and other stakeholder groups tosupport and advocate forprojects tochampionfood and grow profitable sales.
  • Evaluate, educate, and improve store conditions, guest experience, operational efficiency, waste reduction, and profitable sales throughexpertise.
  • 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 storepartnershipto understand and influencefuture seasons and events with your insight andexpertise.
  • Represent stores and food operationsin advocatingfor locally requested food items the guest is looking for, includingnew 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 cultureutilizingtools and routines that model, train, and coach behavioral expectations to deliver the service standard.
  • Ensureexecution through detailed training and educationof store leadership teams andfoodand beverageexperts, includingordering and managing inventoryand supplies, merchandising, freshness, food safety, sampling, and other store-controlled processes.
  • Supportguest service and profitable sales byassistingstores with guest-centric scheduling and training.
  • Encourageand deliver a fresh andsafe experience through reinforcingfood safety processes, training teams to integrate food safety, product rotation, cleaning and sanitation, and freshness into everyday processes.
  • Partner with Stores andDirect Store Delivery (DSD)Vendors to drive DSD sales through on-shelf availabilityand operational efficiency.
  • Partner with Starbucks andPizzaHut 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 andmaintainproduction 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 Targets 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 byvaluing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creatingequitableexperiences.
  • All other dutiesbasedon 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-yeardegree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ yearsoffoodand 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 withcomposureand ease
  • Solution-based mindset with desire to uncover business gaps and solve problems
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Build strongpartnershipswith 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 basicsthatwe expect:

  • Experienceleading stores orsupportingfield organization
  • Training experience
  • Supervisory experience
  • Strong leadership and influencing skills
  • Shouldlive in or within driving distance of assigned district market area
  • Must be able to travel in assigned district market area

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