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Retail Team Lead

Gordon Food Service

Battle Creek, MIFull-time$18.57/hrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$18.57/hr
Location
Battle Creek, MI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Retail Team Lead (Key Holder) supports store leadership and may grow into greater leadership responsibility. The role involves opening and closing the store, assisting with daily operations, handling merchandise and product quality, serving customers, managing cash tasks, and helping train and supervise sales associates. The posting seeks 1–2 years of retail experience with increasing responsibility and requires a flexible full-time schedule.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer ServiceAttention to DetailStockingInventory ManagementPoint of Sale OperationStore MaintenanceRetail ExperienceLifting Up to 50 LbsPower Equipment OperationBasic Computer Skills

Qualifications

1+ Years Retail ExperienceMust Be 18+High School Diploma or EquivalentPre-Employment ChecksDrug ScreenCriminal Background Check

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. See below for a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you...

Text "Apply" to 62387 Pay: $18.57+/hr (based on experience) Location: 30 Columbia Ave E Ste B, Battle Creek, MI 49015

Work/Life balance - We offer a great retail schedule! Store Hours: Monday to Saturday 7AM - 8PM and Sunday 9AM - 6PM

Check out this video to learn more about our Stores!

Some of our Benefits include:

  • Healthcare Benefits available on the first day! You take care of our customers, so we take care of you!
  • Immediate Retirement Savings - 401(k) retirement plan with company match! No waiting period required!
  • Company Profit-Sharing (which means the money comes back to you) after you have been employed for 90 days!
  • Holidays Off - We are CLOSED on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, and Easter
  • Advancement - We have leaders that began as Sales Associates!

Here's a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry: Gordon Food Service At a Glance.

As a Retail Team Leader (Key Holder), you are on your way to increased responsibility and future growth into leadership! This is a great opportunity for someone that has a passion for customer service, is detail-oriented for stocking and inventory management, and is skilled in operating point of sale and maintaining Store conditions. Be part of it!

As part of the leadership team, you will make an impact by:

  • Opening and closing the Store
  • Help complete daily Store operations and tasks for the day
  • Assists in unloading all merchandise from delivery trucks, organizes merchandise, and transfers merchandise from stockroom to store.
  • Maintaining merchandise - product rotation, proper food handling, receiving, ensure product quality
  • Providing exceptional customer service - building relationships, problem-solving, and building sales
  • Cash handling - bank deposits, getting change for cashiers, setting and counting down registers
  • Helping to build and train the team! Develop leadership skills while aiding in supervising sales associates in the performance of their assigned duties

If this sounds like you, make sure you also meet these requirements:

  • Have 1-2 years of retail experience with progressively increasing responsibility
  • Physical Requirements: Ability to regularly lift up to 50 lbs with frequent lifting above shoulder height
  • Schedule Availability: Ability to work flexible, full-time schedule to include days, evenings, weekends and holidays
  • Ability to safely operate power equipment, such as slicing equipment, walkie lifts and forklifts where applicable
  • This job may require you to occasionally respond to alarm calls during non-working hours and have the flexibility to work shifts at other stores in your local geographic area
  • You must be a minimum of 18 years old (required)
  • High School Diploma / Equivalent
  • Successfully pass our pre-employment checks, including a drug screen and criminal background check
  • Basic computer skills will be required

Note: Please make sure you use a valid email so we can follow up with you and let you know what's happening in the process.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Gordon Food Service, Inc. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to [email protected] and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.

All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free.

Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug tests.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,433 open Store Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$18.57/hr
  • Michigan median$18–23/hr89 hourly ranges
  • US median$18–23/hr3,710 hourly ranges

This rate, $18.57/hr, is 7% below the Michigan median midpoint ($20/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Store Operations hourly ranges in Michigan.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 158 open Store Operations jobs in Michigan and 5,433 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Store Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (3,354 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,804 of the 5,433 open Store Operations jobs (33%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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