
Curbside Department Lead
Machesney Park, ILFull-time$18–19.5/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Curbside Department Lead directs department operations and guides team members in daily work. The role models customer service, supports department goals, coaches and trains peers, and works with leadership on scheduling. It also involves monitoring product freshness and food safety, overseeing ordering and stocking, and operating a register or powered equipment when needed.
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Full job description
Machesney Park, IL
Full time
R000712095
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Grab the Good Stuff:
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Weekly pay
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Team member discount
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401(k) with company contributions
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Paid parental leave
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Paid education assistance
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Development programs for advancement and career growth
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Medical/dental/vision
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And more!
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
Provides direction related to operations, processes, and conditions of their area. Plans, guides, and empowers team members in the day-to-day operation of the department. Sets example for those in their department by modeling exceptional customer experience. Possesses the ability to help achieve department goals and influence their peers to create a continued winning strategy.
What you’ll be doing:
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Engaging peers to provide the best possible shopping experience for our customers including an exceptional checkout experience.
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Communicating with team members and assigning daily work tasks.
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Mentoring and coaching other team members to ensure customer service and sales goals are exceeded and the area is maintained to Meijer standards and team members have completed required trainings.
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Supports training new team members/cross-training high potential talent, providing peer coaching on job responsibilities/standards to positively impact team member productivity.
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Working with leadership on department schedule writing to focus on team member engagement, improving customer service, store sales and profitability.
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Ensuring freshness of products by closely monitoring execution of rotation and dating policies.
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Guiding the team in compliance with food safety standards and regulations and working in a safe manner aligning to 200% accountability.
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Leading team members to ensure ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing, and product display are completed, where applicable.
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Actively creating an environment that supports the Meijer culture, including valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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Operating a register and cash handling when needed.
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Operating powered equipment, where applicable.
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Participating in period end inventories, where applicable, to help achieve goals.
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May be required to act in Lead capacity in other departments throughout the store
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This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position. You may perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
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Passion for customer service with total engagement that conveys approachability to customers and fellow team members.
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Initiates interactions with customers and peers.
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Excellent verbal and written communication
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Retail or other customer service experience preferred
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Creative thinking skills
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Ability to influence others
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Ability to quickly build rapport and gain customer confidence to create repeat business
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Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, bend and twist while handling product
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Experience executing plans
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Positive influence to create a strong team environment.
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A commitment to fostering an inclusive environment where all team members and vendors feel valued and supported.
We are committed to offering competitive pay that reflects market standards and ensures consistency within our organization.
This job has a step pay plan that generally starts between the rates below with raises occurring after predetermined hours worked. The actual rate offered will meet or surpass the legal wage requirement for the job's location.
$18.00 - $19.50
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match, disability leave, and paid time off (PTO). In addition to these core benefits, we are committed to supporting your overall well-being and career growth. Our offerings include a variety of programs designed to support your personal and professional development, such as paid parental leave, paid education assistance (including free education), a childcare subsidy, and more. We are dedicated to creating a work environment that promotes work-life balance, long-term health and financial security, and continuous professional development.
We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request . Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.
How this job compares
Set against the 33,881 open Customer Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$18–19.5/hr
- Illinois median$17–20/hr822 hourly ranges
- US median$18–23/hr16,782 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $18.75/hr, is close to the Illinois median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the middle half of Customer Service hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,131 open Customer Service jobs in Illinois and 33,881 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Home Depot94 open
- Walmart87 open
- Walgreens77 open
- Experience
- Customer Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (8,827 postings).
- Education
- 1,385 of the 33,881 open Customer Service jobs (4%) ask for a bachelor's degree 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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