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Food Service Team Leader

Mission Viejo, CA · On-site

$24.75 - $42.05/hr

This team leads food and food services including replenishment, inventory accuracy, food safety, presentation,pricingand promotional signing processes for all Food&Beverage areas of the store. At ...

Children's Health

Food Services Team Leader

Dallas, TX · On-site

Team Leader, Patient Food Services Department: Food Services Location: Dallas Shift: Mon-Fri (12 ... Daily use of cBord/Kronos/Lawson * Assist Food Service Department as needed with additional duties.

Northeast Grocery

Food Service Team Leader

Oxford, CT · On-site

SUMMARY Oversees the Food Service operation of the store inclusive of the Food Court area to ensure that all budgeted financial objectives and departmental product quality and presentation standards ...

Just Salad

Service Team Leader

Chicago, IL · On-site

$20 - $23/hr

Open availability preferred Shift Managers assist General Managers with: * The store's overall ... Administrative tasks including: scheduling, payroll, inventory, compiling reports and food and ...

Just Salad

Service Team Leader

Chicago, IL · On-site

$20 - $23/hr

Open availability preferred Shift Managers assist General Managers with: * The store's overall ... Administrative tasks including: scheduling, payroll, inventory, compiling reports and food and ...

Montana

Assistant Food Service Manager

Warm Springs, MT

$14.25 - $19.75/hr

The Assistant Food Service Manager is responsible for the oversight and management of the food ... Strong leadership and team building skills: Ability to manage a team effectively, maintain an ...

Just Salad

Service Team Leader

Chicago, IL · On-site

$20 - $23/hr

Open availability preferred Shift Managers assist General Managers with: * The store's overall ... Administrative tasks including: scheduling, payroll, inventory, compiling reports and food and ...

TOKYO JOES LLC

Service Team Leader

Castle Rock, CO · On-site

$16.75 - $22/hr

Our service team leader is the face of the restaurant and creates excellent guest experience ... We positively engage with our guests while expediting food ensuring accuracy, quality and ...

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How much do assistant food service team leader jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 13, 2026, the average hourly pay for assistant food service team leader in the United States is $19.35, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $14.90 and $23.08 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Assistant Food Service Team Leader vs Food Service Worker?

AspectAssistant Food Service Team LeaderFood Service Worker
CredentialsHigh school diploma; some roles may require food safety certificationHigh school diploma or equivalent; food safety training often provided on the job
Work EnvironmentSupervisory role in cafeterias, restaurants, or catering servicesFrontline role in food preparation, serving, and cleaning
Employer UsageUsed in institutional and commercial food service settings to assist managementCommonly employed in fast food, cafeterias, and catering

The Assistant Food Service Team Leader typically has supervisory responsibilities and may oversee food service staff, while the Food Service Worker focuses on food preparation and customer service. Both roles require food safety knowledge, but the assistant leader often needs additional leadership skills. Understanding these differences helps job seekers identify the right position for their skills and career goals.

What does an assistant food service team leader do?

An assistant food service team leader supports the food service operation by helping manage staff, ensuring food quality and safety standards are met, and assisting with daily tasks such as inventory, customer service, and cleanliness. They often supervise team members, follow health regulations, and may help with training and scheduling. Strong communication skills and knowledge of food safety protocols are important for this role.

What is the role of an assistant food service team leader?

An assistant food service team leader supports the food service manager by supervising staff, ensuring quality service, and maintaining safety and cleanliness standards. They often assist with training, scheduling, and handling customer concerns in a fast-paced environment.

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Infographic showing various Assistant Food Service Team Leader job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 77% Full Time, 18% Part Time, and 4% Contract. Highlights an 91% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 7% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $40,241 per year, or $19.3 per hour.

Food Service Team Leader

Mission Viejo, CA • On-site

Target Brands, Inc.
Retail • 10K+ employees
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$24.75 - $42.05/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 6 days ago

Target rating

6.6

Company rating: 6.6 out of 10

Based on 7,058 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

The starting pay range for this position per hour is $24.75 - $26.75. The full pay range for this position per hour is $24.75 - $42.05
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 https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
ALL ABOUT TARGET
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.
ALL ABOUT FOOD & BEVERAGE
The Food & Beverage team enables a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring the product is fresh, in stock, available and accurately priced and signed on the sales floor. They are experts in operations, process and efficiency. This team leads food and food services including replenishment, inventory accuracy, food safety, presentation, pricing and promotional signing processes for all Food & Beverage areas of the store.
At Target, we believe in our leaders having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a Food Service Team Leader can provide you with the skills and experience of:
  • Guest service fundamentals and experience building a guest-first and freshness culture on your team.
  • Food & Beverage business fundamentals: department sales trends, freshness, food safety and quality, inventory management, guest shopping patterns and pricing and promotions strategies.
  • Planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales.
  • Leading a team of hourly team members, including skills in interviewing, training, coaching, evaluating, retaining and developing talent.

As a Food Service Team Leader, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day most likely will include the following responsibilities:
  • Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience.
  • Ensures every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target's guest experience commitments and consistent operations.
  • Actively observes and provides feedback, holding team members accountable while recognizing great guest experience moments.
  • Reviews area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, takes action to improve, and aligns team on the right behaviors and execution, celebrates wins, drives results that deliver outcomes and elevates the guest experience.
  • Understand sales goals, plan and execute daily/weekly workload to deliver department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including planning food service transitions, revisions, sales plans, sampling, promotions and price change workload.
  • Assign daily tasks to TMs based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns, ensuring alignment with weekly and monthly business priorities set by your direct leader.
  • Assess Food Service back of house, production areas, dining spaces and merchandising spaces to ensure food safety and proper inventory levels with guidance from your direct leader.
  • Walk Food & Beverage Standards and Food Service routines daily to assess priorities and review reporting to identify business gaps for follow-up.
  • Follow all food safety requirements and cleaning routines, including monitoring and recording temperature sensitive food items, as outlined in Target's policies and procedures.
  • Validate and follow-up on team members' progress against department checklists and routines.
  • Lead team to uphold and maintain all Starbucks and Pizza Hut Brand Standards and production specifications (where applicable).
  • Ensure accurate in-stocks by placing store-initiated orders according to best practices.
  • Follow proper perishable inventory management procedures to ensure an accurate recording of inventory.
  • Make production quantity decisions just in time to ensure freshness, in-stocks, sales and profitability are achieved consistently.
  • Remain up-to-date on relevant trends and products to educate team members.
  • Participate in team hiring and onboarding processes.
  • At direction of your direct leader, establish clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to expectations.
  • In addition to Food Safety Manager Certification, complete all Starbucks and/or Pizza Hut training requirements and certifications.
  • Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety and compliance; lead your team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment.
  • Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors, identifying and correcting hazards, holding team accountable to following safety expectations, assisting with incident response, and reporting/investigating injuries timely and accurately.
  • Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.
  • Lead and demonstrate a culture of executing all best practices; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.
  • Model the execution of physical security processes in order to enhance the instore security culture.
  • Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store, including ordering, storage and application as directed by best practices.
  • If applicable, as a key carrier, follow all safe and secure training and processes.
  • Occasionally assume store-level leadership on duty (LOD) responsibilities to enable the guest experience for the store during assigned shifts based on store needs.
  • Address all store emergency and compliance needs.
  • Support guest services such as back-up cashier, order pick up (OPU) and Drive-up (DU) and maintain a compliance culture while executing those duties, such as compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
  • All other duties based on business needs.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
This may be the right job for you if:
  • You enjoy interacting and helping others - including guests that shop our store and fellow team members you work with.
  • You thrive in a fast-moving, highly active and physically demanding role, where teamwork, flexibility, and creative problem solving are key to success.
  • You are open to working a variable work schedule with varying hours, days or shifts (including nights, weekends, holidays, closing shifts and other peak shopping times).

The good news is that we have some amazing training that will help teach you everything you need to know to be a Food Service Team Leader. But, there are a few things you need from the get-go:
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Must be at least 18 years of age or older
  • Previous retail experience preferred, but not required
  • Strong interest and knowledge of the food service business
  • Lead and hold others accountable
  • Communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed
  • Work independently and as part of a team
  • Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently
  • Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
  • Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members
  • Effective communication skills

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 basics that we expect:
  • Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues
  • Interpret instructions, reports and information
  • Accurately handle cash register operations as needed
  • Climb up and down ladders if needed
  • Scan, handle, and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds without additional assistance from others
  • Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays); reliable and prompt attendance necessary
  • Although the role is full-time, it does not come with a guarantee of 40 hours each week. Hours will depend on the needs of the business and may fluctuate as required
  • Ability to work in environments that will include refrigeration and freezer temperatures and conditions; where common allergens may also be handled or present
  • Capable of working in and exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing certain job duties, including but not limited to Drive-Ups, carryout, etc.
  • Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shifts (shift length may vary)

Target will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco and City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

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We're here to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Target is a general merchandise retailer with stores in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. 75% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a Target store. We employ 400,000+ Our tagline is "Expect More. Pay Less." We've been using it since 1994! The Target Corporation also owns Shipt and Roundel. More to love! Target is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, its hometown since the first Target store opened in 1962 under The Dayton Company.

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10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Minneapolis, MN, US

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