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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!
Meijer Rewards
- Weekly pay
- Scheduling flexibility
- Paid parental leave
- Paid education assistance
- Team member discount
- Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Plans, directs and supervises team members in the day to day operations within various departments of the store. Serves as the mentor and coach for all team members. Implements strategies to improve customer service, drive store sales while ensuring customer needs are met and service is quick and efficient. Maintains store appearance with a focus on prime shopping hours, product presentation and company standards.
What You'll be Doing:
- Ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and team members.
- Responsible for staffing, selection and hiring to achieve staffing needs.
- Promotes succession planning by providing career paths, identifying development needs for the team members, and being involved with and accountable for promotion decisions.
- Documents and applies disciplinary actions and makes recommendations concerning discharge.
- Responsible for P&L, achieving sales and maintaining shrink for the department.
- Models exceptional, fast and friendly customer service.
- Communicates the Meijer Friendly Initiative in all team meetings and conversations.
- Mentors and coaches the team members to ensure customer service and sales goals are exceeded and the area is maintained to Meijer standards.
- Ensures the team is thoroughly trained in all aspects of their jobs and have completed all required training.
- Spends majority of time within the store communicating with customers and team members to ensure exceptional service is being delivered.
- Promotes a safe work environment.
- Reliable and consistent attendance required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or its equivalent required.
- 2-3 years of related retail experience.
- One year of management experience.
- Rotational assignments in other areas of the store such as meat, bakery, produce and deli; also customer service and product flow experience is helpful.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate to team members in the organization in a way that provides clear and precise direction.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict and by addressing root cause issues.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze financial and statistical information and use that information to make informed decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to teach suggestive selling.
- Demonstrated ability to lead an organization that practices working safely at all times.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor team members in all areas of the organization including SDITs, team members in hourly positions and team leaders.
- Successful completion of all required certifications.
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!
Meijer Rewards
- Weekly pay
- Scheduling flexibility
- Paid parental leave
- Paid education assistance
- Team member discount
- Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Plans, directs and supervises team members in the day to day operations within various departments of the store. Serves as the mentor and coach for all team members. Implements strategies to improve customer service, drive store sales while ensuring customer needs are met and service is quick and efficient. Maintains store appearance with a focus on prime shopping hours, product presentation and company standards.
What You'll be Doing:
- Ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and team members.
- Responsible for staffing, selection and hiring to achieve staffing needs.
- Promotes succession planning by providing career paths, identifying development needs for the team members, and being involved with and accountable for promotion decisions.
- Documents and applies disciplinary actions and makes recommendations concerning discharge.
- Responsible for P&L, achieving sales and maintaining shrink for the department.
- Models exceptional, fast and friendly customer service.
- Communicates the Meijer Friendly Initiative in all team meetings and conversations.
- Mentors and coaches the team members to ensure customer service and sales goals are exceeded and the area is maintained to Meijer standards.
- Ensures the team is thoroughly trained in all aspects of their jobs and have completed all required training.
- Spends majority of time within the store communicating with customers and team members to ensure exceptional service is being delivered.
- Promotes a safe work environment.
- Reliable and consistent attendance required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or its equivalent required.
- 2-3 years of related retail experience.
- One year of management experience.
- Rotational assignments in other areas of the store such as meat, bakery, produce and deli; also customer service and product flow experience is helpful.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate to team members in the organization in a way that provides clear and precise direction.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict and by addressing root cause issues.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze financial and statistical information and use that information to make informed decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to teach suggestive selling.
- Demonstrated ability to lead an organization that practices working safely at all times.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor team members in all areas of the organization including SDITs, team members in hourly positions and team leaders.
- Successful completion of all required certifications.
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Who's Hiring
- Target488
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- Whole Foods Market205
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- Retail98
- Distribution & Wholesale47
- Healthcare & Medical Services39
- Manufacturing16
- Education8
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in sales team leader jobs.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in a sales role with at least one year leading a team
- Proficiency with CRM platforms such as Salesforce, HubSpot, or Microsoft Dynamics
- Demonstrated ability to coach reps, manage pipelines, and hit team quotas
- Strong communication and presentation skills for client-facing and internal reporting
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, or a related field
- Familiarity with sales enablement tools, forecasting processes, and performance metrics
Tips for Your Sales Team Leader Job Search
Quantify your team's sales results
Hiring managers want numbers, not narratives. Replace phrases like 'improved team performance' with specifics: quota attainment rate, year-over-year revenue growth your team drove, and how many reps you coached to hit their targets consistently.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists sales team leader openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor applications to the sales motion
Inside sales, field sales, and channel sales teams each operate differently. Scan the job description for clues about the sales cycle and methodology, then mirror that language in your resume to signal you've done this exact type of selling before.
Prepare for pipeline and coaching questions
Interviewers will ask how you manage underperforming reps and how you build a healthy pipeline culture. Have two or three specific examples ready that show your coaching process, not just the outcome, because the process is what they're hiring for.
Highlight CRM and forecasting proficiency
Most sales team leader roles require hands-on experience with a CRM like Salesforce or HubSpot for forecasting and rep performance tracking. Name the specific tools you've used and the reports or dashboards you built or owned.
Negotiate beyond base salary
Sales team leader offers almost always include an OTE structure, so understand the split between base and variable before negotiating. Ask about the percentage of the last team that hit full OTE, since that number tells you whether the comp plan is realistic.
Sales Team Leader Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most sales team leaders?
The companies hiring the most sales team leaders right now include Target, American Eagle Outfitters, and Whole Foods Market, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand tends to be highest in sectors with large distributed sales forces, including insurance, SaaS, and retail.
How many sales team leader jobs are remote?
About 20% of sales team leader openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with the highest remote share in inside sales and SaaS roles where the entire sales motion happens over phone and video. Field sales and retail-based team leader roles are much more likely to require in-person presence.
How do you become a sales team leader?
Start by consistently exceeding quota as an individual contributor, since most employers promote from within based on performance and peer influence. Volunteer to onboard new reps, run team calls, or shadow your manager on coaching conversations. When applying externally, pair your results with evidence that you've already been doing informal leadership work in your current role.
Can you get hired as a sales team leader with little experience?
Yes, especially if you've been a top-performing individual contributor and can show informal leadership experience like mentoring peers, running training sessions, or stepping in during a manager's absence. Smaller companies and high-growth startups are most open to promoting strong sellers into their first leadership role, even without a formal management title on your resume.
What does the sales team leader interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager interview focused on your sales results and leadership philosophy, and at least one panel or case-study round where you walk through how you'd handle an underperforming rep or a missed quarterly target. Some employers add a role-play exercise or ask you to present a mock team QBR to assess how you communicate performance data.
Where can I find and apply to sales team leader jobs?
You can find and apply to sales team leader jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and location preferences, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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