Posted 5 days ago
Food Team Leader
@ IKEA
Edmonton, Alberta
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Overview
IKEA is hiring a Food Team Leader to coach a restaurant team, secure food safety and operational standards, and support sales while working hands-on across the floor. The role requires at least 3 years of related experience in food service or hospitality. Salary ranges from 53,000 to 62,000 CAD depending on experience, with a Total Rewards package.
Responsibilities:
- Coach team to deliver excellent customer experience
- Enforce food safety and operational standards
- Coordinate team to support sales
- Act on customer feedback
- Hands-on support in bussing, cash handling and dish room
Requirements summary:
- Minimum 3 years of related experience
- Proven food service or hospitality experience
Tools & skills
Food service operationsCoachingCustomer experienceFood safetyRegulatory complianceSalesCustomer serviceCash handlingSupervise staff
Benefits mentioned
DentalVisionLife insuranceRetirement planEmployee assistanceParental leave
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-01
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store, Restaurant or kitchen |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Flexible hours, Generous parental leave, Retirement plan, Performance bonus, Employee discount, Wellness |
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IKEA
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 46 |
Job description
Job ID: 371162
Date posted: 02/11/2026
What you'll need to have
• Minimum 3 years of related experience
• Proven experience in a food service or hospitality environment
A day in your life with us
• Ensure that every customer has a consistent and excellent food experience by supporting, challenging and coaching the co-workers in enhancing the customer experience.
• Ensure that the appropriate processes are followed and actions are taken daily to secure food safety and compliance, operational standards and maximise profitability.
• Implement sales support tools, guides, and coordinate the work of the team to optimise commerciality and maximise sales opportunities.
• Act upon customer feedback, recognising good customer service and taking appropriate action to avoid repeated issues.
• Build the competence of the team through regular coaching, support and encouragement.
• Highly hands-on leadership role requiring supervisors to support operations as needed, including:
• Bussing tables
• Cash handling
• Working in the dish room
• Supervising staff while actively assisting the team
About this work area
Thanks to us, customers, co-workers and people at home can have a better everyday life through food that’s good for both people and planet. Together we serve more than 660 million customers yearly at the IKEA restaurants worldwide, underlining our Scandinavian heritage by offering a modern taste of Sweden. We also offer a variety of foods in our bistros and in the “Swedish Food market”. We are a diverse group of people who all live by the motto: Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is!
Why you will love us
Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:
• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)
In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Food Team Leader
The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 53,000 CAD to 62,000 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.
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