Full-Time

Floor Lead

Sur La Table

Posted on 11/8/2025

Sur La Table

Sur La Table

1,001-5,000 employees

Premium kitchenware retailer with classes

Compensation Overview

$17 - $18.09/hr

Morton Grove, IL, USA

In Person

Category
Retail (2)
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Requirements
  • 1 year of retail sales and customer service experience.
  • Proficient in Point of Sale Systems.
  • Some experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).
  • May require Food Handlers Certification.
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to an environment where employees are informed and capable by supporting training for all employees.
  • Model and hold employees accountable to customer service standards.
  • Model and ensure all Sur La Table policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are communicated effectively to employees, maintained and consistently followed.
  • Provide coaching in the moment and performance feedback to employees and communicate performance issues directly to the General Manager or Store Manager.
  • Support sales driving initiatives and create daily agendas.
  • Direct employees to ensure appropriate merchandise stock levels, merchandise presentations, and ensure selling floor is adequately stocked according to visual standards.
  • Stay informed by maintaining product knowledge, accessing available training and seeking out additional resources when necessary.
  • Ensure timekeeping practices are in place and consistently followed according to SLT Policy.
  • Complete and carry out inventory transactions including but not limited to, receiving, MOS, and RARs. Ring employee transactions.
  • Demonstrate exceptional verbal and written communication skills with employees, customers, field management and corporate office.
  • Accurately record time worked according to SLT policy.
  • Additional responsibilities as assigned by General Manager or Store Manager.
  • Ability to communicate verbally and work cooperatively with employees and customers.
  • Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to 3 hours at a time.
  • Ability to move about the work place coaching and directing employees; selling to customers and retrieving merchandise from storage or sales floor.
  • Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch in order to demonstrate, retrieve and replenish merchandise.
  • Ability to work a varied schedule to observe employees and customers at different times of the day, week and year.
  • Ability to ascend/descend ladders in order to retrieve and/or move merchandise.
  • Ability to operate a computer, POS system, keyboards, merchandise scanners and mouse in order to accomplish work.
  • Regular and predictable attendance.
  • Ability to lift and/ or move merchandise weighing up to 35 lbs.
Desired Qualifications
  • 1 year of retail supervisory experience, preferred.

Sur La Table sells premium cookware, dinnerware, cutlery, kitchen electrics, and bakeware through brick-and-mortar stores and an online platform, and it also runs one of the largest cooking-class programs in the United States. Customers browse and purchase products online or in stores, while hands-on cooking classes teach techniques from basic to specialized cuisines; SLT Perks rewards purchases with points, and affiliate partners earn commissions. The business combines a wide range of premium kitchen goods with a large, active education program and a loyalty scheme accessible in-store and online, setting it apart from retailers that sell gear or offer classes alone. Its goal is to be the go-to destination for premium kitchen products and culinary learning, building a community of home cooks and professionals through products, classes, loyalty, and partnerships.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Hopkins, Minnesota

Founded

1972

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Walmart GoLocal partnership enables nationwide same-day delivery.
  • Seattle Coffee Gear acquisition expands into coffee equipment market.
  • Culinary Journeys boost loyalty with immersive high-end experiences.

What critics are saying

  • Williams-Sonoma dominates premium cookware with superior e-commerce.
  • Store closures like Dallas and SouthPark shrink physical footprint.
  • Amazon Basics undercuts premium pricing with Prime delivery.

What makes Sur La Table unique

  • Offers largest U.S. cooking class program in 80+ stores.
  • Launched Culinary Journeys trips to France in fall 2024.
  • Acquired Seattle Coffee Gear on March 3, 2025.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Pet Insurance

Employee Discounts

Company News

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Apr 9th, 2025
Sur La Table set to re-open at Smith Haven Mall in June

Sur La Table shut down its Smith Haven store in 2020 when its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

CoffeeTalk
Mar 5th, 2025
Sur La Table Acquires Seattle Coffee Gear

Sur La Table has acquired Seattle Coffee Gear, a Washington-based coffee equipment retailer founded in 2005. This acquisition will enable Sur La Table to expand its offerings and engage with the coffee community more effectively, enhancing the shopping experience and providing Seattle Coffee Gear's customers with a broader national retail presence.

CityBiz
Mar 4th, 2025
Sur La Table, Announces Asset Purchase of Seattle Coffee Gear

SEATTLE, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Sur La Table, a nationwide specialty retailer of cookware, kitchen electrics, and bakeware, today announced the acquisition of Seattle Coffee Gear, a Washington state-based coffee equipment retailer, in an asset purchase.

WFAA
Jan 13th, 2025
This prominent cookware retailer, known for its popular cooking classes, is closing one of its longstanding Dallas locations this month

DALLAS - Sur La Table, a Seattle-based retailer that specializes in cookware and kitchen tool sales and also offers popular cooking classes, is closing its Dallas location on Cole Avenue near Knox Street later this month.

The Charlotte Ledger
Jan 4th, 2025
Sur La Table to close at SouthPark Mall

Sur La Table to close at SouthPark Mall.

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