Bakery Buyer & Inventory Replenishment Specialist

Whole Foods Market; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Financial wellness & health programs

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in Sunnyvale is hiring for a team member in the bakery/merchandising area. You will replenish products, monitor inventory, and support promotional displays while upholding health and safety standards.

You will provide courteous service, assist with pricing, and help drive sales through proper merchandising and customer interactions. Flexibility for nights, weekends, and holidays is required.

Qualifications

• 12+ months retail experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of bakery, coffee, and juice products.
• Strong basic math skills.
• Knowledge and ability to use computer programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and ordering systems.
• Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Replenishes products through proper buying procedures.
• Monitors and acts upon open PO reports for both purchases and credits in an accurate and timely manner.
• Requests and ensures proper signage.
• Controls spoilage/shrink; achieves turn goals; participates in inventory.
• Completes spoilage, sampling, temperature, and sweep worksheets as required.
• Ensures orders for product are timely and accurate to monitor inventory turns.
• Maintains positive working relationship with vendors.
• Oversees customer special order procedure.
• Analyzes and controls product transfers, waste, and spoilage.
• Supports leadership in conducting inventories.
• Maintains financial profitability by meeting and exceeding purchasing and sales targets.
• Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment; maintains equipment in accordance with WFM cleanliness and safety standards.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.

Skills

Bakery, coffee, juice knowledge

Math skills

Communication skills

Team player

Customer service

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Ordering systems

Job description

Whole Foods Market in Sunnyvale is hiring for a team member in the bakery/merchandising area. You will replenish products, monitor inventory, and support promotional displays while upholding health and safety standards.

You will provide courteous service, assist with pricing, and help drive sales through proper merchandising and customer interactions. Flexibility for nights, weekends, and holidays is required.