Bakery Team Leader: Drive Sales, Mentorship & Ops

Whole Foods Market; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Job summary

Whole Foods Market is seeking a Team Member who supports daily operations, drives profitability, and champions excellent customer service in a fast-paced store environment. You will assist the Team Leader with merchandising, labor planning, and data analysis while mentoring Team Members to sustain high performance.

The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, flexibility to work nights and weekends, and a commitment to health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains creative store layout and product merchandising.
• Works with Team Leader to achieve sales, purchasing, and labor targets.
• Assists Team Leader in analysis of sales, reports and labor.
• Demonstrates advanced product knowledge and develops / maintains awareness of new products.
• Maintains good vendor relationships, develops new vendor relations, and ensures all paperwork is properly submitted for vendor processing.
• Works with Team Leader to resolve team concerns or issues.
• Functions as point person and departmental person in charge in absence of Team Leader.
• Sets and achieves the highest standards of retail execution.
• Fosters and encourages a positive environment of outstanding teamwork, mutual respect, and exceptional morale.
• Maintains awareness of customer flows and needs and directs Team Members as necessary to satisfy and delight customers; responds promptly to customer needs and questions.
• Selects, trains, develops, mentors, motivates, and counsels Team Members in a manner that sustains a high-performance team and minimizes turnover.
• Provides timely, thorough, and thoughtful performance evaluations.
• Consistently communicates and models WFM vision and goals

Skills

Leadership

Coaching/Mentoring

Customer relationship

Communication

Team development

Decision making

Prioritization/Delegation

Email proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Email

Job description

Whole Foods Market is seeking a Team Member who supports daily operations, drives profitability, and champions excellent customer service in a fast-paced store environment. You will assist the Team Leader with merchandising, labor planning, and data analysis while mentoring Team Members to sustain high performance.

The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, flexibility to work nights and weekends, and a commitment to health and safety standards.