Bakery Team Leader: Flexible Schedule, Growth & Profit

Whole Foods Market; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Financial wellness

Health & wellness support programs

Access to other Team Member perks

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in Folsom, CA seeks a Bakery Department Leader to provide overall leadership to the Bakery team and manage daily operations including profitability, expense control, buying, merchandising, labor, regulatory compliance and special projects.

The role involves hiring and developing Team Members, maintaining product assortments, achieving sales and labor targets, and fostering a collaborative vendor relationship to ensure excellent customer service and store performance.

Qualifications

• 24+ months retail experience including 12+ months of team leadership experience.
• Food safety certification; willing to certify within 6 months.
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, and customer relationship skills.
• Advanced knowledge of products, buying, pricing, merchandising, and inventory management.
• Proficient with email, Microsoft Office, and operations-related applications.

Responsibilities

• Holds ATLs, supervisors and Team Members accountable for delivering outstanding customer service.
• Builds a positive work environment of outstanding teamwork, mutual respect and exceptional morale.
• Makes hiring and separation decisions.
• Accountable for monitoring and achieving sales, purchasing, and labor targets.
• Maintains proper product assortment, merchandising, and inventory control.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative and productive working relationships with department leaders and with vendors.
• Sustains exceptional level of knowledge / awareness of relevant competitors and industry trends.
• 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

Team leadership

Customer service

Food safety certification

Merchandising knowledge

Inventory management

Microsoft Office

Tools

Email apps

Microsoft Office

Operations software

Job description

Whole Foods Market in Folsom, CA seeks a Bakery Department Leader to provide overall leadership to the Bakery team and manage daily operations including profitability, expense control, buying, merchandising, labor, regulatory compliance and special projects.

The role involves hiring and developing Team Members, maintaining product assortments, achieving sales and labor targets, and fostering a collaborative vendor relationship to ensure excellent customer service and store performance.