Bakery Team Leader: Grow People & Elevate Experience

Jobtome; Village of Massapequa Park (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Whole Foods Market is seeking a capable team member to support store merchandising, sales analysis, and vendor relations. The role emphasizes leadership, product knowledge, and a positive team environment.

Responsibilities include mentoring staff, ensuring retail standards, managing customer flows, and collaborating with Team Leader to meet targets. Flexibility for nights/weekends is required.

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months supervisory experience.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Proficiency with email, Microsoft Office, and operations-related applications.
• Strong customer service and leadership abilities.

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

High energy

Growth mindset

Coaching

Interpersonal skills

Mentoring

Product knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Microsoft Office

Financial literacy

Leadership

Tools

Email

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market is seeking a capable team member to support store merchandising, sales analysis, and vendor relations. The role emphasizes leadership, product knowledge, and a positive team environment.

Responsibilities include mentoring staff, ensuring retail standards, managing customer flows, and collaborating with Team Leader to meet targets. Flexibility for nights/weekends is required.