Bakery Team Leader: Growth, Mentoring & Merchandising

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P.; Swampscott (MA); On-site; USD 27,552 - 48,216; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in Massachusetts seeks a Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, focusing on profitability, cost control, buying, merchandising, and safety while providing courteous service to customers and teammates.

The role emphasizes developing Team Members, maintaining high standards of retail execution, and collaborating to meet sales goals. Candidates should have 18+ months in retail and 6+ months supervisory experience, with flexible scheduling including

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.
• Strong leadership, communication, and customer service skills.
• Knowledge of merchandising, inventory control, and profitability basics.
• Ability to train and develop Team Members and maintain vendor relations.

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

Customer service

Merchandising

Retail operations

Communication

Inventory management

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Team development

Tools

Microsoft Office

Email

Job description

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in Massachusetts seeks a Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, focusing on profitability, cost control, buying, merchandising, and safety while providing courteous service to customers and teammates.

The role emphasizes developing Team Members, maintaining high standards of retail execution, and collaborating to meet sales goals. Candidates should have 18+ months in retail and 6+ months supervisory experience, with flexible scheduling including