Bakery Team Leader: Merchandising, Mentoring & Profit

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P.; Mandeville (LA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Job summary

Whole Foods Market is seeking a team-oriented member to support daily operations, drive profitability, and maintain excellent customer service. You will assist the Team Leader with sales targets, merchandising, and labor management, while developing staff and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.

The role emphasizes product knowledge, vendor relations, and proactive problem-solving, with opportunities to lead in absence of the Team Leader and mentor others in a fast-paced retail

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months supervisory experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, team-building, and customer relations skills.

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

Mentor others

Interpersonal skills

Teaching ability

Product knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Email & Office skills

Leadership & decision-making

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market is seeking a team-oriented member to support daily operations, drive profitability, and maintain excellent customer service. You will assist the Team Leader with sales targets, merchandising, and labor management, while developing staff and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.

The role emphasizes product knowledge, vendor relations, and proactive problem-solving, with opportunities to lead in absence of the Team Leader and mentor others in a fast-paced retail