Bakery Team Leader: Merchandising & People Development

Whole Foods Market; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 26,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Job summary

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. is seeking a proactive Team Member in Indianapolis to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, focusing on profitability, expense control, merchandising, and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes outstanding customer service and teamwork to support store programs and health and safety standards. The candidate will develop product knowledge, lead in absence of supervision, and foster a positive environment while delivering excellent service to customers and

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.

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

Customer service

Leadership

Merchandising

Regulatory knowledge

Inventory management

Financial analysis

Microsoft Office

Decision making

Team coaching

Vendor relations

Communication

Tools

Email

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. is seeking a proactive Team Member in Indianapolis to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, focusing on profitability, expense control, merchandising, and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes outstanding customer service and teamwork to support store programs and health and safety standards. The candidate will develop product knowledge, lead in absence of supervision, and foster a positive environment while delivering excellent service to customers and