Grocery Team Lead: Merchandising, Coaching & Operations

Whole Foods Market; South Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

Whole Foods Market is seeking a Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, focusing on profitability, merchandising, labor control, and compliance. The role develops Team Members and maintains high standards of service, stock, and safety in a fast-paced environment.

The position emphasizes teamwork, vendor relations, and strong product knowledge, with a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience.
• 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

Leadership

Customer service

Merchandising

Inventory management

Team coaching

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market is seeking a Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, focusing on profitability, merchandising, labor control, and compliance. The role develops Team Members and maintains high standards of service, stock, and safety in a fast-paced environment.

The position emphasizes teamwork, vendor relations, and strong product knowledge, with a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.