Grocery Team Lead — Merchandising & Operations

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

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Job summary

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in Darien, CT is seeking a Team Member/Assistant Leader to support daily operations, merchandising, profitability, and regulatory compliance.

You will lead and develop Team Members while upholding company standards and customer service excellence. You will work with the Team Leader to meet sales, purchasing, and labor targets, analyze reports, train staff, and maintain vendor relationships.

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and perform physical work.
• Flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Strong product knowledge and regulatory/safety awareness.

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 relationship, 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

Inventory analysis

Leadership

MS Office & Email

Tools

Electric pallet jacks

Job description

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in Darien, CT is seeking a Team Member/Assistant Leader to support daily operations, merchandising, profitability, and regulatory compliance.

You will lead and develop Team Members while upholding company standards and customer service excellence. You will work with the Team Leader to meet sales, purchasing, and labor targets, analyze reports, train staff, and maintain vendor relationships.