Grocery Team Leader — Merchandising & People Leadership

Whole Foods Market, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 31,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Health & wellness support

Team Member perks access

Job summary

Whole Foods Market, Inc. in San Francisco seeks an experienced Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, profitability, and customer service.

You will help with merchandising, labor planning, and regulatory compliance while guiding Team Members to deliver superior service. You will develop staff, manage vendor relations, and ensure high standards of retail execution, safety, and food safety compliance.

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

High energy

Growth mindset

Coaching

Interpersonal skills

Team building

Customer relationships

Mentoring others

Product knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Financial acumen

Leadership

MS Office / Office software

Job description

Whole Foods Market, Inc. in San Francisco seeks an experienced Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, profitability, and customer service.

You will help with merchandising, labor planning, and regulatory compliance while guiding Team Members to deliver superior service. You will develop staff, manage vendor relations, and ensure high standards of retail execution, safety, and food safety compliance.