Meat Department Associate: Fresh Displays & Service

Whole Foods Market; Hinsdale (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Financial wellness

Health & wellness programs

Access to other Team Member perks

Job summary

Whole Foods Market Hinsdale is seeking an entry-level Meat Department Team Member to support counter service, stocking, and sanitation. You will help maintain fresh displays, assist with sampling, and provide courteous customer service in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include keeping cases clean, pricing accuracy, and following Food Safety and health regulations. Ability to lift 50 lbs, work nights/weekends, and learn product details is essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to sell proactively
• Ability to learn basic knowledge of all products carried in department
• Ability to visually examine products for quality and freshness
• Proactively reads labels and familiarizes oneself on various products
• Assists with periodic inventory checks
• Ability to deliver information in a clear and respectable manner to fellow Team Members, customers, and vendors
• Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members
• Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills
• Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market
• Strong work ethic and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency
• Understanding of and compliance with WFM quality goals

Responsibilities

• Ensures a fresh and appealing display by checking quality, keeping cases and shelves clean and well stocked, rotating and removing out-of-date products, filling ice tables, and performing other duties as assigned.
• Maintains back stock in good order.
• Assists with sampling program, keeping sample areas full, clean and appealing.
• Cleans cases, glass, signs, uprights, coolers, smokers, floors, and drains as required.
• Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment; maintains equipment in accordance with WFM cleanliness and safety standards.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.

Skills

Proactive selling

Product knowledge

Quality & freshness checks

Label reading

Inventory checks

Clear communication

Customer service

Following procedures

WFM quality goals

Work ethic

Job description

Whole Foods Market Hinsdale is seeking an entry-level Meat Department Team Member to support counter service, stocking, and sanitation. You will help maintain fresh displays, assist with sampling, and provide courteous customer service in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include keeping cases clean, pricing accuracy, and following Food Safety and health regulations. Ability to lift 50 lbs, work nights/weekends, and learn product details is essential.