Meat Department Associate: Fresh Displays & Service

Whole Foods Market; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount

Paid time off

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in Pasadena is hiring for a Meat Team Associate to support counter service, stocking, and sanitation in the meat department. You will provide courteous, friendly, and efficient service while adhering to health and safety regulations.

The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and flexible scheduling including nights, weekends, and holidays. Prior retail experience is not required.

Qualifications

• No prior retail experience required.
• Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Ability to learn product knowledge and customer service standards.

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and appealing display by checking quality, keeping cases and shelves clean and well stocked, rotating and removing out-of-date products, filling ice tables, and performing other duties as assigned.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

Customer service

Sales

Product knowledge

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Safety compliance

Tools

Box cutters

Electric pallet jacks

Knives

Job description

Whole Foods Market in Pasadena is hiring for a Meat Team Associate to support counter service, stocking, and sanitation in the meat department. You will provide courteous, friendly, and efficient service while adhering to health and safety regulations.

The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and flexible scheduling including nights, weekends, and holidays. Prior retail experience is not required.