Meat Team Member: Fresh Display & Customer Service

Whole Foods Market; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Financial wellness program

Health & wellness support

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in Jersey City is seeking an entry-level Meat Team Member to support counter service, stocking, and sanitation duties within the meat department. You will help maintain fresh displays, assist customers, and follow safety standards as part of a team dedicated to quality and customer care.

No prior retail experience is required, and we offer training to help you grow within the department. A flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, is expected.

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 a ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.

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and appealing display by checking quality, keeping cases and shelves clean and well stocked, rotating and removing out-of-date products, filling ice tables, and performing other duties as assigned.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

Label reading

Inventory checks

Communication skills

Customer service

Following procedures

Work ethic

WFM compliance

Job description

Whole Foods Market in Jersey City is seeking an entry-level Meat Team Member to support counter service, stocking, and sanitation duties within the meat department. You will help maintain fresh displays, assist customers, and follow safety standards as part of a team dedicated to quality and customer care.

No prior retail experience is required, and we offer training to help you grow within the department. A flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, is expected.