Prepared Foods Team Lead: Merchandising & Growth

Whole Foods Market; Boston (MA); 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 in Boston is seeking a Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, driving profitability, merchandising, labor control, and regulatory compliance while developing Team Members and maintaining high standards of customer service.

The role emphasizes leadership, coaching, and hands-on supervision, with responsibilities in cost control, vendor relations, and ensuring health and safety procedures are followed; flexible schedule including nights and weekends is

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.
• Consistently communicates and models WFM vision and goals.
• 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.

Skills

Customer relationships

Leadership

Mentoring/Coaching

Regulatory knowledge

MS Office

Inventory management

Financial analysis

Tools

Pallet jacks

Box cutters

Job description

Whole Foods Market in Boston is seeking a Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, driving profitability, merchandising, labor control, and regulatory compliance while developing Team Members and maintaining high standards of customer service.

The role emphasizes leadership, coaching, and hands-on supervision, with responsibilities in cost control, vendor relations, and ensuring health and safety procedures are followed; flexible schedule including nights and weekends is