Prepared Foods Team Leader—Growth & Impact

Jobtome; Town of Islip (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in the Town of Islip area is seeking a Team Member with leadership responsibilities to support daily operations, profitability, and customer service. The role emphasizes growth, safety, and adherence to SOPs while developing a high-performing team.

Responsibilities include merchandising, achieving sales and labor targets, training teammates, and maintaining vendor relations. The position requires physical ability, flexibility for nights, weekends, and holidays, and a

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

Team leadership

Customer service

Communication

Merchandising

Inventory management

Microsoft Office

Email proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market in the Town of Islip area is seeking a Team Member with leadership responsibilities to support daily operations, profitability, and customer service. The role emphasizes growth, safety, and adherence to SOPs while developing a high-performing team.

Responsibilities include merchandising, achieving sales and labor targets, training teammates, and maintaining vendor relations. The position requires physical ability, flexibility for nights, weekends, and holidays, and a