Produce Aisle Associate: Fresh Stocking & Customer Service

Whole Foods Market; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ, is seeking an entry-level Produce Team Member to support receiving, prepping, stocking, and merchandising while upholding WFM standards. You will provide friendly service, front-face displays, and assist with inventory and safety procedures.

No prior retail experience is required; you will learn product knowledge of produce and grow with a team dedicated to quality and customer care. This role supports seasonal displays and store programs.

Qualifications

• No prior retail experience required.
• Ability to learn product knowledge and food safety practices.
• Strong customer service and teamwork skills.
• Ability to follow procedures and maintain clean displays.

Responsibilities

• Ensures a fresh and appealing display by keeping cases and shelves clean and well stocked by front-facing, checking codes, rotating and removing out-of-date products.
• Assists Team Leader in organizing and displaying volume and seasonal items.
• Monitors and prevents spoilage and communicates waste to buyers, Team Leaders, and shift supervisor.
• Completes spoilage, sampling, temperature, and sweep worksheets as required.
• Assists with periodic inventory checks.
• 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

Organic vs conventional

Attention to detail

Communication

Teamwork

Customer service

Time management

Food safety

Display and merchandising

Job description

Whole Foods Market in Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ, is seeking an entry-level Produce Team Member to support receiving, prepping, stocking, and merchandising while upholding WFM standards. You will provide friendly service, front-face displays, and assist with inventory and safety procedures.

No prior retail experience is required; you will learn product knowledge of produce and grow with a team dedicated to quality and customer care. This role supports seasonal displays and store programs.