Produce Team Lead — Merchandising & Operations

Whole Foods Market, Inc; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

Whole Foods Market, Inc. is seeking a dedicated Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily store operations, focusing on profitability, expense control, merchandising, labor, and compliance.

You will lead and develop Team Members while upholding health and safety standards and our core values. You will help create engaging store layouts, work toward sales and labor targets, train staff, maintain vendor relationships, and act as the point person in the Team Leader's absence.

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

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Retail operations

Merchandising

Budget and profitability

Regulatory compliance

Vendor management

Communication

Microsoft Office

Inventory management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Email client

Inventory software

Job description

Whole Foods Market, Inc. is seeking a dedicated Team Member to assist the Team Leader in daily store operations, focusing on profitability, expense control, merchandising, labor, and compliance.

You will lead and develop Team Members while upholding health and safety standards and our core values. You will help create engaging store layouts, work toward sales and labor targets, train staff, maintain vendor relationships, and act as the point person in the Team Leader's absence.