Produce Team Lead – Merchandising & Ops

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P.; Westlake Village (CA); On-site; USD 29,687 - 48,216; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Job summary

Whole Foods Market is seeking a proactive Retail Team Member in Westlake Village, CA to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, profitability, merchandising, and regulatory compliance while leading and developing Team Members.

You will analyze sales and labor, maintain vendor relations, train staff, and ensure outstanding customer service in a fast-paced environment, always upholding health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and work in a fast-paced retail environment.

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

Leadership

Customer service

Team development

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market is seeking a proactive Retail Team Member in Westlake Village, CA to assist the Team Leader in daily operations, profitability, merchandising, and regulatory compliance while leading and developing Team Members.

You will analyze sales and labor, maintain vendor relations, train staff, and ensure outstanding customer service in a fast-paced environment, always upholding health and safety standards.