Produce Team Leader - Drive Sales, Growth & Team Excellence

Whole Foods Market; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount

Paid time off

Financial wellness

Health & wellness programs

Team member perks

Job summary

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in New Orleans, LA, seeks an experienced Produce Team Leader responsible for daily operations, profitability, merchandising, labor, and compliance.

You will hire, develop, and evaluate team members, monitor sales and inventory, collaborate with vendors, and uphold health and safety standards while delivering outstanding customer service. This role requires flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays and a strong commitment to WFM core values.

Qualifications

• 24+ months retail experience including 12+ months of team leadership experience.
• Food safety certification. If not currently certified, will commit to completing certification within 6 months.
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, team building, and customer relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Holds ATLs, supervisors and Team Members accountable for delivering outstanding customer service.
• Builds a positive work environment of outstanding teamwork, mutual respect and exceptional morale.
• Makes hiring and separation decisions.
• Accountable for monitoring and achieving sales, purchasing, and labor targets.
• Maintains proper product assortment, merchandising, and inventory control.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative and productive working relationships with department leaders and with vendors.
• Sustains exceptional level of knowledge / awareness of relevant competitors and industry trends.
• 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

Inventory management

Food safety certification

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in New Orleans, LA, seeks an experienced Produce Team Leader responsible for daily operations, profitability, merchandising, labor, and compliance.

You will hire, develop, and evaluate team members, monitor sales and inventory, collaborate with vendors, and uphold health and safety standards while delivering outstanding customer service. This role requires flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays and a strong commitment to WFM core values.