Seafood Specialist — Fresh & Customer‑Focused

Whole Foods Market; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Job summary

Whole Foods Market seeks a team member to support the seafood department with counter service, stocking, and sanitation. You will ensure a fresh display, maintain signage and pricing, stock back room items, and assist with sampling programs while delivering friendly customer service and adhering to health and safety standards.

Responsibilities include preparing fish, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting with inventory checks.

Qualifications

• Ability to sell proactively.
• Ability to learn basic knowledge of all products carried in department.
• Ability to visually examine products for quality and freshness.
• Proactively reads labels and familiarizes oneself on various products.
• Assists with periodic inventory checks.
• Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Ability to deliver information in a clear and respectable manner to fellow Team Members, customers, and vendors.
• Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members.
• Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills.
• Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.
• Understanding of and compliance with WFM quality goals.

Responsibilities

• Ensures a fresh and appealing display by checking quality, keeping cases and shelves clean and well stocked, rotating and removing out-of-date products, filling ice tables, and performing other duties as assigned.
• Maintains accurate department signage and pricing.
• Maintains back stock in good order.
• Maintains a safe, clean and well-organized working and shopping environment.
• Assists with sampling program, keeping sample areas full, clean and appealing.
• Cleans cases, glass, signs, uprights, coolers, smokers, floors, and drains as required.
• Skins, bones, and cooks or smokes fish; boxes up, labels, and dates cooked fish.
• Assists with periodic inventory checks.

Skills

Sell proactively

Product knowledge

Quality & freshness checks

Team communication

Customer service

Time management

Safety & sanitation

Attention to detail

Job description

Whole Foods Market seeks a team member to support the seafood department with counter service, stocking, and sanitation. You will ensure a fresh display, maintain signage and pricing, stock back room items, and assist with sampling programs while delivering friendly customer service and adhering to health and safety standards.

Responsibilities include preparing fish, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting with inventory checks.