Specialty Foods Associate & Customer Delight

Whole Foods Market; Woodcliff Lake (NJ); On-site; USD 39,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount

Whole Benefits

Job summary

Whole Foods Market is seeking a Team Member to delight customers with fresh, high-quality foods and to maintain clean, well-stocked displays. You will engage customers, stock shelves, monitor quality, and support sampling programs while upholding safety and sanitation standards.

Experience in retail is not required; flexibility for evenings, weekends, and holidays is needed. Competitive wages reflect the hourly range from the posting and Whole Benefits availability.

Qualifications

• No prior retail experience required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Surprises and delights customers with consistent and delicious food.
• Engages in positive and proactive selling.
• Ensures a fresh and appealing display by keeping cases and shelves clean and well-stocked.
• Checks product to ensure it meets WFM quality standards.
• Monitors spoilage and supply waste to minimize impact on department expenses.
• Assists with sampling program, keeping sample areas full, clean and appealing.
• Maintains back stock in good order.
• Accesses information about market conditions and communicates to customers.
• Ensures temperature, sanitation and sweep logs are completed.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques.
• Maximizes sales potential through proper prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising.

Skills

Product knowledge

Quality awareness

Proactive selling

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Customer service

Time management

WFM quality goals

Job description

Whole Foods Market is seeking a Team Member to delight customers with fresh, high-quality foods and to maintain clean, well-stocked displays. You will engage customers, stock shelves, monitor quality, and support sampling programs while upholding safety and sanitation standards.

Experience in retail is not required; flexibility for evenings, weekends, and holidays is needed. Competitive wages reflect the hourly range from the posting and Whole Benefits availability.