Specialty Foods Specialist

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P.; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in Walnut Creek, CA is seeking a friendly Team Member to support the Specialty area with product prep, stocking, and customer service.

You will help maintain clean displays, assist customers, and ensure quality standards while following health and safety regulations. Flexible schedule including nights and weekends is required. No retail experience is required; training is provided.

Qualifications

• No prior retail experience required.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and stand for long periods.
• Flexibility to work 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.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.

Skills

Product knowledge

Proactive selling

Customer service

Team player

Attention to detail

Communication

Time management

Food safety awareness

Tools

Box cutters

Pallet jack

Job description

Whole Foods Market IP. L.P. in Walnut Creek, CA is seeking a friendly Team Member to support the Specialty area with product prep, stocking, and customer service.

You will help maintain clean displays, assist customers, and ensure quality standards while following health and safety regulations. Flexible schedule including nights and weekends is required. No retail experience is required; training is provided.