Specialty Team Lead: Beer, Wine & Chocolate

Whole Foods Market; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Job summary

Whole Foods Market is seeking a dedicated Team Member in Santa Barbara to support store operations and lead team activities when the Team Leader is absent. The role emphasizes high-energy customer service, merchandising excellence, and proactive supervision of daily tasks.

Ideal candidates bring retail experience, a proactive mindset, and strong collaboration with leadership to meet sales targets and maintain quality standards.

Qualifications

• 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.

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.
• Assists team leader in annual sales and expense projections and budget preparation.
• Assists team leader with ordering and inventory management.
• 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.
• Communicates and maintains Team Member safety and security standards.
• Provides timely, thorough, and thoughtful performance evaluations.
• Consistently communicates and models WFM vision and goals.

Skills

Team leadership

Merchandising

Customer service

Inventory control

Budgeting basics

Microsoft Office

Job description

Whole Foods Market is seeking a dedicated Team Member in Santa Barbara to support store operations and lead team activities when the Team Leader is absent. The role emphasizes high-energy customer service, merchandising excellence, and proactive supervision of daily tasks.

Ideal candidates bring retail experience, a proactive mindset, and strong collaboration with leadership to meet sales targets and maintain quality standards.