Wholefoods Careers – Store Support Team Leader

Job Description:

Provides support as a member of the Grocery team to include receiving and preparing product, maintaining the grocery floor and displays, and selling product in support of WFM standards. Performs all functions related to breaking down deliveries and stocking shelves. All Whole Foods Market Retail jobs require ensuring a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and Team Members at all times. All positions must be performed in accordance with team and store Standard Operating Procedures. Further, Team Members must be prepared and able to perform the duties inherent in other Team Member job descriptions. All positions must strive to support WFM core values and goals, promote national, regional, and store programs and initiatives, and ensure adherence to all applicable health and safety regulations including Food Safety and regulatory duties required in the department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures a fresh and appealing display by keeping cases and shelves clean and well stocked by front-facing, checking codes, rotating and removing out-of-date products.
• Stocks and cleans grocery shelves, bulk bins, frozen and dairy case.
• Monitors and prevents spoilage and communicates waste to buyers, Team Leaders, and shift supervisor.
• Maintains back stock in good order.
  Assists with sampling program, keeping sample areas full, clean and appealing.
• Completes spoilage, sampling, temperature, and sweep worksheets as required.
• Assists with periodic inventory checks.
• Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• 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.
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment; maintains equipment in accordance with WFM cleanliness and safety standards.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.

Job Requirements:

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

Qualification & Experience:

• Work requires the following motions: bending, twisting, squatting and reaching.
• No prior retail experience required.
• Hand use: single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling.
• Ability to work in a wet and cold environment.
• Physical Requirements/Working Conditions
• In an 8-hour work day: standing/walking 6-8 hours.
• Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Ability to use tools and equipment, including box cutters, electric pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery.
• Exposure to temperatures: <32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing), 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (refrigerators), >90 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.

Job Details:

Company: Whole Foods Market

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: Sales Business Development

Job Location: Asheville, NC

Application Deadline: N/A

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