Prepared Foods Team Leader

Company: Whole Foods Market - Midtown East (57th Street)
Location: New York
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

Provides overall leadership to the Prepared Foods team responsible for daily operations including profitability expense control buying merchandising labor regulatory compliance and special projects. Accountable for Team Member hiring development corrective actions and separations. Ensures a positive company image by providing courteous friendly and efficient service to customers and Team Members.

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• Holds Team Members accountable for delivering outstanding customer service.
  
• Builds a positive work environment of outstanding teamwork mutual respect and exceptional morale.
  
• Makes hiring and separation decisions.
  
• Accountable for monitoring and achieving sales purchasing and labor targets.
  
• Maintains proper product assortment merchandising and inventory control.
  
• Establishes and maintains collaborative and productive working relationships with department leaders and with vendors.
  
• Sustains exceptional knowledge awareness of competitors and industry trends.
  
• Sets and achieves the highest standards of retail execution.
  
• Maintains awareness of customer flows and needs and directs Team Members as necessary to satisfy and delight customers.
  
• Selects trains develops mentors motivates and counsels Team Members in a high-performance team environment.
  
• Provides timely thorough and thoughtful performance evaluations.
  
• Communicates and models WFM vision and goals.
  
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  • Sustains exceptional knowledge awareness of competitors and industry trends.
    
  • Advanced knowledge of products buying pricing merchandising and inventory management.
    
  • Food safety certification.
    
  • Excellent interpersonal motivational team building and customer relationship skills.
    
  • Capable of teaching others in a positive and constructive manner.
    
  • Product knowledge.
    
  • Advanced knowledge of regulatory and safety policies and procedures.
    
  • Proficient mathematical skills for assessing financial performance and managing inventory.
    
  • Demonstrated decision-making ability leadership skills and ability to prioritize and delegate.
    
  • Proficiency with email Microsoft Office and operations-related applications.
    Requires 24+ months retail experience including 12+ months of team leadership experience.
    
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    • Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
      
    • In an 8-hour work day: standing/walking 6-8 hours.
      
    • Hand use: single grasping fine manipulation pushing and pulling.
      
    • Work requires the following motions: bending twisting squatting and reaching.
      
    • Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals.
      
    • Exposure to temperatures: 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
      
    • Ability to work in wet and dry conditions.
      
    • Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights weekends and holidays as needed.
      
    • Ability to use tools and equipment including knives box cutters electric pallet jacks and other heavy machinery.
      
    • May require use of ladders.
      The wage range for this position is $23.60 - $33.05 Hourly commensurate with experience. Whole Foods Market offers Whole Benefits including health insurance retirement plan benefits eligibility for a store discount paid time off and access to other benefit programs. Eligibility for Whole Benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable Whole Benefits plan at a person's date of hire.
      At Whole Foods Market we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race color religion national origin gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity/expression age marital status disability or any other legally protected characteristic.
      Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs.

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