Prepared Foods Associate Team Leader

Company: Whole Foods Market
Location: Brooklyn
Posted on: November 4, 2024

Job Description:

Job Summary: Assist the Team Leader in daily operations, including profitability, expense control, buying, merchandising, labor, and regulatory compliance. Lead and develop Team Members, ensuring a positive company image and providing courteous service to customers. Maintain creative store layout and product merchandising, work with Team Leader to achieve sales and labor targets, and resolve team concerns or issues. Foster a positive team environment, communicate and model WFM vision and goals, and maintain awareness of customer flows and needs. Select, train, and develop Team Members, and provide timely performance evaluations.

Responsibilities:

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• Develop and maintain creative store layout and product merchandising.
  
• Work with Team Leader to achieve sales, purchasing, and labor targets.
  
• Assist Team Leader in analysis of sales and labor.
  
• Demonstrate advanced product knowledge and stay aware of new products.
  
• Maintain good vendor relationships, develop new vendor relations, and ensure all paperwork is properly submitted for vendor processing.
  
• Work with Team Leader to resolve team concerns or issues.
  
• Function as point person and departmental person in charge in absence of Team Leader.
  
• Set and achieve the highest standards of retail execution.
  
• Foster a positive team environment, motivate Team Members, and promote outstanding teamwork and morale.
  
• Maintain awareness of customer flows and needs, direct Team Members as necessary, and respond promptly to customer needs and questions.
  
• Select, train, develop, mentor, motivate, and counsel Team Members in a manner that sustains a high-performance team.
  
• Provide timely, thorough, and thoughtful performance evaluations.
  
  
  Requirements:
  
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  • High energy, enthusiasm, and affinity for our products, core values, and company philosophy.
    
  • Growth mindset towards greater responsibility and ownership.
    
  • Desire to coach and mentor others for growth.
    
  • Excellent interpersonal, motivational, team building, and customer relationship skills.
    
  • Capable of teaching others in a positive and constructive manner.
    
  • Product knowledge and advanced knowledge of regulatory and safety policies and procedures.
    
  • Proficient mathematical skills for assessing financial performance, monitoring profitability, and managing inventory.
    
  • Demonstrated decision-making ability, leadership skills, and ability to prioritize and delegate.
    
  • Proficiency with email, Microsoft Office, and operations-related applications.
    
    
    Experience: 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.
    
    Physical Requirements:
    
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    • Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
      
    • In an 8-hour workday: 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 -F.
      
    • 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.
      

Keywords: Whole Foods Market, East Brunswick , Prepared Foods Associate Team Leader, Hospitality & Tourism , Brooklyn, New Jersey