Produce Associate Team Lead

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

Job Description:

Job DescriptionJob Title: Produce Associate Team LeaderJob Summary:

• Assists the Team Leader in all aspects of daily operations, including profitability, expense control, buying, merchandising, labor, regulatory compliance, and special projects as assigned.
• Led and develops Team Members.Key Responsibilities:
  • Develops and Maintains Creative Store Layout and Product Merchandising: Develops and maintains creative store layout and product merchandising.
  • Works with Team Leader to Achieve Sales, Purchasing, and Labor Targets: 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 analysis of sales, reports, and labor.
  • Demonstrates Advanced Product Knowledge and Develops/Awareness of New Products: Demonstrates advanced product knowledge and develops awareness of new products.
  • Maintains Good Vendor Relationships, Develops/New Vendor Relations, and Ensures All Paperwork is Properly Submitted for Vendor Processing: Maintains good vendor relationships, develops new vendor relations, and ensures all paperwork is properly submitted for vendor processing.
  • Works with Team Leader to Resolve Team Concerns or Issues: Works with Team Leader to resolve team concerns or issues.
  • Functions as Point Person and Departmental Person in Charge in Absence of Team Leader: Functions as point person and departmental person in charge in absence of Team Leader.
  • Sets and Achieves the Highest Standards of Retail Execution: Sets and achieves the highest standards of retail execution.
  • Fosters and Encourages a Positive Environment of Outstanding Teamwork, Mutual Respect, and Exceptional Morale: 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: Maintains awareness of customer flows and needs and directs Team Members as necessary to satisfy and delight customers.Job Skills:
    • High Energy, Enthusiastic, and Displays an Affinity for Our Products, Core Values, and Company Philosophy: High energy, enthusiastic, and displays an affinity for our products, core values, and company philosophy.
    • Growth Mindset Towards Greater Responsibility and Ownership: Growth mindset towards greater responsibility and ownership.
    • Desire to Coach and Mentor Others for Growth: Desire to coach and mentor others for growth.
    • Excellent Interpersonal, Motivational, Team Building, and Customer Relationship Skills: Excellent interpersonal, motivational, team building, and customer relationship skills.
    • Capable of Teaching Others in a Positive and Constructive Manner: Capable of teaching others in a positive and constructive manner.
    • Product Knowledge: Product knowledge.
    • Advanced Knowledge of Regulatory and Safety Policies and Procedures: Advanced knowledge of regulatory and safety policies and procedures.
    • Proficient Mathematical Skills for Assessing Financial Performance, Monitoring Profitability, and Managing Inventory: Proficient mathematical skills for assessing financial performance, monitoring profitability, and managing inventory.
    • Demonstrated Decision-Making Ability, Leadership Skills, and Ability to Prioritize and Delegate: Demonstrated decision-making ability, leadership skills, and ability to prioritize and delegate.
    • Proficiency with Email, Microsoft Office, and Operations-Related Applications: Proficiency with email, Microsoft Office, and operations-related applications.Experience:
      • 18+ Months Retail Team Member Experience and 6+ Months of Supervisory Experience: 18+ months retail Team Member experience and 6+ months of supervisory experience.Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:
        • Must Be Able to Lift 50 Pounds: Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
        • In an 8-Hour Work Day: In an 8-hour work day.
        • Standing/Walking 6-8 Hours: Standing/walking 6-8 hours.
        • Hand Use: Hand use: single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling.
        • Work Requires the Following Motions: Work requires the following motions: bending, twisting, squatting and reaching.
        • Exposure to FDA Approved Cleaning Chemicals: Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals.
        • Exposure to Temperatures: Exposure to temperatures: 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
        • Ability to Work in a Wet and Cold Environment: Ability to work in a wet and cold environment.
        • Ability to Work a Flexible Schedule Including Nights, Weekends, and Holidays as Needed: Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
        • Ability to Use Tools and Equipment: Ability to use tools and equipment, including box cutters, electric pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery.Notes:
          • The Purpose of This Document is to Provide a General Summary of Essential Responsibilities for the Position and is Not Meant as an Exhaustive List: The purpose of this document is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list.
          • Duties, Assignments, and Other Responsibilities May Differ for Similar Positions Based on Business Conditions, Departmental or Geographic Location, and/or Needs for the Particular Position: Duties, assignments, and other responsibilities may differ for similar positions based on business conditions, departmental or geographic location, and/or needs for the particular position.
          • An Individual Must Demonstrate Successful Performance in Their Current Position Before Being Considered for Promotion: An individual must demonstrate successful performance in their current position before being considered for promotion.
          • In Addition, in Order to Promote into a Higher-Level Position, a Business Need for the Promotion Must Exist and the Candidate Must Be Considered the Most Qualified Person for the New Position: In addition, in order to promote into a higher-level position, a business need for the promotion must exist and the candidate must be considered the most qualified person for the new position.

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