Prepared Foods Team Leader

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

Job Description:

Job Summary: Provides overall leadership to the Prepared Foods team, overseeing daily operations including profitability, expense control, buying, merchandising, labor, regulatory compliance, and special projects. Ensures a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and Team Members at all times.

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• Holds ATLs, supervisors, and 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.
  
• Monitors and achieves 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 vendors.
  
• Sustains a high level of knowledge and awareness of relevant competitors and industry trends.
  
• Ensures exceptional retail execution and fosters a positive environment of outstanding teamwork, mutual respect, and exceptional morale.
  
• Selects, trains, develops, mentors, motivates, and counsels Team Members to sustain a high-performance team and minimize turnover.
  
• Provides timely, thorough, and thoughtful performance evaluations.
  
• Communicates and models WFM vision and goals consistently.
  
  Required Skills:
  
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  • Sustains a high level of knowledge and awareness of relevant competitors and industry trends.
    
  • Has advanced knowledge of products, buying, pricing, merchandising, and inventory management.
    
  • Holds food safety certification or commits to obtaining certification within 6 months.
    
  • Excellent interpersonal, motivational, team building, and customer relationship skills.
    
  • Capable of teaching others in a positive and constructive manner.
    
  • 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: 24+ months retail experience, including 12+ months of team leadership experience.
    Physical Requirements:
    
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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 up to 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.
      

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