Team Member (Full Time, Part Time, & Seasonal Storewide Opportunities)

Here is a list of our Team Departments and the Team Member roles you may be considered for:

• Bakery: Counter Service, Packaging, Coffee Bar

• Meat: Counter Service, Oven-Ready Prep
• Customer Service / Store Support: Cashier, Cashier Assistant (Bagging, Carts), Sanitation
• Grocery: Stocker (Frozen Foods, Dairy, Bulk Items) – Day and Overnight shifts
• Prepared Foods: Deli Counter Service, Kitchen, Food Prep, Dishwasher, Culinary Venues (Pizza Maker, Sandwich Maker, Runner: Hot Food / Salad Bar)
• Produce / Floral: Stocker, Clerk, Floral Arrangements, Production (Fruit and Vegetable Cutting)

• Seafood: Counter Service, Oven-Ready Prep
• Whole Body: Stocker (Vitamins, Supplements, Body Care, Clothing and gifts)
• Specialty: Beer, Wine, Cheese Cutting and Wrapping, Chocolate, Pub Service

** All roles/departments listed above may not be available at all locations

Application Process

• After applying, check your email (including your junk/spam) for a link to an assessment.
• Successfully complete the assessment within 7 days.

• For more information about what it's like to work for Whole Foods, check out our videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/wholefoodscareers/videos

Benefits

• Competitive pay, flexible scheduling, paid time off, 20% store discount, growth opportunities including training programs, and more!

Team Members provide support performing duties related to customer service, stocking, and sanitation in assigned department(s). All Whole Foods Market Retail jobs require ensuring a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and other Team Members at all times. All positions must be performed in accordance with team and store Standard Operating Procedures. Team Members must be prepared and able to perform the duties inherent in other Team Member job descriptions. All positions must strive to support Whole Foods Market core values and goals, promote national, regional, and store programs and initiatives, and ensure adherence to all applicable health and safety regulations.

Desired Work Experience

• No prior retail experience required.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, packages, weighs, and prices products for sale.
• Follows department procedures for preparing, storing, rotating, and stocking of product.
• Monitors product quality and freshness and ensures proper product rotation.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

• Ensures cases and shelves are clean and well-stocked.
• Completes spoilage, sampling, temperature, and sweep logs as required.
• Arrives to workstation on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• Assists with periodic inventory checks.
• 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 Whole Foods Market cleanliness and safety standards.
• Ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.

• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to learn basic knowledge of all products carried in department.
• Proactively reads labels and familiarizes oneself on various products.
• Ability to visually examine products for quality and freshness.

• Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members.
• Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market.
• Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Ability to deliver information in a clear and respectable manner to fellow Team Members, customers, and vendors.
• Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills.

• Understanding of and compliance with Whole Foods Market quality goals.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• In an 8-hour workday: standing/walking 6-8 hours.

• Ability to work in a wet and/or cold environments.
• Exposure to temperatures: Less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing), 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (refrigerators), >90 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Work requires the following motions: bending, twisting, squatting and reaching.
• Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals.
• Hand use: single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling.

• Ability to use tools and equipment, including box cutters, knives, electric pallet jacks, forklifts, hand trucks, six-wheel carts, balers, and other heavy machinery.

Note: 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. This document does not reflect all job duties or requirements for every position. Requirements build as one progresses through the job levels, so any job duties required at a lower level may be required at the higher level in addition to the duties listed for that higher level. 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. 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. Completion of certain milestones such as obtaining an advanced degree or certification, time in current position, or developing skills to perform at the higher-level role do not guarantee a promotion.