Produce Team Member (Clerk, Floor Service) - Full Time

Summary: Whole Foods Market is a grocery store chain known for its natural and organic products. They are seeking a Produce Team Member who will be responsible for maintaining the Produce floor, preparing products, and providing excellent customer service while adhering to company standards and safety regulations. Responsibilities: - Ensures a fresh and appealing display by keeping cases and shelves clean and well stocked by front-facing, checking codes, rotating and removing out-of-date products - Assists Team Leader in organizing and displaying volume and seasonal items - Monitors and prevents spoilage and communicates waste to buyers, Team Leaders, and shift supervisor - Completes spoilage, sampling, temperature, and sweep worksheets as required - Assists with periodic inventory checks - Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings - 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 WFM cleanliness and safety standards - Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing - Immediately reports safety hazards and violations - Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership Required Qualifications: - Ability to sell proactively - Ability to learn basic knowledge of all products carried in department - Ability to learn and understand growing processes that differentiate conventional from organic produce - Strong attention to detail - 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 meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members - Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills - Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market - Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency - Understanding of and compliance with WFM quality goals - 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: <32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing), 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (refrigerators), >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 Required Skills: Customer service Important Skills: Product knowledge, Sales skills, Compliance with safety standards Benefits: Health insurance, Retirement plan benefits, Eligibility for a store discount, Paid time off, Access to other benefit programs