• Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) is the leading natural and organic food retailer, and one of the most vibrant grocer brands in the country.

• Our company's motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet™” captures our mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder and supplier partner value, community support, and environmental stewardship.

• Since day one, we’ve been dedicated to building the best workplace for all 90,000+ of our Team Members. When you work at Whole Foods, we take care of you. See for yourself by reading their stories on Instagram @wholefoodscareers.

• We support three foundations: Whole Planet, Whole Kids, and Whole Cities. Our focus, through our foundations, is on nourishing communities on a local and global scale.

· Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
· Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned.
· Follows department procedures for preparing, storing, rotating, and stocking of product.
· Prepares, packages, weighs, and prices products for sale.
· Monitors product quality and freshness and ensures proper product rotation.
· Ensures cases and shelves are clean and well-stocked.
· Completes spoilage, sampling, temperature, and sweep logs as required.
· Assists with periodic inventory checks.
· Arrives to workstation 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 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.
· Ability to visually examine products for quality and freshness.
· Proactively reads labels and familiarizes oneself on various products.
· 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 Whole Foods Market quality goals.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions
· 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: Less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing), 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (refrigerators), >90 degrees Fahrenheit.
· Ability to work in a wet and/or cold environments.
· Ability to use tools and equipment, including box cutters, knives, electric pallet jacks, forklifts, hand trucks, six-wheel carts, balers, and other heavy machinery.