Seafood Team Leader (Department Manager)

Whole Foods - Bee Cave, TX

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level

Bee Cave, TX

Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

The Seafood Team Leader at Whole Foods Market is responsible for providing overall leadership to the seafood team, ensuring efficient daily operations, profitability, and compliance with health and safety regulations. This role involves managing team member hiring, development, and performance evaluations while fostering a positive work environment and delivering exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Holds ATLs, supervisors and Team Members accountable for delivering outstanding customer service.
• Makes hiring and separation decisions in partnership with Store Leadership.
• Accountable for monitoring and achieving sales, purchasing, and labor targets.
• Projects annual sales and expenses and prepares operating budget.
• Manages ordering and inventory to achieve targeted contribution to profit margin.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative and productive working relationship with departmental and store leadership.
• Establishes and maintains positive and productive vendor relationships.
• Sustains exceptional level of knowledge and awareness of relevant competitors and industry trends.
• Sets and achieves the highest standards of retail execution.
• 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; responds promptly to customer needs and questions.
• Selects, trains, develops, mentors, motivates, and counsels Team Members in a manner that sustains a high-performance team and minimizes turnover.
• Communicates and maintains Team Member safety and security standards.
• Provides timely, thorough, and thoughtful performance evaluations.
• Consistently communicates and models WFM vision and goals.

Requirements

• 1 year of experience in a retail environment.
• 24+ months retail experience including 12+ months of team leadership experience.
• Advanced knowledge of products, buying, pricing, merchandising, and inventory management.
• Food safety certification (or commitment to complete within 6 months).
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, team building, and customer relationship skills.
• Proficient mathematical skills for assessing financial performance, monitoring profitability, and managing inventory.
• Proficiency with email, Microsoft Office, and operations-related applications.

Nice-to-haves

• Demonstrated decision-making ability and leadership skills.
• Ability to teach others in a positive and constructive manner.
• Thorough product knowledge.
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory and safety policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Salary/Hourly compensation based on experience.