Bakery Service Team Member (101617) - Part-time

SUMMARY:

As a member of our Bakery Team, your role will include setting and maintaining attractive bakery displays, preparing and serving products and supporting the regional Bakery vision. You will ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members. The Bakery departments may include artisan bread, cakes, pastry, gelato, juice and coffee bars.

DUTIES:

- Give every customer immediate and undivided attention. Surprise and delight the customers with consistent, delicious food.

- Ensure a fresh and appealing display by keeping cases, shelves, and displays clean and well stocked, while continuously checking and ensuring freshness and quality of products.

- Operate equipment and serve product in a variety of Bakery department areas, which may include slicing and wrapping bread, coffee roasting and sales, scooping and serving gelato, barista duties, and preparing juiced and blended drinks.

- Properly package, wrap, and price products for retail sale.

- Maintain accurate department signage and pricing.

- Follow department procedures to maintain supplies, backstock and coolers and to track product transfers and spoilage.

- Assist with sampling program by keeping sample areas full, clean, and appealing and by sampling products directly to customers.

- Follow and comply with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and adhere to safe work practices.

- Follow all Whole Foods Market cash handling procedures.

- Operate and sanitize all bakery equipment in a safe and proper manner.

- This job posting is intended to describe the general requirements for the performance of this job. It is not a complete statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Other duties not listed here may be assigned by leadership.

REQUIREMENTS:

- Knowledge of bakery products and customer service experience preferred.

- Excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team; ability to communicate effectively with customers.

- Ability to follow instructions and procedures. - Ability to sell proactively.

- Aptitude to gain extensive product knowledge.

- Ability to visually examine products for quality and freshness.

- Effective time management skills.

- Strong work ethic and integrity.

- Proper handling of knives and other cutting equipment.

- Available for flexible scheduling to meet the needs of the department.

WHO WE ARE

• Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) is the leading natural and organic food retailer, and one of the most vibrant lifestyle brands in the country.
• We have been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 15 consecutive years.
• Our company's motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet™” captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder and supplier partner value, community support and environmental improvement.
• With $12.9 billion in sales last year, 367 stores, and more than seven million customer visits each week, Whole Foods Market is dedicated to providing communities with fresh, healthy, natural and organic food.
• We are an always-evolving, experimental lifestyle retailer with a goal of reaching 1,000 stores.

Number of Openings: 2.00

Benefits Category: 1

Close Date: 10/14/2014