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Whole Foods Market · 12 hours ago

Bread Production, Assistant Team Leader, Bakehouse

Whole Foods Market is a leading grocery store chain known for its high-quality natural and organic products. They are seeking an Assistant Team Leader for their Bread Production department to provide leadership, mentor team members, and ensure production quality and standards are met.

Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageGroceryOrganic FoodRetail
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Responsibilities

Perform duties related to the daily production of baked goods (very accurate mixing, dividing, shaping, proofing, and baking) to ensure consistency in daily production
Maintain quality and production standards. Ensure production schedule is followed. Ability to print formulas and batch sizes from Globalbake
Ensure accurate recording of mixing, shaping, and proofing/retarding temperature and time information
Interview, select, train, develop, and mentor Team Members to build and sustain a high performing team and minimize turnover. Establishes and maintains a positive work environment which sustains positive Team Member morale
Maintain all HACCP, FSMA and SSOP procedures and standards
Achieve budgeted expense levels
Maintain awareness of new products and regularly incorporate into overall product mix
Manage the buying and ordering process with facility buyer. Establish and maintain mutually beneficial vendor relationships
Establish and maintain collaborative and productive working relationship with store and regional leadership
Follow and comply with established procedures, including health and sanitation, and adhere to safe work practices. Ensure team member compliance
Operate and sanitize all equipment in a safe and proper manner

Qualification

Commercial bread makingHACCP proceduresInventory managementTeam leadershipCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsProblem solvingMentoring

Required

5+ years experience with commercial bread making
Two years relevant experience as a Supervisor or Specialist
Thorough knowledge of products, buying, pricing, merchandising, and inventory management
Excellent verbal and written communication
Strong organizational skills
Excellent math skills (ability to do 'on the fly math')
Follow directions and recipes
Ability to taste and evaluate all products to judge quality
Ability to communicate and work well with others as part of a team
Patient and enjoys working with and mentoring people
Take a proactive approach to problem solving, take initiative and be responsible
Ability to learn proper use of all equipment used during food preparation and cleanup
Available for flexible scheduling to meet the needs of the department, including nights, weekends, and holidays as required

Benefits

Health insurance
Retirement plan benefits
Eligibility for a store discount
Paid time off
Access to other benefit programs

Company

Whole Foods Market

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Whole Foods Market is a supermarket chain owned by Amazon that exclusively sells natural and organic products. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.

H1B Sponsorship

Whole Foods Market has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (17)
2024 (25)
2023 (23)
2022 (40)
2021 (41)
2020 (31)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2017-06-16Acquired
1992-01-23IPO

Leadership Team

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Scott Collier
VP Business Development
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Ray Fusco
Value Added Produce Team Leader
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