Assistant Produce Manager

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast and friendly Customer Service.
• Assists customers by making product suggestions. Makes intercom announcements.
• Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques via telephone, in-store intercom, and one-on-one customer interaction.
• Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately. Receives and appropriately resolves customer complaints and reports to Store Director as needed.
• Assists with planning daily operation and monitoring production process following company procedures and profitability.
• Trims, cuts, wraps, trays, displays and waters produce. Builds produce displays, rotates and discards outdated or spoiled product. Ensures cleanliness of work area and department.
• Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays. May be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Salad Bar (where applicable) and Fresh-Made.
• Ability to follow and maintain department standards and requirements such as Fresh Made and product freshness.
• Monitor employees’ productivity and assist with evaluate their overall performance.
• Assists with scheduling employees to ensure adequate coverage and service levels.
• Specific knowledge of duties performed by all department employees; including but not limited to opening and closing duties.
• Responsible for ensuring proper code dating for all products within the department are being enforced.
• Assists with physical inventory taken every 4 weeks.
• Assists with controlling inventory to ensure adequate product quantity, quality and freshness and maintains inventory levels according to division directives. Stocks and rotates product. Maintains and organizes produce cooler.
• Controls shrink and cost.
• Implements correct product preparation techniques. Uses and operates related equipment such as pallet jack, hand truck, scissors, knives, safety cutters and Sterilox machine.
• Performs receiving duties including breaking downloads, verifying orders using invoices, inspecting quality, reporting shortage, stocking, and rotating product. Adheres to product temperature and storage guidelines and follows proper packaging techniques. Processes administrative paperwork and maintains accurate department records.
• Assists with accurately completing, maintaining and monitor daily log sheet, Fresh Made Production Chart, sales and labor and other required paperwork and logs.
• Ensures that proper temperature levels for product are maintained. Ensures proper signing of Page 2

products to include accurate pricing and Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, Company, and code dating policies. Complies with all workplace safety rules and regulations.

• Ensures safety, cleanliness and sanitation of work area, cooler, equipment, and display area, including code date compliance as required.
• Implements emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions.
• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order product.
• May attend and participate in sales meetings. Communicates sales goals, department performance and sales opportunities to department employees to ensure positive results.
• Complies with and ensures compliance with company grooming standards and dress code.
• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity.
• Other necessary and required duties.

SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain professional demeanor regarding customers and co-workers.
• Requires a good understanding of overall company practices.
• Ability to frequently reach, lift and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 60 lbs. Bends, stoops and reaches frequently. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks. Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare, package and display products.
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary. Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities. Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures. Must have knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, product handling, sanitation, labeling and department policies and procedures.
• Operates telephone, pallet jack, hand truck, knives, scissors, safety cutters, and Sterilox machine. Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order product.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Scheduled hours will vary. Good attendance is required.
• Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to equipment and work aids necessary to perform job duties.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Generally, works in a temperature-controlled environment. Frequent exposure to refrigerated conditions and items at or around 35°.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental Pay:

• Signing bonus

Application Question(s):

• What is your earliest start time in the day and latest end time throughout the week?
• Are you available to work weekends? Please note: due to the nature of our business, weekends are required.
• Are you available to work holidays? Please note: due to the nature of our business, holiday availability is required. If given sufficient notice, you may be able to have off some (but not all) holidays.
• Are there any other areas of the store you are interested in working?

Work Location: One location