Houston 50 (Grand Parkway) Produce - Perishables Rep - Part time

About the role

As a Perishable Representative, you are responsible for providing a well-stocked and well-maintained department while providing superior customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provides superior customer service
• Takes orders from customers by telephone or in person
• Answers customer questions regarding products and assists them with selections
• Prepares, packages, and merchandises fresh product
• Slices, packages, labels, and rotates products
• Scans in items on Telxon for production
• Assists in technical areas as needed
• Merchandises product effectively
• Uses suggestive selling techniques to meet customer needs and build department sales
• Makes regular announcements related to freshly-produced items, and to increase sales
• Cleans and sanitizes display cases; properly operates / maintains equipment
• Complies with H-E-B food safety and sanitation standards
• Complies with departmental SOPs and store operating procedures
• Aguas: Peels, cuts, and chops fresh fruits and vegetables
• Aguas: Prepares fresh specialty drinks and food products specific to the Aguas department
• Floral: Designs floral arrangements; provides a variety of fresh, quality products
• Floral: Designs and executes merchandising programs
• Floral: Tracks seasonal record when appropriate
• Market: Cuts, trims, and prepares meat for service meat counter and self-service counter
• Market: Ensures proper product rotation and storage
• Market: Maintains coolers and freezers
• Market: Weighs, prices, and packages selections
• Market: Operates power meat prep and process equipment
• Produce: Stocks and rotates product to ensure freshness
• Produce: Assists floral department when needed
• Produce: Communicates product knowledge to customers by explaining and providing samples
• Produce: Cuts, wraps, and prices produce to be placed on sales floor
• Produce: Maintains signing program
• Seafood: Knowledgeable about various fish and shellfish
• Seafood: Weighs, prices, and packages selections
• Seafood: Maintains coolers and freezers

Qualifications

• Age requirement: 18+
• Education: HS Diploma or GED (or equivalent)
• Licenses/Certifications: Completion of Company Orientation and Safety Training
• Physical Demands & Working Conditions: Function in a fast-paced, retail environment; work with customers, staying attentive to their needs; perform duties based on department (Market, Seafood) including constant reaching at waist, frequent standing, walking, pivoting, pushing/pulling, grasping, exposure to wet/cold conditions, occasional overhead reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, stair climbing, twisting, pinching, fine motor movements, cervical flexion; ability to lift 90 lbs (Market) or 50 lbs (Seafood) and manage in excess of those weights; must not lift beyond safe limit; reasonable accommodations may be made.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Customer service and communication skills; computer systems knowledge (Telxon, ACR, label machine); strong customer service skills; communication and interpersonal skills; reading and writing skills; planning and organizing skills.
• Work Experience: Customer service and communication skills; computer systems knowledge (Telxon, ACR, label machine).