Produce Clerk

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Assume duties of other team mates when one is out due to personal or other work related obligations.
• This may require extra hours during these times.
• Receive the required training for any position you are asked to cover for.
• Assist produce manager in ordering, ensuring proper receiving, unloading, storage, and rotation of merchandise and building of displays and exceeding health department and food safety standards.
• Ensure produce shelving and display units are maintained, cleaned and organized.
• This includes ensuring all products are tagged and/or labeled properly.
• All product must be properly rotated.
• Work towards learning all aspects of the current position and position yourself to take on more responsibility to go to the next level.
• Maintain produce display, prep and storage areas in clean, orderly condition.
• Absorb and assist with monthly department inventories as directed.
• Absorb and assist with customers with produce questions and special orders.
• Offer samples and suggestions for purchase and preparation in a friendly, courteous manner.
• Follow “COOL” (Country of Origin Labeling) guidelines and requirements.
• Trim, wash, bundle produce as needed.
• See that unsellable items are properly disposed of.
• Work with the Produce Manager to research under-performing areas within the department for improvement.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Computer Knowledge
• Produce background preferred
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of customers, employees and management.
• Ability to prioritize work tasks, multi-task and maintain focus
• Must have flexible schedule availability

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Work is performed in a typical retail work environment
• Ability to lift weights up to 50 lbs (20-40) lifting frequency
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to work in different control climate
• Use of machinery: wrapper, box cutter