Produce Lead Full Time

About the role

The Produce Lead is responsible for overseeing produce operations, ensuring adherence to company policies, maintaining product quality and freshness, and optimizing inventory management. This role focuses on operational excellence, ensuring compliance with food safety, merchandising, and replenishment standards while supporting business performance. The Produce Lead does not have direct supervisory responsibilities but plays a critical role in ensuring smooth department operations. A valid ServSafe Food Safety Certification is required and must be maintained in good standing. BJ’s covers any applicable cost associated and training.

Responsibilities

• Live our values: Demonstrate inclusive behavior, make ethical choices, and approach your work with a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Create a safe and collaborative environment: Foster open communication and trust.
• Celebrate team members: Acknowledge others’ contributions, support team success, and help create a positive, encouraging work environment.
• Guarantee service excellence: Ensure daily execution of GOLD Member Standards are met and are consistently reinforcing key service behaviors: Greet, Anticipate, Appreciate (GAA); Fast, Friendly, Full, Fresh, Clean; and Listen, Apologize, Solve, Thank (LAST) across all areas of the club.
• Create a positive experience: Engage with Members in a friendly and helpful manner to contribute to a premium shopping experience.
• Respond to Member needs: Address Member questions or concerns promptly and escalate unresolved issues to a supervisor when necessary.
• Maintain Club Standards: Consistently Delivering GOLD Standards in your club.
• Contribute to club goals: Perform daily responsibilities with accuracy and consistency to support improvement in key performance areas and help the club meet or exceed targets.
• Cost Discipline: Use supplies responsibly and follow scheduling expectations to help the club stay within labor and supply goals.
• Support Performance and Profitability: Complete tasks efficiently and accurately and follow best practices to help drive strong club results.
• Understand the Business: Learn how your role impacts key club metrics and contribute to overall department performance through consistent execution.
• Lead Produce Department Operations: Maintain produce freshness by executing regular culling and rotation, ensuring all products meet company quality standards.
• Manage Inventory Proactively: Ensure proper product availability by monitoring inventory levels and executing timely replenishment to maintain in-stock conditions.
• Demonstrates Full Proficiency: Execute operational functions of the department, including the ability to inspect, rotate, cull, and merchandise fresh produce to company standards.
• Accurate Item Labeling: