Produce Lead Store #37 Full Time

About Us

Northgate Gonzalez Market has grown from one store in Anaheim in 1980 to over 40 locations across Southern California, and we’re looking for passionate, customer-focused team members to join our family. We offer flexible schedules, opportunities for growth, and an associate discount of up to 20% for you and your household—all in a positive and fun work environment where you’ll feel valued and appreciated. If you’re enthusiastic, team-oriented, and ready to build a career with us, we’d love to meet you.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Adequately adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil code regulations; ensure compliance with all state, county and local weights and measure laws and labeling requirements.
• Able to fully and efficiently perform all of the duties and job functions of an experienced produce clerk.
• Check and verify produce department receiving to ensure that items listed on vendor invoices are all delivered; check products for quality, count or weight, and condition.
• Order, on time, and maintain inventory control to ensure freshness, product quality and turnover for maximum sales and return-on-investment.
• Handle damaged and spoiled products and assist in controlling the level of damaged goods.
• Control excessive use of utilities and water and observe sound conservation practices.
• Implement a procedure for making regularly scheduled inspections of display racks and refrigerated cases to ensure product freshness and visual appeal; cull damaged or marginal products from racks and display cases hourly or more frequently as required.
• Maintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy and state and local health regulations on a regular, ongoing basis.
• Use and maintain equipment in good working order; immediately advise store director or the key person in charge of any maintenance or equipment problems.
• Accurately record markups and markdowns, in-store use of merchandise, voids, refunds and bad merchandise/spoilage write-offs in accordance with company policies.
• Calculate product gross margins and retail prices for produce merchandise based on targeted sales objectives and profit goals as prescribed in the company’s operations manual and the department projections worked out with the store director.
• Perform any other work-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A high school diploma preferred, but not absolutely required.
• Be thoroughly familiar with all products carried in the department including being fully knowledgeable in the differences (in price, taste, preparation or use) between the many varieties and types of products in different produce families (e.g. apples) and all produce codes.
• Must be able to be relocated to a store within 20 miles from home depending on the needs of the business.

Skills

• Must be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, gross margins, markup, percentages, ratios, ad loss, shrinkage, and to apply basic concepts of algebra.
• Ability to hear, speak and understand the spoken word in order to respond promptly to pages for assistance, to accommodate verbal requests from customers for information or assistance, to answer telephones, and to be able to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to read, writes, analyze, interpret and understand the English language with sufficient proficiency in order to read and understand instructions for operating electronic equipment and tools, company handbooks, policies and procedures and other written job-related documents including postings on bulletin boards.
• Be fully knowledgeable and thoroughly familiar with the nature and duties of every staff position in the department including procedures, policies and operations.
• Must be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, gross margins, markup, percentages, ratios, ad loss, shrinkage, and to apply basic concepts of algebra.
• Ability to hear, speak and understand the spoken word in order to respond promptly to pages for assistance, to accommodate verbal requests from customers for information or assistance, to answer telephones, and to be able to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to read, writes, analyze, interpret and understand the English language with sufficient proficiency in order to read and understand instructions for operating electronic equipment and tools, company handbooks, policies and procedures and other written job-related documents including postings on bulletin boards.
• Be fully knowledgeable and thoroughly familiar with the nature and duties of every staff position in the department including procedures, policies and operations.