Produce Manager

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Champions Company and Division customer service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals.
• Handles customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints.
• Promotes Albertson's philosophy of personalized service in the produce department.
• Supervises the day-to-day functions of the produce department to achieve customer service, and sales and profit objectives.
• Supervises, motivates, directs, trains and hires produce personnel.
• Maintains adequate coverage and service levels by scheduling personnel to meet department budgetary objectives.
• Conducts daily inspections of all produce sections and implements corrective measures to ensure compliance with product freshness and quality.
• Rotates products, discards outdated or spoiled product and maintains in-stock conditions, sanitation and safety requirements.
• Assists with all produce duties such as: receiving, cleaning, trimming, cutting, watering and displaying.
• Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays.
• Controls shrink and expenses.
• Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheet, purchase report, and sales and labor and other required paperwork and logs.
• Maintains records on ad items movement.
• Orders, checks, receives and controls inventory to ensure adequate proper inventory level, product quality, eye appeal and freshness.
• Checks for and prevents the sale of out-dated or spoiled products. Takes periodic inventories, processes administrative paperwork and maintains accurate department records.
• Maintains and organizes Produce Department work area and cooler.
• Ensures produce quality, freshness and quantity standards are met.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures and monitoring product flow.
• Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations and Company policies.
• Complies with all federal, state and local health and food safety standards.
• Creates effective promotional and seasonal displays.
• Checks competitors for comparisons on prices, product variety and merchandising procedures.
• Affords customers by making product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling.
• Makes intercom announcements.
• Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor and work area, cooler, equipment, wet boxes and cases.
• Affords assistance with answering and responding incoming calls appropriately.
• Receives and appropriately resolves customer complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate.
• Affords assistance with implementing emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions.
• Maintains confidentiality concerning associates, store sales and other Company information.
• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity.
• Performs other necessary and required duties.

Skills and Physical Requirements

• Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Produce Department including trimming, cutting, displaying, watering, building produce displays, rotating and discarding outdated or spoiled product.
• Requires strong communication skills, good leadership and interpersonal skills, the proven ability to manage people and the ability to maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
• Requires knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices.
• Requires a good understanding of overall company practices and Produce Department policies and procedures.
• Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Must have knowledge of produce variety, standards, perishability, food safety, food handling and sanitation procedures and department policies and procedures.
• Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 75 lbs.
• Bends, stoops and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders.
• Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheel carts and pallet jacks.
• Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products.
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary.
• 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 produce variety, standards, perishability, food safety, food handling, sanitation, labeling and department policies and procedures.
• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order products, plan sales, input inventory and schedules, and print labels.
• Operates scales, wrappers, compactors and garbage disposals.
• Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Utilizes knives and safety cutters.
• Requires use of latex gloves.
• Extensive knowledge of profit and loss statements.
• 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: Hands are frequently exposed to water, ice and cleaning agents.
• Exposure to 35˚ Fahrenheit while handling products in cold cases and 28˚ Fahrenheit while handling products in cooler.
• Working conditions consist of a temperature controlled store environment.
• Safety – Sensitive Position: Job responsibilities include tasks or duties that could affect the safety or health of the employee performing the task or others.

Pay and Benefits

• The pay range is $31.40 per hour, but no less than the local minimum wage.
• Starting rates will vary based on things like location, experience, qualifications and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
• Dependent on length of service, hours worked and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay (accrued based on hours worked), PTO/Vacation pay (accrued based on hours worked), paid holidays (9 days annually), bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility).