Produce Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive customer focused behavior with associates.
• Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions and helps resolve customer concerns promptly in a polite and professional manner.
• Focuses on continuous improvement in all areas of the department and makes changes to ensure progress.
• Takes customer orders over the phone or in person at the store with a pleasant and positive attitude.
• Determines what the customer is looking for in terms of size and appearance. Creates the finished product in a timely fashion.
• Schedules all produce Associates, oversees and participates in training, rewards and recognizes performance and delegates work assignments to effectively utilize talents and abilities while maximizing profits for the department.
• Participates in associate annual performance reviews and new hire interviews. Utilizes the Learning Management System (LMS) current and new associates.
• Develops and implements localized merchandising plans, sets up and creates displays for new or seasonal items to drive sales.
• Develops and maintains communications with other departments and store manager in order to devise cross merchandising plans, to meet financial objectives.
• Maintains associate department records and reports on all important matters including associate performance and discipline, sales, future plans, etc.
• Monitors competitor activity concerning merchandising, pricing, quality, and comparison signage.
• Prepares, maintains and tracks records concerning inventories to calculate gross monthly profits according to company guidelines.
• Ensures associates correctly follow company recipes for prepared products.
• Maintains freshness by properly removing and recording out of code products.
• Completes required product logs.
• Keeps produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands.
• Handles spoiled and damaged product, new items and discontinued items accordingly to company policy.
• Maintains backroom and receiving area security and organization by promoting 5S procedures responsible for general sanitation in the department.
• Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements.
• Disposes of trash properly.
• May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained.
• Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors.
• Responsible to continuously improve job performance.
• Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE).

Qualification Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Associate or bachelor's degree in business related or food service-related field desirable.
• Minimum (3) years' experience in management in retail/restaurant/supermarket environment.

Rate Of Pay And Benefits

• The hourly pay for this position starts at $18.00/hr. and is up to 25.00/hr.
• Department Manager and Shift Supervisor: Full-time associate Weis Markets offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package such as health plan, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, short term disability, basic life and AD&D, group whole life with long term care rider, and voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, accident and critical illness, 401(k) retirement savings plans, scholarship program and associate discount programs, auto and home insurance, employee assistance program, pet insurance, purchasing power, ID theft protection, legal services, paid time off, sick pay and quarterly incentive based on eligibility and criteria specific to the position is met.

Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer

• Weis Markets is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of actual or perceived age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, familial status, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.