Produce Team Leader

About the role

The Produce Team Leader at Metropolitan Market is a key member of the store leadership team. Responsibilities include product management and merchandising, sales, team member development, and providing exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding customer service and readily communicate product information to increase sales, meet revenue goals, and best serve guests.
• Establish sales, gross profit, labor and supply budgets for the Produce Department, and maintain pricing to achieve budgeted gross profit goals.
• Order all products for the Produce Department.
• Plan and execute Produce Department merchandising and display, maintaining high-quality standards in product management and presentation.
• Create and distribute Produce Department weekly team member work schedule.
• Lead and readily participate in product promotions and focuses.
• Lead by example and provide team members with clear expectations and timely feedback.
• Train team members and provide performance feedback, coaching and counseling.
• Prevent internal and external loss, and conduct quarterly physical inventories and practice inventory control.
• Successfully perform all duties of a Journeyperson Produce Clerk.

Requirements

• All Metropolitan Market team members deliver exceptional customer service and possess strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Candidates should have a high level of self-motivation and initiative, proven success working in a diverse team environment, and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Produce Team Leaders must possess comprehensive product knowledge, creative merchandising and display skills, and a history of training team members.
• Candidates must have a minimum of five years of supervisory experience and proven history of developing personnel, as well as three years of produce experience.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of food, including ingredients, applications, pronunciations, and culinary skills.
• Knowledge of food safety, HACCP/Department of Health guidelines, inventory management, and gross profits and labor percentages.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Self-motivation and initiative.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proven success working in a diverse team environment.
• Comprehensive product knowledge and creative merchandising and display skills.
• History of training team members.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• 20% team member discount.
• Medical, dental, vision insurance (very low cost to team members).
• Health savings accounts (subject to qualified medical plans).
• Flexible spending arrangements (subject to qualified medical plans).
• Company-funded disability and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program available to all team members.
• Retail plans available to all team members.
• Paid vacation, personal, and holiday time off.
• Sick/safe leave provided consistent with local and state requirements.
• Reduced cost ORCA Card program for King County team members.
• Education support.
• Career development opportunities.

Pay

The wage/salary range for this position is $29.15 - $34.00.

Schedule

Hours and schedule details are not specified in the job posting.