Produce Teammate Part Time

Pay Range: $16.75–$20.30

Summary

Provides fast, friendly, helpful and efficient service to all Price Chopper customers. Responsible for performing produce merchandising tasks to include product stocking, pricing, inventory and special orders. Ensures that all products put out for display represent quality, fresh produce to promote optimal opportunity for sales. Ensures that all customer special orders and deliveries are accurately fulfilled.

Responsibilities

• Consistently provide fast, friendly, helpful and efficient customer service at all times.
• Smile, make eye contact and thank customers upon fulfilling their requests.
• Maintain a neat, clean and organized workstation, according to 5S standards, at all times.
• Assist with produce merchandising duties to include preparation of produce products for display, stocking and pricing of product and creating special produce platters to order.
• Ensure that quality and fresh products are displayed; remove substandard looking product and report to the Produce Manager or first clerk.
• Rotate and examine perishable product to ensure proper quality, code and condition.
• Provide a high level of customer courtesy and service at all times with all customers throughout the store.
• Work in a manner ensuring that corporate and state sanitation and safety regulations are maintained in accordance with company policy.
• May be required to be available for training and work in other departments.
• May be required to perform duties in the Produce department as per management request.
• Ensure the accuracy of customer special orders (e.g., vegetable and fruit platters).
• Replenish bulk food displays (e.g., island and wall displays).
• Operate various produce equipment including but not limited to product weight scales, juice and pineapple machines.
• Control shrink through adherence to related policies and procedures.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management and adhere to all company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills.
• Basic literacy skills.

Physical Requirements

• Bending: Frequent (3–5 hours)
• Exposure to Cold Environment: Frequent (3–5 hours)
• Exposure to Hot Environment: Occasional (1–3 hours)
• Grasping/Finger Movement & Dexterity (Left/Right Hands): Constant (5–8 hours)
• Lifting: Frequent (3–5 hours) up to 50 lbs; Occasional (1–3 hours) up to 75 lbs
• Pivoting: Frequent (3–5 hours)
• Pushing/Pulling: Occasional (1–3 hours) up to 50 lbs
• Squatting/Kneeling: Occasional (1–3 hours)
• Standing: Frequent (3–5 hours)
• Twisting: Frequent (3–5 hours)
• Walking: Constant (5–8 hours)

Equipment Used

• Pallet Jack
• Calculator
• Dock Plates
• Stackers
• Scales
• Knives
• Case cutters
• Marking gun
• Dolphin / Order Gun
• Compactor / Bailer
• Pineapple corer
• Cleaning Chemicals and Supplies
• Kevlar gloves
• Phone