Market Place Associate
Market Place Associate
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11-04-2025
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Job Description
The AkronCanton Regional Foodbank offers a diverse workplace with professionals that work together to fulfill our mission in the fight to end hunger. We are seeking individuals who share and believe in our core values compassion collaboration service integrity inclusion and innovation.
The Marketplace Associate provides excellent Partner experience through professional courteous and friendly interactions. This position works in a fastpaced warehouse environment safeguarding and promoting the Foodbanks commitment to service and safety. Primary responsibilities include weighing marketplace product organizing restocking and consolidating marketplace product filling orders for the Direct Distribution and Marketplace deliveries and maintaining a safe and clean work environment. Hourly Rate: $18 per hour; MF 7am3pm
Job Responsibilities:
- Assist partners in weighing marketplace carts
- Facilitate marketplace process by keeping partners moving monitoring timeliness and personal limits etc.
- Work with distribution staff members in restocking consolidating and organizing products in the marketplace
- Fill marketplace orders for the pantry direct distributions POP and marketplace deliveries
- Monitor time/ temperature issues and communicate to warehouse staff and supervision when products need to be replaced/ restocked
- Keep the market place clean and safe at all times by cleaning up products on the floor and removing all safety hazards (e.g. trip hazards)
- Keep order in the marketplace while maintaining a professional and positive attitude
- Work with the Safety Manager on product recalls ensuring the food is safe for distribution
- Ensure all products are properly labeled with ingredients and that there are no open packages or possible expired products within the marketplace
- Act as a backup for loading partner orders on the distribution dock
- Perform other duties as needed
Required Qualifications (knowledge skills abilities competencies):
- High school diploma
- 13 years in a customer service role
- Must be able to follow all American Institute of Baking Feeding America Food and Drug Administration United States Department of Agriculture Occupational Safety Hazard Administration and Foodbank (standard operating procedures and employee handbook) safety regulations
- Commitment to outstanding customer service
- Ability to resolve conflict in a positive way
- Ability to problem solve
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively and patiently with a diverse group of individuals including Foodbank staff and agencies
- High level of interpersonal skills is required
- Ability to produce quality work with minimal supervision
- Must be able to operate or be trained to operate a pallet jack or tow motor ; must pass OSHA testing for lift truck operation
- Warehouse and dock experience preferred
- Punctual dependable and flexible to work overtime as needed
- Ability to maintain accurate records or metrics
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop; kneel crouch and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision depth perception peripheral vision and ability to adjust and focus.
Work Environment
The work environment described here is representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This position may include:
a. EXPOSURE TO WEATHER Exposure to hot cold wet humid or windy conditions caused by the weather.
b. EXTREME COLD Exposure to nonweatherrelated cold temperatures.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Come join an organization that makes a difference in the lives of others! The AkronCanton Regional Foodbank is proud to be a multiple time recipient of the NorthCoast99 award which showcases our Foodbank as one of the top 99 places to work in Northeast Ohio. We offer a warm and loving culture filled with opportunities to grow and develop your career competitive benefits and compensation 9 paid Holidays and a generous paid time off program that begins on day one!
The Foodbank provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion or belief sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin age 40 or older) disability genetic information or any other class protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment free of discrimination and harassment of any kind.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Hourly
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