018 Bashas' Produce Team Leader Woodlands Village

Job Description

The produce manager will effectively direct and supervise all activities of the produce department and its personnel to achieve sales merchandising and customer service goals established for the department.

Job Responsibilities

Directing produce department personnel meeting departments goals and objectives.

Engaging with customers through smiles and greetings offering product information providing selling suggestions and active sampling and always giving a genuine thank you.

Communicating directly with the store director and produce specialist and director.

Ordering produce merchandise and supplies necessary to maintain adequate stock levels.

Merchandising fruits vegetables and produce products in accordance with produce merchandising standards.

Building attractive displays of produce while maintaining proper product inventory levels.

Observing all store rules and company policies directing all team members to do the same.

Communicating executing and supporting all sales and merchandising initiatives.

Serving as the leader of his/her department a role model coach performance evaluator and trainer.

Creating department budgets and tracking financial reports (e.g. profit/loss sales and expenses).

Achieving department sales and profits goals; and controlling department labor inventory product out of stocks and shrink sanitation supplies equipment safety and scheduling.

Ensuring department compliance with heath department and weights and measures requirements.

Maintaining a positive and friendly attitude towards customers and fellow team members.

Unloading trailers receiving merchandise verifying orders breaking down produce loads positioning cases of product in the produce warehouse or walk-in cooler.

Understanding proper product trimming rotation culling crisping and watering techniques and procedures ensuring product attractiveness and shelf life.

Understanding the importance of monitoring product pricing signage and placement and the proper use of product shelf tags and signage.

Keeping clean neat and orderly work and storage areas including a well swept produce department.

Attentively stocking dated perishable products rotating them as necessary to ensure quality and safety. Performs other duties as needed or assigned by management.

Must be at least 18 years old. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time .This description reflects managements assignment of essential functions. It does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description is subject to change at any time. Employer provides reasonable accommodations to a qualified employee that does not impose an undue hardship on the employer.