Focusing on leading a successful produce team the lead produce clerk is a produce manager in training who strives to meet department goals and objectives white providing customers with product expertise and the freshest and best quality produce. Some Job Responsibilities include: In the produce managers absence directing produce department personnel meeting departments goals and objectives communicating directly with the store director and produce department supervisors ordering the produce and produce department products necessary to maintain adequate stock levels and merchandising fruits vegetables and produce products in accordance with produce merchandising standards. Maintaining a positive and friendly attitude towards customers and fellow team members. Engaging with customers through smiles and greetings offering product information providing selling suggestions and active sampling and always giving a genuine thank you. 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. Building attractive displays of produce while maintaining proper product inventory levels. 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 areas including a well swept produce department. 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. Job Qualification With both customers and team members remain helpful tactful and courteous. Work quickly and efficiently sometimes with little direction to accomplish assigned duties. Add subtract divide multiply and perform other basic business math calculations. Read UPC codes product labels shelf signage business forms and posted company policies/procedures. Be knowledgeable of a wide variety general department products (grocery frozen food HBC non-foods liquor DSD and dairy) including their locations in the store. Memorize product locations. Be dexterous enough with hands and fingers so as to be able to fill and rotate products quickly and use necessary equipment including box cutters. Communicate openly and professionally through appropriate body language facial expressions and speech also communicating in writing when necessary. Listen to and understand verbal and non-verbal communication of customers and fellow members. Stand for long periods of time bend and twist and frequently lift and/or maneuver merchandise and supplies weighing 30 50lbs. Lift 50 and maneuver up to 100 lbs. while breaking down large and very heavy pallet loads of produce cases boxes and bags. Operate manual and electric pallet jacks. Often work in walk-in refrigerated coolers. If called upon night crew clerks may need to learn use of cash registers.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Bashas' is working up a sweat standing its ground in Southwest. The regional grocery chain operates about 130 stores (down from more than 160 in 2008), all but two of which are located in Arizona. (The other locations are in California and New Mexico.) Its holdings include Bashas' tra ... View more