002 Food City Produce Team Lead Brown & Mesa Dr

A Produce Team Leads responsibilities include:

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 produces 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.

All other related duties as assigned

The Produce Team Lead responsibilities will primarily be in the produce department but may also work in other departments as needed.

Qualifications:

Desired qualifications include:

Friendly and customer service oriented. Interest in food and cooking a plus.

Customer service restaurant barista food service grocery or similar experience desired

Self-motivated with a high attention to detail quality and presentation

Skills to communicate effectively with coworkers and customers

Ability to work independently effectively manage time and multitask in a fast-paced environment

Ability to read understand and follow through on verbal and written directions

Ability to reliably meet required work schedule and adhere to company attendance policy

Must be 18 years of age

Employees may occasionally experience the following physical demands for an extended period:

Standing Sitting Lifting Stocking (Up to 50 lbs.) Pushing Keyboarding Telephone Use Walking Bending