Produce Staff

Seward Community Co-Op- Franklin Store

Job Description

Produce Staff

Purpose: To stock and display fresh produce while providing prompt, friendly, helpful customer service to help meet department goals for sales, margin, labor productivity and customer service.

Status: Full or Part-time. Weekend hours required for all staff. Reports to Produce Manager

Pay Level: III

Responsibilities:

• Daily replenishment of displays by rotating and culling; keeping organic, conventional, and transitional separate. Build attractive, safe displays following best produce retailing practices.
• Maintain produce room, cooler, and sales floor tidy, and produce displays tidy and fully stocked
• Prep produce (lettuce, dates, melons, cherry tomatoes. . . )
• Assist customers in a prompt, courteous manner, exceeding their expectations for service.
• Dispose of produce that is unsuitable for sale by selling/giving to deli, or throwing (inedible) produce in trash or compost. Sell edible produce at discount by doctoring-up, repackaging, and labeling
• Keep back stock produce stored properly and tidily.
• Use equipment safely. Advise manager of equipment repair and replacement needs
• Receiving deliveries from distributors and growers as directed
• Ensure produce quality
• Promote produce by sampling
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of products through research, using produce reference book and tasting small samples of new produce
• Participate in inventories as needed
• Provide constructive feedback to manager and centralized buyer as necessary
• Attend department and storewide meetings
• Closing duties include serving as Floor Warden in case of fire
• Perform other tasks as assigned by produce manager
• Wash hands routinely, frequently and properly to ensure the safety of our products per Seward Co-ops Hand Washing Policy.

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Essential

• Reliable, predictable attendance
• Excellent customer service skills
• English proficiency

Functional

• Ability to stand, bend, stoop, reach, squat and walk for extended periods of time per shift
• Bend and lift loads, not to exceed 50 pounds. Push and pull carts weighing up to 100 pounds.
• Environmental exposure to extreme temperatures (coolers, ovens, freezer, outdoors, etc.)
• Ability to freely access all areas of the store including offices, sales floor, back stock areas, and walk-in coolers and freezers.
• Ability to move or handle merchandise throughout the store generally weighing up to 50 pounds
• Repetitive use of hands for grasping, pushing, pulling, and fine manipulation.
• Demonstrated ability to work with customers and co-workers from various cultural backgrounds
• Ability to work in a cold and damp environment

Preferred

• Multilingual a plus
• Experience with retail produce or farming
• Computer proficiency
• Manual dexterity with hazardous equipment
• Demonstrated ability to work with customers and co-workers from various cultural backgrounds