Produce Team Member

Job Summary of Produce Team Member:

The Produce Team Member plays a crucial role in helping the Produce Manager maintain the produce department's success and profitability.

Responsibilities of Produce Team Member:

• Making the provision of excellent customer service the foremost concern.
• Leading by showcasing integrity, reliability, and top-notch execution while abiding by all protocols.
• Setting up a visually appealing and easily accessible space within the store that is fully stocked with a range of fresh produce ready for customers to purchase.
• Helping the produce department manager with ordering tasks and ensuring inventory accuracy is maintained.
• Aiding the department manager in handling margin-related matters, COGs, and the department's profitability to minimize losses and enhance procurement strategies effectively.
• The daily management of the department encompasses the duty of keeping the produce rack consistently filled with fresh and plentiful items throughout the day.
• Sorting through, maintaining freshness, rotating, and appropriately managing produce.
• Making sure that solely organic-certified produce is ordered and delivered.
• Confirming that all available products meet the required benchmarks established by the company.
• Maintaining the cleanliness of tools and equipment according to the standards set by the health department and the company.
• Accepting all incoming orders for produce in alignment with the company's defined criteria and regulations.
• Managing special requests and ensuring their fulfillment.
• Supporting in the training and monitoring of departmental staff.
• Engaging in hands-on and observational demos.
• Supporting the department manager in handling performance issues within the department.
• Duties encompass overseeing register operations like backup cashiering, handling merchandise returns, resolving customer complaints, and managing register shift changes, including those for scheduled breaks.
• Securing the safety and protection of both clientele and workforce.
• Offering assistance to customers with their questions while adhering to the company's guidelines, which may involve presenting structured statements regarding product functions and nutritional benefits.
• Constantly learning and improving product knowledge.
• Leveraging email and IS applications as needed.
• The absence of any other skilled employee may necessitate your involvement in completing DSR and finalizing cash closing processes.
• Working a schedule based on store needs which includes evenings, weekends, holidays. Position requires working five days, 40 hours per week and attending mandatory store meetings.
• While there are some manager on duty functions associated with this position, it is not designed to be the store's primary manager on duty.

Qualification of Produce Team Member:

• Candidates are encouraged to have a high school diploma, GED, or a similar level of education.
• Individuals with one year of practice in a grocery, retail, or produce environment are preferred, and a natural foods background would be beneficial.
• One year of overseeing others is preferred.
• Maintaining up-to-date registration and compliance with mandatory food safety training programs and certifications is indispensable to meet legal obligations.
• Proficiency in handling varying priorities while staying attentive to the task in progress.
• Prioritize the prompt and efficient completion of tasks.
• Have exceptional abilities in providing customer support.
• Adept at maintaining a high level of organization while emphasizing small particulars.
• Competence in adhering to instructions and seeing tasks through.
• The position necessitates candidates to be trained in cashier responsibilities and proficient in currency counting techniques.
• Capable with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Benefits of Produce Team Member:

• Birthday bonus pay
• Payment for closure of stores on 5 holidays
• Progressive increases in paid time off, encompassing sick days and vacation allowance, tied to the duration of an employee's service
• Paid nutrition education
• The discount available to Good4u team members remains the same
• Through the Npower program, customers are recognized and rewarded for their loyalty and engagement with the company
• Repeated, anticipated payment increments
• Paths for growth and advancement in one's career
• A plan aimed at boosting wellness and vitality
• An EAP is a workplace program that offers employees confidential assistance with personal issues that may impact their job performance
• Employee referral program
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance policies offer a range of benefits aimed at maintaining and improving one's health and quality of life
• Paid parental leave
• Company-provided short-term disability insurance enables employees to access paid medical leave when needed
• Short-term disability insurance is a paid benefit provided by the company
• Life insurance plan sponsored by the employer
• Elective benefits comprising hospital indemnity, accident insurance, long-term disability insurance, and term life coverage
• A 401k savings scheme for retirement with a voluntary employer match component
• By utilizing healthcare and dependent care FSAs, individuals can allocate a portion of their income to cover eligible medical and caregiving costs while reducing their taxable income
• Corporate match for a health savings account (HSA) arrangement

Physical Requirements of Produce Team Member:

• The role mandates having the strength to consistently lift or carry loads of up to 10 lbs., frequently handle loads weighing 11-20 lbs., and occasionally manage loads ranging from 21 to 50 lbs. It is also essential to occasionally lift or carry items ranging from 51 to 100 lbs. with the assistance of others.
• Must be able to exert force regularly for pushing or pulling objects up to 15 lbs and intermittently for items weighing between 16 and 100 lbs.
• Intermittent use of the computer and mouse is a part of the job description.
• A prerequisite for the job is the capability to continuously move, be on foot, manipulate objects with precision, hold onto items, and extend outward during the entirety of the shift.
• Need to be capable of reaching above chest level often.
• Required to occasionally be seated, squat, kneel, and climb based on the task at hand.
• Proficiency with sharp tools and equipment, as well as the ability to work in dusty, smoky, and crowded environments, is essential for this position.
• Expected to be comfortable working in environments with noise, cold temperatures, heat, wet conditions, high humidity, outdoor setting, heights, and physical stress as necessary.