Grocery Produce Clerk

Job Summary of Grocery Produce Clerk:

All Fresh Thyme Market employees must carry out their daily duties while also prioritizing sales and catering to customer needs. Each staff member is anticipated to uphold a cheerful demeanor and a cooperative mindset as part of the team.

The Grocery Produce Clerk plays a crucial role in ensuring that the Produce Department remains well-stocked and organized throughout the day while also assisting customers and upholding a positive and vibrant attitude. Responsibilities include following the established procedural protocols of the Produce Department and ensuring cleanliness and orderliness within the department during operating hours.

Responsibilities of Grocery Produce Clerk:

• Maintains a clean and safe environment in the produce department, floral section, storage area, and workspace to prevent accidents, including tasks such as shelf and product cleaning, spill removal, and debris clearance from floors.
• Employees in charge of the stocks maintain the floral department, which involves arranging and rotating items, ensuring they are facing forward, properly filling the displays, and organizing products according to the Produce Department's layout guidelines while also verifying price tags for accuracy.
• Handles customer queries in a proactive manner and aids customers in making purchases, obtaining details, and choosing products; involves promoting and upselling items.
• Receives, evaluates, and records items to ensure they match the shipment, are at the correct temperature, and meet quality standards.
• Observes the displays at the checkout counter to oversee the placement of signs related to purchases, including recipe cards, discount vouchers, marketing collateral, and details about complementary food items.
• Involves the utilization of tools like knives, scales, wrapping machines, compactors, waste disposal units, pallet jacks, and manual carts.
• Taking part in pre-inventory arrangements involves tasks such as organizing back stock and ensuring that tags are accurate for each product.
• Engages in overseeing the operation of the sliced fruit and vegetable initiative.
• Assumes accountability for the department's sales performance and financial success.
• Maintains a thorough understanding of the products and their preparation procedures at all times.
• Regularly patrols the department to maintain cleanliness and orderliness for a neat and hygienic environment consistently.
• Additional responsibilities may be designated.

Qualification of Grocery Produce Clerk:

• Attainment of a high school diploma or a comparable qualification.
• Possessing 1-2 years of background in grocery retail is desired for familiarity with Floral department operations and protocols.
• Having prior background in the natural foods sector is beneficial.
• It is imperative to consistently uphold top-tier customer service standards.
• Demonstrating the capacity to adjust to the constantly evolving landscape of high-volume retail within a collaborative team setting.
• Being able to show proactive behavior in addressing issues is essential.
• Adaptability to thrive in diverse circumstances.
• Advanced focus on specifics is essential along with the ability to organize tasks effectively and adhere to schedules.
• Strong oral communication and interpersonal abilities are necessary for effective interaction across various departments and with higher-level executives.
• Having the capacity to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and possessing strong organizational abilities is crucial.
• Must possess the capacity to aid in achieving and enhancing team objectives.
• Flexibility in scheduling to accommodate the needs of the business.
• Knowledge of Health Department protocols and rules relevant to a grocery retail setting is essential.
• Fundamental understanding of mathematics, scales, and units of measurement is essential.
• Must be proficient at maneuvering and operating fully laden hand trucks, as well as skilled in utilizing box cutters.
• Understanding the correct way to manage, ready, determine peak freshness, and suitable duration for storing items is essential.

Job Function Analysis of Grocery Produce Clerk:

Physical Demands:

• Spend minimally 60 minutes infrequently
• Work for a continuous period ranging from 1 to 8 hours without a break is required
• Trek continuously for a duration ranging from 2 to 8 hours
• Driving on a regular basis for 2 to 4 hours is a common occurrence
• Balance Frequently 34-66%
• Bend Occasionally 1-33%
• Heights can range between 2 to 6 feet and are sometimes ascended about 1 to 33% of the time
• Crawl Occasionally 1-33%
• Crouch/Squat Occasionally 1-33%
• Kneel Occasionally 1-33%
• Engage in frequent reaching movements, both forward and overhead, within the range of 34% to 66% of the time
• Bend (at a 45-degree angle) from time to time between 1-33% of the time

Lifting/Carrying:

• 10 pounds. Sometimes between 1 and 33 percent
• Sometimes carrying an extra weight range of 11 to 25 pounds
• Between 26 to 50 pounds. On occasion, ranging from 1 to 33 percent
• The weight range is between 51 to 100 pounds, always above 0%

Repetitive Motion:

• The act of grasping with both the right and left hands is a common occurrence, happening between 34% and 66% of the time
• Fine motor control may be present from time to time, ranging between 1-33%
• There is a fluctuation in momentum between pushing and pulling, sometimes accounting for 1-33% of the total movement
• The absence of lower limbs Not at all present