Produce Clerk

Job Summary:

As a Produce Clerk, you will deliver a great customer experience while pricing, stocking, and rotating merchandise in the Produce Department. You’ll maintain a clean, organized, and visually appealing department, ensuring produce is fresh, properly handled, and attractively displayed. You will also assist with deliveries, follow food safety standards, and support department operations while promoting company initiatives and providing friendly customer service.

Responsibilities:

• Greet all Customers and provide them with prompt, courteous service and assistance.
• Promote for sale any current charitable promotions to Customers.
• Maintain a clean, neat, organized, and safe work environment.
• Follow approved procedures for receiving, code dating, storing, and restocking produce to ensure quality and freshness.
• Be knowledgeable in and able to differentiate between various types of produce, including taste, seasonality, use, and pricing differences.
• Keep display cases and other merchandising areas stocked, signed, and attractively arranged.
• Control freshness, quality, and temperature of products by following safe food handling practices.
• Handle spoiled or damaged products according to Company policy.
• Regularly lift, pull, push, and rotate merchandise that weighs 25 lbs., and occasionally up to 60 lbs.
• Unload deliveries and transport merchandise to the Produce Department using appropriate equipment.
• Check refrigeration and storage areas for proper performance and report issues immediately.
• Utilize and maintain department equipment properly; report equipment problems promptly.
• Maintain sanitation standards by sweeping, mopping, and removing refuse as needed.
• Operate baler and compactor in accordance with safety guidelines.
• Dress and groom according to Company policy, including uniform, name badge, and hair restraint requirements.
• Use disposable gloves and follow QA hand washing standards when handling food.
• Perform all duties in accordance with Company rules, policies, safety requirements, and local, state, and federal regulations.
• Adhere to HAZCOM procedures and manufacturer guidelines for safe use of chemical products.
• Understand and follow all Country of Origin Label (C.O.O.L.) regulations for produce items.
• Understand and adhere to Company shrink guidelines for the Produce Department.
• Complete all applicable department training programs.
• Perform all duties in accordance with ShopRite Service Priorities (Safety, Friendliness, Presentation, and Efficiency).
• Stand at assigned workstation for the duration of scheduled shift, which may exceed 8 hours.
• Maintain punctual and regular attendance.
• Work overtime as assigned.
• Work cooperatively with others.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years or older to operate balers, hi-lo's, power jacks, and slicing machines.
• Ability to proficiently read, write, speak, analyze, interpret, and understand the English language.
• Ability to perform basic math.
• Ability to stand/walk for the duration of a scheduled shift.
• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull, and regularly lift 25 lbs., and occasionally lift up to 60 lbs.
• Ability to work in varying temperatures, including refrigerated and high-moisture environments.
• Ability to work with fresh, dried and/or processed products, spices, and powdered substances without negative effects.
• Ability to tolerate dust and cleaning agents during routine housekeeping duties.
• Ability to interact with Customers in a friendly and helpful way.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to work all assigned work schedules and comply with all time and attendance policies.

We are living our Purpose - To Care Deeply about People, Helping them to Eat Well and Be Happy. This Purpose guides everything we do and is why we are in business. We are using our service priorities - Safety, Friendliness, Presentation, and Efficiency to help us make decisions at work every day and are critical to the success of our business goals.