Assistant Produce Manager

Tom Thumb Supermarket; Lucas (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Albertsons Companies in Lucas, TX is seeking an Assistant Produce Manager to support the Produce Manager in daily operations, ensure product freshness, quality, and safety, and lead produce team members.

You will assist with stocking, merchandising, inventory management, and customer service while maintaining clean, organized departments and compliant records. This role emphasizes leadership, teamwork, and adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist with overseeing daily produce department operations and workflow.
• Help coordinate stocking, replenishment, rotation, trimming, preparation, and merchandising activities.
• Monitor product freshness, quality, appearance, and availability throughout the day.
• Ensure produce tables, wet racks, refrigerated cases, displays, and promotional areas are properly stocked and maintained.
• Inspect products regularly and remove damaged, spoiled, outdated, or unsellable merchandise.
• Provide friendly, courteous, and professional customer service.
• Assist customers with locating products, product questions, selections, and special requests.
• Help coordinate associate assignments, breaks, stocking responsibilities, and department coverage.
• Monitor inventory levels and assist with ordering merchandise based on sales, promotions, seasonal demand, and anticipated customer needs.
• Receive, inspect, organize, rotate, and properly store produce merchandise.
• Maintain organized coolers, storage areas, and back-stock to support efficient replenishment.
• Follow proper product rotation, freshness, and date-control procedures.
• Help minimize shrink through proper ordering, handling, rotation, preparation, and inventory management.
• Ensure merchandise is accurately priced, signed, labeled, and displayed.
• Assist with building and maintaining promotional, seasonal, and advertised displays.
• Maintain required inventory, temperature, sanitation, and other department records.
• Ensure produce preparation areas, coolers, cases, tables, equipment, and workspaces remain clean and sanitary.
• Assist with department opening and closing procedures as assigned.
• Identify product, equipment, staffing, inventory, or operational concerns and communicate them to the Produce Manager or store leadership.
• Follow and reinforce company policies regarding food safety, sanitation, workplace safety, and loss prevention.
• Perform additional department responsibilities as assigned based on business needs.

Job description

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand! At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who's not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that's constantly evolving.

Position Summary

The Assistant Produce Manager supports the Produce Manager in overseeing daily produce department operations, maintaining product freshness and quality, providing excellent customer service, and ensuring food safety and sanitation standards are consistently followed. This position assists with leading produce associates, coordinating stocking and merchandising, managing inventory, controlling shrink, and ensuring the department remains fresh, full, clean, organized, and customer-ready.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with overseeing daily produce department operations and workflow.
• Help coordinate stocking, replenishment, rotation, trimming, preparation, and merchandising activities.
• Monitor product freshness, quality, appearance, and availability throughout the day.
• Ensure produce tables, wet racks, refrigerated cases, displays, and promotional areas are properly stocked and maintained.
• Inspect products regularly and remove damaged, spoiled, outdated, or otherwise unsellable merchandise.
• Provide friendly, courteous, and professional customer service.
• Assist customers with locating products, product questions, selections, and special requests.
• Help coordinate associate assignments, breaks, stocking responsibilities, and department coverage.
• Monitor inventory levels and assist with ordering merchandise based on sales, promotions, seasonal demand, and anticipated customer needs.
• Receive, inspect, organize, rotate, and properly store produce merchandise.
• Maintain organized coolers, storage areas, and back-stock to support efficient replenishment.
• Follow proper product rotation, freshness, and date-control procedures.
• Help minimize shrink through proper ordering, handling, rotation, preparation, and inventory management.
• Ensure merchandise is accurately priced, signed, labeled, and displayed.
• Assist with building and maintaining promotional, seasonal, and advertised displays.
• Maintain required inventory, temperature, sanitation, and other department records.
• Ensure produce preparation areas, coolers, cases, tables, equipment, and workspaces remain clean and sanitary.
• Assist with department opening and closing procedures as assigned.
• Identify product, equipment, staffing, inventory, or operational concerns and communicate them to the Produce Manager or store leadership.
• Follow and reinforce company policies regarding food safety, sanitation, workplace safety, and loss prevention.
• Perform additional department responsibilities as assigned based on business needs.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Provide daily direction and support to produce associates.
• Assist with training new associates on product handling, stocking, rotation, merchandising, sanitation, and customer service.
• Coach associates on productivity, product quality, freshness, presentation, cleanliness, and department standards.
• Help establish daily priorities and assign responsibilities based on workload and department needs.
• Monitor completed work to ensure stocking, rotation, trimming, merchandising, and sanitation expectations are met.
• Lead by example by demonstrating excellent customer service, teamwork, urgency, professionalism, and attention to detail.
• Help maintain a positive, respectful, and productive work environment.
• Communicate department priorities and expectations clearly to associates.
• Support the Produce Manager with department planning and daily operational decisions.
• Take an active leadership role in department operations when the Produce Manager is unavailable.

Freshness & Quality Responsibilities

• Regularly inspect produce for freshness, quality, color, texture,