Full-time Produce Manager

Sioux Falls Food Co; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Sioux Falls Food Coop is a consumer-owned cooperative business focused on fresh, local produce. We seek a hands-on Produce Manager to lead our department, supervise staff, and ensure the area stays fresh, well-stocked, and welcoming to customers.

This working, non-exempt supervisory role offers overtime and may require occasional additional hours to cover staffing needs. You will balance leadership with day-to-day tasks while delivering excellent service.

Qualifications

• Experience successfully leading people.
• Time spent in a retail, restaurant, or similar customer service job.
• Love for good food.
• The humility to accept direction and a sense of ambition for the success of the co-op.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a positive presence on the sales floor to greet shoppers and create a welcoming experience.
• Train all employees on daily functions, product mix, and department needs.
• Maintain a team of clerks who are skilled and motivated to run the department efficiently.
• Learn each department to support cross-shift coverage with other leads.
• Use proper purchasing, pricing, and stock levels to meet product, sales, margin and labor goals.
• Hire and maintain a friendly, hardworking produce team that collaborates with other departments.
• Plan promotions, build displays, coordinate cross-promotions, and ensure accurate pricing.
• Model excellent customer service, lead by example, uphold policies, and recognize good work.

Skills

Leadership

Retail experience

Customer service

Team motivation

Job description

Sioux Falls Food Coop is a consumer-owned cooperative business that is managed by the people who shop with us. We pride ourselves on being the best place in Sioux Falls to find local produce and products.

We’re looking for a hands‑on Produce Manager to lead our produce department while working alongside the team to keep the department fresh, well‑stocked, organized, and welcoming to customers. This position provides day‑to‑day direction and supervision of produce staff, including assigning work, coordinating schedules, supporting employees, maintaining department standards, and helping ensure excellent customer service.

This is a working, non‑exempt supervisory position . The Produce Manager will regularly perform the same hands‑on work as other members of the department while also carrying out supervisory responsibilities. The position is eligible for overtime and may occasionally require additional hours or coverage of employee shifts when staffing needs arise.

The ideal candidate enjoys working with people, takes pride in the quality and presentation of fresh produce, and is comfortable balancing leadership responsibilities with the day‑to‑day work of running a busy department.

Essential Responsibilities and Functions

• Maintain a positive and consistent presence on the sales floor to ensure shoppers are greeted properly and enjoy a welcoming and friendly experience at the store.
• Trains and instructs all employees of the co-op about the daily functions, product mix, sale items and needs of the produce department so that all stakeholders in the store are able to understand and speak to shoppers about the produce selections.
• Maintain a team of produce clerks that are highly skilled and motived to run the produce department efficiently.
• Learn each department of the store to successfully work person-in-charge shifts in coordination with the other department leads.
• Utilize proper methods of purchasing, pricing and setting stock levels of produce products to ensure department meets product, sales, margin and labor goals at all times.
• Hire and maintain a team of produce clerks that are friendly to customers, work hard and interact well with all departments of the store, keep the produce department looking amazing and greet everyone that enters the store with a warm and helpful attitude.
• Plan and execute all promotional programs, build beautiful displays, coordinate cross-promotions with other departments and maintain accurate pricing on the shelf and in the point-of-sale.
• Model great customer service, treat people well, dress like a leader, uphold SFFC policies and let your co-workers know when they do a great job.

Qualifications

• Experience successfully leading people.
• Time spent in a retail, restaurant, or similar customer service job.
• Love for good food.
• The humility to accept direction and a sense of ambition for the success of the co-op.

Compensation

$27-$31 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.