Lead Produce Dept. | Weekly Pay & Benefits

Raley's; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Weekly pay

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarship opportunities

Store discount (10%)

Supportive team environment

Job summary

Raley's, Phoenix, is seeking a Produce Team Lead to manage day-to-day operations in the produce department and supervise staff to achieve sales, profits, and top-tier customer service. You will direct department activities, stock and merchandise items, and build attractive displays while ensuring inventory accuracy and safety compliance.

You will train and coach team members, communicate with the store team lead and produce specialists, and help execute promotions and budgeting to meet

Responsibilities

• Directing produce department personnel, meeting department's goals and objectives.
• Engaging with customers through smiles and greetings, offering product information, providing selling suggestions and active sampling and always giving a genuine thank you.
• Communicating directly with the store team lead and produce specialist and director.
• Ordering produces merchandise and supplies necessary to maintain adequate stock levels.
• Merchandising fruits, vegetables, and produce products in accordance with produce merchandising standards.
• Building attractive displays of produce, while maintaining proper product inventory levels.
• Observing all store rules and company policies directing all team members to do the same.
• Communicating, executing and supporting all sales and merchandising initiatives.
• Serving as the leader of his/her department, a role model, coach, performance evaluator and trainer.
• Creating department budgets and tracking financial reports (e.g. profit/loss, sales and expenses).
• Achieving department sales and profits goals; and controlling department labor, inventory, product out of stocks and shrink, sanitation, supplies, equipment, safety, and scheduling.
• Ensuring department compliance with heath department and weights and measures requirements.
• Unloading trailers, receiving merchandise verifying orders, breaking down produce loads, positioning cases of product in the produce warehouse or walk-in cooler.
• Understanding proper product trimming, rotation, culling, crisping and watering techniques and procedures, ensuring product attractiveness and shelf life.
• Understanding the importance of monitoring product pricing, signage, and placement and the proper use of product shelf tags and signage.
• Keeping clean neat and orderly work and storage areas, including a well swept produce department.
• Attentively stocking dated perishable products, rotating them as necessary to ensure quality and safety.
• All other related duties as assigned

Job description

Raley's, Phoenix, is seeking a Produce Team Lead to manage day-to-day operations in the produce department and supervise staff to achieve sales, profits, and top-tier customer service. You will direct department activities, stock and merchandise items, and build attractive displays while ensuring inventory accuracy and safety compliance.

You will train and coach team members, communicate with the store team lead and produce specialists, and help execute promotions and budgeting to meet