Produce Assistant - Full-Time

Buehler's Fresh Foods; Medina (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Buehler's Fresh Foods is seeking a Produce Assistant to lead the Produce Department operations, including supervision of backroom and production. The role involves coordinating with full-time and part-time staff, handling ordering, receiving, inventory control, and ensuring product quality and sanitation.

This position requires 35+ hours per week, including nights and weekends, and a strong emphasis on teamwork, reliability, and customer service in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Must be available to be scheduled 35+ hours per week, including nights and weekends.
• Produce prep, merchandising and sales floor experience is required.
• Very physical job with lifting up to 50 lb, occasionally up to 80 lb.

Responsibilities

• Supervise backroom operations and production in the Produce Department.
• Order, receive, and check-in perishable and non-perishable merchandise.
• Maintain cooler organization, product rotation, inventory, and back stock control.
• Perform trimming, packaging, sanitation, and housekeeping.
• Schedule department staff, conduct evaluations, and handle employee relations.
• Provide customer service on the sales floor.

Skills

Availability 35+ hrs/wk

Team leadership

Customer service

Job description

Produce Assistant:

Hourly Lead Person in the Produce Department and responsible for total department operation including direct supervision of its backroom and production.This person's primary duties include working with both Full Time and Part Time Helpers and include ordering, receiving and checking-in perishable and non-perishable merchandise, cooler organization, product rotation, inventory [Back stock Control], trimming, packaging, sanitation, and housekeeping.Additional responsibilities include departmental scheduling, performance evaluations and employee relation issues.Secondary duties assume related activities as required including customer service on the sales floor.

1. Availability:Must be available to be scheduled 35+hrs a week, including nights and weekends, based on department needs.
2. Previous Experience:Previous Produce prep, merchandising, and sales floor experience required.
3. Physical Demands:Repetitive lifting, bending, stooping, pulling, pushing and carrying to 50#; occasional lifting and carrying to 80# -- this is a very physical job.

Other Considerations:Responsible, team-oriented, organized, productive, having outstanding customer relations and leadership skills, able to work with co-workers in a positive manner, reliable, dependable, on time and rarely absent, and able to work with minimal supervision.