Produce - Clerk

Lazy Acres Natural Market; Encinitas (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Lazy Acres Natural Market is seeking a Produce Clerk in the Produce department to deliver friendly, efficient service. You will stock shelves, prep fruit, and help customers with product knowledge.

This nonexempt role requires a high school diploma or GED (or 3–6 months related experience). Physical duties include standing, lifting up to 50 pounds, and working with scales.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, or 3–6 months related experience and/or training.

Responsibilities

• Stock shelves in the produce department.
• Wash, cut, peel, wrap, and prepare fruit for stocking.
• Stamp, mark, or tag price on merchandise.
• Know the various types of produce, where they come from, how they grow, how they are prepared, and their life span.
• Understand and use scales.

Skills

Customer service

Stock management

Product knowledge

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Title: Produce Clerk

Department: Produce

Reports To: Produce Manager

FLSA Status: Nonexempt

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Produce Clerk is responsible for providing service that exceeds the expectations of customers by performing the following duties (other duties may be assigned):

• Stocks shelves in the produce department
• Washes, cuts, peels, wraps, and prepares fruit for stocking.
• Stamps, marks, or tags price on merchandise.
• Ability to know the various types of produce, where they come from, how they grow, how they are prepared, and their life span.
• Ability to understand and use scales.
• Builds business by maintaining excellent customer service and creating repeat business.

Customer Service Skills (15 Second Service policy)

All Produce Clerks must acknowledge and/or greet customers within the first 15 seconds of the customer’s arrival. Customers are to be greeted and/or acknowledged while waiting at a counter, or as they are passed on the sales floor. The “Seven Points to Extraordinary Service” are to be fully executed by Produce Clerks at all times.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, Produce Clerk are regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; talk to hear; and taste or smell. Produce Clerks are frequently required to reach with hands and arms. Produce Clerks are occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and frequently lift and /or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.