Produce Clerk

KTA Super Stores; Kealakekua (HI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

On-the-job training

Health, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

KTA Super Stores in Kealakekua, HI, is seeking a Produce Clerk for KTA Express 11. This full/part-time role emphasizes fresh produce prep, display, and warm customer service in a fast-paced island store.

Responsibilities include receiving, inventory support, and maintaining clean, safe display areas in line with health guidelines. Flexible scheduling and opportunities for growth are offered in our longtime Hawaii business.

Qualifications

• Must have basic math skills for inventory and ordering merchandise.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities to complete tasks on time.
• Clear oral and written communication with co-workers, vendors, and store management.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, trim, wash, wrap, price, and label produce items and display them.
• Receive freight, verify deliveries, and handle shortages or damages.
• Maintain clean, safe, organized aisles and prep areas; follow sanitation guidelines.
• Greet customers and assist shoppers; respond to inquiries and reports.

Skills

Basic math

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Clear communication

Teamwork

Customer service

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: KTA Express 11 - Kealakekua, HI 96750, Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time, Salary Range: $16.25 - $17.00 Hourly, Job Shift: Any, About KTA Super Stores

We owe our century of existence entirely to the people of Hawai‘i Island. From our modest beginnings in a 500-square-foot store in 1916, KTA Super Stores and our associates remain deeply rooted in a single, quiet philosophy: to humbly serve the community that sustains us.

Core Responsibilities

Ensure customer satisfaction by properly preparing, trimming, washing, wrapping, and displaying various fresh and prepared produce items while strictly adhering to Department of Health sanitation guidelines and Country of Origin Labeling (C.O.O.L.) regulations.

• Preparation & Display: Prepare, trim, wash, wrap, price, and label produce items. Transport merchandise to the sales floor and display items neatly in designated locations. Maintain display quality throughout the shift by arranging, trimming, watering, rotating, and refilling produce.
• Receiving & Inventory Support: Receive freight, verify delivered items against invoices, and write credit claims for shortages or damages as needed. Assemble special orders, assist with department inventory, order supplies, and visit other store locations as required.
• Department & Facility Maintenance: Keep sales floor aisles, prep rooms, and walk‑in chill boxes clean, safe, and organized. Perform hourly sweep log duties, clean display cases and mirrors, mop floors, pick up floor debris, and bale cardboard rubbish.
• Customer & Team Engagement: Promptly, courteously, and efficiently greet, assist, and thank all shoppers. Make shelf talkers/signs, report price errors to the POS department, answer phone calls, and respond to PA pages.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

• Environment: Frequently work indoors in cold, wet, and high-volume customer environments to wash vegetables and stock displays. Seldom work outdoors in heat, rain, or humidity—with potential exposure to volcanic haze (vog) or equipment exhaust—to discard trash or receive freight.
• Physical Effort: Continuously stand throughout the shift. Frequently walk, bend, reach, use fine motor skills to test produce firmness, and rely on color vision to build eye‑appealing displays and assess freshness. Frequently use knives to trim produce. Occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 lbs (and up to 300 lbs when using a produce cart, stock wagon, or pallet jack). Seldom climb ladders or sit to operate forklifts.
• Equipment Use: Frequently use stock wagons, knives, and price guns. Line‑use wrapping/pricing machines, cardboard balers, brooms, mops, telephone systems, forklifts, and pallet jacks. Seldom use ladders or company delivery vans.
• Safety: Continuously wear a back support belt while performing job duties.

Benefits & Work Culture

• Flexible work scheduling.
• Comprehensive on‑the‑job training.
• Health, dental, vision, paid time off, and retirement options for eligible associates.

Notice to Applicants: This document is a summary job posting intended for public recruitment and outline purposes only. Upon hire, associates are required to review, sign, and adhere to the official internal KTA Super Stores Job Description and company standards for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

KTA Super Stores is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, arrest/court record, or any other protected class under Hawaii law. Pay differentials are strictly based on seniority, merit, production, or bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs).

Qualifications: What You Bring

• Age Requirements:
  • Must be at least 16 years of age to work in a walk‑in chill box/freezer and use a case cutter or knife.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age to operate a trash baler, freight elevator, or power‑driven equipment.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age with a valid Driver's License and company certification to operate a forklift or drive company vehicles.
• Skills & Knowledge: Basic math skills for taking inventory and ordering merchandise. Strong organizational and multitasking skills to accomplish tasks on time. Clear oral and written communication skills to interact effectively with co‑workers, vendors, and store management.
• Work Habits: Friendly, positive, and customer‑focused demeanor. Detail‑oriented, punctual, self‑motivated, and capable of working independently under minimal supervision.
• Availability: General availability 7 days a week and holidays, typically between 4:30 AM and 8:00 PM.
• Note: In accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes § 378‑2.4, KTA Super Stores does not ask for or rely on an applicant's salary history to determine starting pay.