Job Title: General Clerk- Produce
Department: Produce
Reports to: Produce Manager / Assistant Produce Manager
Starting rate of pay: $16.25/hr
Company Benefits
- Flexible Hours
- Employee Discount
- 10 Paid Holidays (including 2 days for your birthday)
- Medical/Vision/Dental Package
- Free Life Insurance
- Vacation and Sick Leave
- Voluntary Insurance Plans (Life, Disability, Cancer, Accidental)
- Long Term Disability
- Wellness Program
- Discounted Gym membership (YMCA)
- Matching 401K
- Management Bonuses
- For qualifying positions
Position Summary
Merchandises produce items by organizing and displaying products, while providing customer service according to standard.
Job Duties
- Greets customers when within ten feet and four seconds of contact.
- Performs basic cleaning of department, hourly checks of grocery floor to complete sweep & mop log.
- Stocks and rotates produce items, while trimming items to maintain freshness and quality.
- Removes damaged items from produce floor and records weight of damages for tracking.
- Fulfills fruit basket orders, blows up balloons, adds ice to and cuts fruit to display in section.
- Maintains sanitary standards in all areas, especially cutting melons.
- Refills produce bags, bale empty boxes.
- Performs some cashiering and bagging help when needed, register accuracy, knows/carries out proper register procedures.
- Performs other related duties as needed as assigned by manager.
Capabilities
- Stand for long periods of time, very frequent walking back and forth from produce warehouse to produce floor.
- Carry up to 60 pounds, push and pull up to 1000 pounds, frequent motions with arms/hands to display produce items.
- Use of proper safety procedures.
- Able to use knives, wrapping machine, corn cutter, and pallet jacks.
- Able to multitask, listen to directions and follow through independently.
- Able to deal with difficult customers, have good communication and observation skills.
- Able to work with a team and independently when needed.
Job Skills
- Previous experience working with the public.
- Not afraid to use knives.
- Working knowledge of produce codes required, while able to differentiate between different produce products required.
- Basic knowledge of produce product preparation and uses.
Environment
- Air condition while in store, subject to outside conditions of heat, rain, and wind, chill temperatures when products need to be retrieved from chill.
- Very fast paced.
Other
Must be at least 18 years of age to operate machinery.