Produce Clerk (FT & PT)

Associated Grocers of New England; Woodstock (VT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

AG Supermarkets, Inc. in Woodstock, VT is seeking a Full-Time and Part-Time Produce Clerk to gain experience in merchandising, cleanliness, and safety in our Produce Department.

You will assist the produce manager with ordering, receiving, rotating stock, labeling, and building displays while delivering friendly service to customers. This role requires a flexible schedule and strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Produce background preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and multi-task.
• Flexible schedule availability.

Responsibilities

• Assist produce manager in ordering, receiving, unloading, storage, and rotation of merchandise and building displays.
• Maintain produce shelving, labeling, and rotation; ensure compliance with health standards.
• Support monthly inventories and help customers with questions and special orders.
• Trim, wash, bundle produce and dispose of unsellable items as needed.
• Research under-performing areas with the manager for improvements.

Skills

Produce background

Interpersonal skills

Task prioritization

Flexible schedule

Job description

AG Supermarkets, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Grocers of New England, Inc., operates supermarkets in New Hampshire and Vermont. Customers shopping these stores find the most personalized, friendly service with the highest quality food products. We are currently looking for a Full-Time and Part-time (evenings, weekend availability) Produce Clerk in our Woodstock, VT store who is interested in working to gain experience in our Produce Department learning all aspects of merchandising, cleanliness, and safety.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Assume duties of other teammates when one is out due to personal or other work-related obligations. This may require extra hours during these times. You will receive the required training for any position you are asked to cover for
• Responsible for assisting produce manager in ordering, ensuring proper receiving, unloading, storage, and rotation of merchandise and building of displays andexceeding health department and food safety standards.
• Ensure produce shelving and display units are maintained, cleaned and organized. This includes ensuring all products are tagged and/or labeled properly. All product must be properly rotated.
• Work towards learning all aspects of the current position and position yourself to take on more responsibility to go to the next level.
• Maintain produce display, prep and storage areas in clean, orderly condition,
• Assist with monthly department inventories as directed
• Assist customers with produce questions and special orders. Offer samples and suggestions for purchase and preparation in a friendly, courteous manner.
• Follow “COOL” (Country of Origin Labeling) guidelines and requirements
• Trim, wash, bundle produce as needed
• See that unsellable items are properly disposed of
• Work with the Produce Manager to research under-performing areas within the department for improvement

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Produce background preferred
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of customers, employees and management.
• Ability to prioritize work tasks, multi-task and maintain focus
• Must have flexible schedule availability

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is performed in a typical retail work environment
• Ability to lift weights up to 50 lbs (20-40) lifting frequency
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to work in different control climate
• Use of machinery: wrapper, box cutter

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