Produce Department Lead - Elevate Freshness & Store Ops

Save-A-Lot, Ltd.; Massillon (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

A grocery store chain is seeking a Produce Clerk to support the Produce Manager in managing department operations. Responsibilities include overseeing inventory, ensuring product quality, and supervising staff. The ideal candidate must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills and the ability to work with a variety of tools and equipment. This full-time position offers benefits and requires candidates to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal skills and mature demeanor.
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic mathematical operations.
• Leadership experience in a retail or produce environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Produce Manager in operations and inventory control.
• Support sales plans and help maximize sales.
• Supervise, recruit, and train employees.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Mathematical ability

Job description

Position: Produce Clerk
Status: Full Time/Benefits
Overview:
The produce clerk assists the Produce Manager in planning, directing and controlling the operation of the produce department to control production, inventory, quality, freshness, merchandising, losses, gross profit, net profit and hours of work in the produce department. They assist in the ordering of product to fill the department, support sales plans, and maximize sales, in addition to insuring compliance with state and federal regulations.

Job requirements:

• Pass a Pre-Employment drug screen
• Normally work a maximum 10 hour day.
• Possess good interpersonal skills, be mature and a proven leader.
• Read, write, add, subtract, multiply and divide.
• Develop and enforce company policies and procedures.
• Be a self-starter.
• Travel to & from work.
• Operate all equipment in the store.
• Provide verbal and written direction to employees.
• Assist with the supervising, recruiting and training of employees.
• Conduct meetings to communicate business results and direction to employees.
• Operate telephones and intercoms.
• Write work schedules and reports.
• Deal effectively with vendors, suppliers, competitors, employees and (where necessary) employee representatives.
• Discipline employees, when necessary.
• Assist in establishing and administering rules and regulations.