Produce Department Lead - Freshness, Service & Ops

Tom Thumb Supermarket; Lucas (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Albertsons Companies in Lucas, TX is seeking an Assistant Produce Manager to support the Produce Manager in daily operations, ensure product freshness, quality, and safety, and lead produce team members.

You will assist with stocking, merchandising, inventory management, and customer service while maintaining clean, organized departments and compliant records. This role emphasizes leadership, teamwork, and adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist with overseeing daily produce department operations and workflow.
• Help coordinate stocking, replenishment, rotation, trimming, preparation, and merchandising activities.
• Monitor product freshness, quality, appearance, and availability throughout the day.
• Ensure produce tables, wet racks, refrigerated cases, displays, and promotional areas are properly stocked and maintained.
• Inspect products regularly and remove damaged, spoiled, outdated, or unsellable merchandise.
• Provide friendly, courteous, and professional customer service.
• Assist customers with locating products, product questions, selections, and special requests.
• Help coordinate associate assignments, breaks, stocking responsibilities, and department coverage.
• Monitor inventory levels and assist with ordering merchandise based on sales, promotions, seasonal demand, and anticipated customer needs.
• Receive, inspect, organize, rotate, and properly store produce merchandise.
• Maintain organized coolers, storage areas, and back-stock to support efficient replenishment.
• Follow proper product rotation, freshness, and date-control procedures.
• Help minimize shrink through proper ordering, handling, rotation, preparation, and inventory management.
• Ensure merchandise is accurately priced, signed, labeled, and displayed.
• Assist with building and maintaining promotional, seasonal, and advertised displays.
• Maintain required inventory, temperature, sanitation, and other department records.
• Ensure produce preparation areas, coolers, cases, tables, equipment, and workspaces remain clean and sanitary.
• Assist with department opening and closing procedures as assigned.
• Identify product, equipment, staffing, inventory, or operational concerns and communicate them to the Produce Manager or store leadership.
• Follow and reinforce company policies regarding food safety, sanitation, workplace safety, and loss prevention.
• Perform additional department responsibilities as assigned based on business needs.

Job description

Albertsons Companies in Lucas, TX is seeking an Assistant Produce Manager to support the Produce Manager in daily operations, ensure product freshness, quality, and safety, and lead produce team members.

You will assist with stocking, merchandising, inventory management, and customer service while maintaining clean, organized departments and compliant records. This role emphasizes leadership, teamwork, and adherence to safety standards.