PRODUCE MANAGER

Houchens Food Group; Lafayette (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Houchens Food Group is seeking a Produce Manager to lead daily operations in the produce department. You will supervise staff, manage product flow, and ensure accurate pricing and shelf presentation. You will project sales and labor needs, coordinate deliveries, and maintain temperatures for fresh produce.

A strong focus on safety and efficiency is required. Responsibilities include scheduling, training, and enforcing standards to deliver high-quality service while protecting product freshness

Qualifications

• Experience supervising grocery/produce staff.
• Ability to project sales and labor needs.
• Proficiency with pricing and labeling standards.
• Clear written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Project sales, product movement, and labor needs.
• Order product according to guidelines.
• Receive and unload truck deliveries with available equipment.
• Set daily work assignments and priorities for staff.
• Prepare weekly work schedules.
• Stock and straighten merchandise and supplies.
• Label items with correct selling price using a pricing gun.
• Rotate merchandise by shelf life and expiration dates.
• Maintain safe, clean work area and operate equipment safely.
• Lift and move items up to 50 pounds; adapt to temperature extremes.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory management

Product knowledge

English fluency

Tools

Pricing/label gun

Produce handling equipment

Job description

Projects sales, product movement, labor needs.

Orders product according to established guidelines.

Receives and unloads truck deliveries using available equipment and according to established guidelines.

Establishes daily work assignments and priorities for produce department personnel.

Follows established guidelines in all personnel issues, interviewing, hiring, training, performance evaluation, discipline, discharge, etc.

Follows established guidelines for completion of all required forms, records, reports and verify receipts.

Prepares weekly work schedules according to established guidelines.

Stocks and straightens merchandise and supplies.

Using pricing/label gun, marks each item with the correct selling price.

Rotates merchandise according to anticipated shelf life/product expiration dates.

Performs basic housekeeping duties using available equipment, (mops, brooms, floor scrubbing and buffing machines, etc.).

Operates all required tools and equipment in a safe manner except when restricted due to age.

Ability to lift and move items weighing up to 50 pounds.

Ensure coolers and cases maintain appropriate temperatures

Ability to work in temperature extremes, (produce cooler maximum low temperature, 32 degrees).

Standing and/or walking at a rapid pace for extended periods of time to perform essential job functions.

PRODUCE MANAGER

Essential Job Functions

• Achesieves desired gross profit.
• Achieves desired level of productivity.
• Projects sales, product movement, labor needs.
• Orders product according to established guidelines.
• Receives and unloads truck deliveries using available equipment and according to established guidelines.
• Establishes daily work assignments and priorities for produce department personnel.
• Follows established guidelines in all personnel issues, interviewing, hiring, training, performance evaluation, discipline, discharge, etc.
• Follows established guidelines for completion of all required forms, records, reports and verify receipts.
• Prepares weekly work schedules according to established guidelines.
• Stocks and straightens merchandise and supplies.
• Using pricing/label gun, marks each item with the correct selling price.
• Rotates merchandise according to anticipated shelf life/product expiration dates.
• Performs basic housekeeping duties using available equipment, (mops, brooms, floor scrubbing and buffing machines, etc.).
• Operates all required tools and equipment in a safe manner except when restricted due to age.
• Ability to lift and move items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ensure coolers and cases maintain appropriate temperatures
• Ability to work in temperature extremes, (produce cooler maximum low temperature, 32 degrees).
• Standing and/or walking at a rapid pace for extended periods of time to perform essential job functions.

Secondary Job Functions

• Maintains a neat and clean work area.
• Performs all essential job functions at an acceptable level of speed and accuracy.
• Ability to lift and move items weighing over 50 pounds
• Other Duties as assigned

Job Standards/Requirements

• Follows dress code.
• Follows written and oral instructions.
• Follows established safety policies and procedures.
• Works well with others.
• Speak English fluently.
• Ability to legibly write or print
• Eyesight corrected to 20/20.
• Hearing corrected to normal range.
• Possess full range of motion on shoulders, arms, hands, legs and feet.

Houchens Food Group is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, or pregnancy. Applicants may request accommodations based on religious beliefs, disability, or pregnancy.

Subject to pre-employment background and drug screening.