Produce Manager

010 Weis Markets, Inc.; South Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Scholarship program

associate discount programs

Job summary

Weis Markets in Maryland is hiring for a Produce Department Supervisor. You will lead associates, schedule staff, train new hires and ensure quality, display standards and inventory control to maximize profits. Embrace customer service and team collaboration in a fast-paced supermarket setting.

Responsibilities include monitoring freshness, pricing, merchandising, and coordinating with other departments. The role offers benefits and opportunities for growth within Weis Markets.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business or food service desirable.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in management in retail/restaurant/supermarket.

Responsibilities

• Promotes excellent customer relations with associates and customers.
• Schedules all produce associates and participates in training and performance reviews.
• Monitors merchandising plans, displays, pricing and cross-department collaboration.
• Maintains records for inventory, profits and associate performance.
• Ensures freshness, proper pricing, and compliance with health and OSHA guidelines.

Skills

Customer service

People management

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate or Bachelor's in business or food service

Tools

LMS (Learning Management System)

Job description

Looking for a company that treats associates with respect, understanding, and appreciation? Looking for a company that is passionate about teamwork and the growth of it's associates and communities? That's WEIS!

Location Address: 9270 All Saints Road

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive customer focused behavior with associates.
• Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions and helps resolve customer concerns promptly in a polite and professional manner.
• Focuses on continuous improvement in all areas of the department and makes changes to ensure progress.
• Takes customer orders over the phone or in person at the store with a pleasant and positive attitude.
• Determines what the customer is looking for in terms of size and appearance.
• Creates the finished product in a timely fashion.
• Schedules all produce Associates, oversees and participates in training, rewards and recognizes performance and delegates work assignments to effectively utilize talents and abilities while maximizing profits for the department.
• Participates in associate annual performance reviews and new hire interviews.
• Utilizes the Learning Management System (LMS) current and new associates.
• Develops and implements localized merchandising plans, sets up and creates displays for new or seasonal items to drive sales.
• Develops and maintains communications with other departments and store manager in order to devise cross merchandising plans, to meet financial objectives.
• Monitors competitor activity concerning merchandising, pricing, quality, and comparison signage.
• Prepares, maintains and tracks records concerning inventories to calculate gross monthly profits according to company guidelines.
• Maintains associate department records and reports on all important matters including associate performance and discipline, sales, future plans, etc.
• Checks and verifies all department deliveries and invoices to ensure accurate billing.
• May help unload merchandise and transport to sales floor or storage area.
• Enforces and follows department practices regarding receiving, dating and restocking to ensure product rotation.
• Monitors product quality and freshness.
• Breaks down deliveries.
• Controls department expenses by improving operations and efficiencies, controls labor costs and reduces losses due to damages, spoiled product and shrink.
• Ensures associates correctly follow company recipes for prepared products.
• Maintains freshness by properly removing and recording out of code products.
• Completes required product logs.
• Keeps produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands.
• Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions, handles special requests such as filling orders for fruit baskets and resolves customer concerns promptly in a polite and professional manner.
• Unpacks cartons and crates of merchandise, cleans and trims produce, stocks area with new merchandise.
• Ensures merchandise is in saleable condition which requires rotating stock to ensure freshness.
• Ensures that product has been properly priced with correct signage.
• Maintains salad bar and cut fruit/vegetable as needed.
• -Assists in building attractive displays.
• Accurately completes necessary product logs.
• Handles spoiled and damaged product, new items and discontinued items accordingly to company policy.
• Maintains backroom and receiving area security and organization by promoting 5S procedures responsible for general sanitation in the department.
• Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements.
• Disposes of trash properly.
• May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained.
• Training provided.
• Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors.
• Responsible to continuously improve job performance.
• Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE). Including but not limited to cut resistant gloves, safety cutters, company sponsored footwear, etc.
• May also be called upon to assist in other departments.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises all Associates in the department.
• May also oversee the Floral department in select stores.
• Specific number of Associates depend upon store volume.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Associate or bachelor's degree in business related or food service-related field desirable.
• Minimum (3) years' experience in management in retail/restaurant/supermarket environment.

Benefits and Rate

• The hourly rate for this position starts at $18.00 and goes up to $26.00.
• Weis Markets offers a competitive salary with access to a variety of benefits and resources such as minimum essential coverage (MEC) Plan includes 100% in-network coverage for all preventative care services required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and have two supplemental medical plan options, the Advantage and Elite plans, dental, vision, short term disability, term life and AD&D, and voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, critical illness, 401(k) retirement savings plans, scholarship program and associate discount programs, auto and home insurance, employee assistance program, pet insurance, purchasing power and paid time off and sick pay provided the eligibility and criteria specific to the position is met.

Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Weis Markets is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of actual or perceived age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, familial status, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with a disability may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the ways things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Weis Markets.

At Weis Markets, we firmly believe that together, we can achieve anything! Recognizing that our associates are the backbone of our company, it’s a fact that as our associates grow, opportunities are created for others! Being a family company, we’re always looking for friendly and energetic people to join our team to bring creativity and insight to help our company and communities we serve continue to grow and prosper. Known for talent development at all levels, Weis provides growth and endless career opportunities for people at all stages in life!