Produce Stocker

Linden Hills Coop; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Linden Hills Coop in Minneapolis is seeking a dedicated staff member for customer service and stocking. The role includes keeping displays stocked, assisting customers, and maintaining cleanliness in the department.

The ideal candidate should have a high school diploma or GED, display professionalism, and be able to work both independently and as part of a team. Flexibility in working hours is essential, and previous experience is a plus.

Join us in promoting healthful choices and supporting a community-focused grocery experience!

Qualifications

• Ability to provide friendly and courteous customer service.
• Capacity to handle and stock merchandise appropriately.
• Willingness to work flexible hours including mornings, nights, and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Keep displays and coolers fully stocked and clean.
• Assist customers with inquiries and suggest purchases.
• Maintain department cleanliness according to health standards.

Skills

Customer service skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work independently

Professionalism

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Company Description

At Linden Hills Co-op, we adhere to the following end policies:

• Provide and promote healthful choices for our members and shoppers.
• Provide, use and promote earth-friendly, sustainable products.
• Encourage activism on sustainability, health and nutrition-related issues.
• Build community within Linden Hills and neighboring communities.

The idea for a natural foods cooperative in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis’s Lakes district was first considered in 1975 by a small group of neighborhood residents interested in having access to organic, local and natural food. After a series of planning meetings and initial fundraising, a small space was secured and the new co‑op opened on March 12, 1976. In the nearly 40 years since then, Linden Hills Co‑op has moved and expanded its offerings four times while remaining the neighborhood’s primary grocer—"big enough to meet your needs; small enough to meet your neighbors." With a full service deli, great selection of locally made and locally raised foods, many choices for different dietary needs, and a sunny indoor dining area, the co‑op serves as a community gathering place— groceries.

Job Description

This position is primarily responsible for keeping displays and coolers fully stocked, cleaned, and for providing prompt, friendly, and courteous customer service. You will be performing the following duties:

Customer Service

• Greet customers with a smile and eye contact.
• Assist customers with questions in a prompt, friendly, courteous manner, referring them to others when necessary.
• Offer suggestions for purchases and ways to prepare products.

Stocking

• Stocks displays and coolers fully and face all items in department.
• Rotate all displays as needed.
• Pull out of date or low-quality items.
• Label items accurately with signs and PLU’s.
• Help with unloading deliveries.

Department Maintenance

• Ensure that department areas are in a clean orderly condition meeting produce department and health department standards.
• Alerts Floor Coordinator or Manager on Duty to potential shoplifters, disorderly customers or other emergencies.

Other Responsibilities

• Attends department meetings, storewide meetings, and training as scheduled.
• Performs other tasks assigned by Produce Manager.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Friendly, courteous, service-oriented, professional, and outgoing.
• Remain calm and professional in stressful situations.
• Must be able to work independently and productively with minimum supervision, as well as work with other members of the staff.
• Recognize problems, identify possible causes and resolve routine problems.
• Willing to work mornings, nights, and weekends as needed.

Environmental Conditions / Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The employee is required to use their hands and arms to handle perishable and fragile items. The employee is also required to stand for long periods of time. They will also need the ability to use step ladders, kneel, crouch, and crawl on occasion.
• The employee must be able to lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, membership in a local commission, the presence of disabilities, sexual orientation, age, or other characteristics protected by law.

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