Assistant Produce Manager

Weis Markets•Binghamton, NY

8d•$17 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

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! The Assistant Produce Manager is responsible for the functions below, in addition to other duties as assigned. This role promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive customer focused behavior with associates. The Assistant Produce Manager focuses on continuous improvement in all areas of the department and makes changes to ensure progress. They are responsible for ensuring fresh quality merchandise by using proper product handling techniques and helping to control damages and minimize product losses according to company procedures and standards. The Assistant Produce Manager assists the Produce Manager in day-to-day functions of Produce operations such as merchandising, ad execution, associate engagement and customer service, and performs duties of Produce Manager in their absence. They develop and implement merchandising plans that meet financial goals and are knowledgeable on weekly ads and specials to ensure correct pricing and production amounts. This role adheres to and enforces company policy of production logs and oversees department inventories by tracking weekly sales reports, product orders and supplies to ensure successful period-end physical inventory. The Assistant Produce Manager assists with scheduling all department associates, participates in training, rewards and recognizes performance and delegates work assignments to effectively utilize talents and abilities while maximizing profits for the department. They manage inventory levels and review orders to ensure product quantities meet customer demand, maintain backroom organization and product storage within company guidelines, and oversee shelf replenishment efforts to ensure product availability for customers. This role checks and verifies all department deliveries and invoices to ensure accurate billing, enforces and follows department practices regarding receiving, dating and restocking to ensure product rotation, and monitors product quality and freshness. The Assistant Produce Manager controls department expenses by improving operations and efficiencies, controls labor costs and reduces losses due to damages, spoiled product and shrink. They ensure associates correctly follow company recipes for prepared products and maintain freshness by properly removing and recording out of code products. This role keeps the produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands, unpacks cartons and crates of merchandise, cleans and trims produce, and stocks area with new merchandise. They ensure merchandise is in saleable condition which requires rotating stock to ensure freshness and that product has been properly priced with correct signage. The Assistant Produce Manager maintains the salad bar and cut fruit/vegetable as needed, assists in building attractive displays, and accurately completes necessary product logs. They handle spoiled and damaged product, new items and discontinued items accordingly to company policy, and maintain backroom and receiving area security and organization by promoting procedures. This role is 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. They may also assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained. Training is provided. This role ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors and is responsible to continuously improve job performance. They are responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE). May also be called upon to assist in other departments.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
Minimum (2) years' experience in management in retail/restaurant/supermarket environment.

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor's degree in business related or food service-related field desirable.

Responsibilities

Promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive customer focused behavior with associates.
Answers customer questions and helps resolve customer issues promptly in a polite and professional manner.
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 timely fashion.
Ensures fresh quality merchandise by using proper product handling techniques.
Helps with controlling damages and minimizing product losses according to company procedures and standards.
Assists Produce Manager in day-to-day functions of Produce operations such as merchandising, ad execution, associate engagement and customer service.
Performs duties of Produce Manager in their absence.
Develops and implements merchandising plans that meet financial goals.
Ensures correct pricing and production amounts based on weekly ads and specials.
Continuously improves knowledge of produced merchandise.
Adheres to and enforces company policy of production logs.
Oversees department inventories by tracking weekly sales reports, product orders and supplies.
Assists with scheduling all department associates, participates in training, rewards and recognizes performance and delegates work assignments.
Manages inventory levels and reviews orders to ensure product quantities meet customer demand.
Maintains backroom organization and product storage within company guidelines.
Oversees shelf replenishment efforts to ensure product availability for customers.
Utilizes the cutting list for accuracy and variety of product.
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.
Handles special requests such as filling orders for fruit baskets.
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 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.
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).
May also be called upon to assist in other departments.