Produce Assistant - Full-Time

Buehler's Fresh Foods • Wadsworth, OH

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About The Position

The Produce Assistant is an hourly lead person in the Produce Department, responsible for the department’s overall operation, including direct supervision of its backroom and production. The role works with full-time and part-time helpers and handles produce preparation, merchandising, and sales-floor customer service. The position requires availability for 35 or more hours per week, including nights and weekends, according to department needs. This is a very physical job.

Requirements

• Previous produce preparation, merchandising, and sales-floor experience.
• Availability to be scheduled 35 or more hours per week, including nights and weekends, based on department needs.
• Responsible, team-oriented, organized, and productive, with outstanding customer relations and leadership skills.
• Able to work positively with coworkers and with minimal supervision; reliable, dependable, punctual, and rarely absent.
• Able to meet the physical demands of repetitive lifting, bending, stooping, pulling, pushing, and carrying up to 50 pounds, with occasional lifting and carrying up to 80 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Help oversee the total operation of the Produce Department, including direct supervision of backroom and production activities.
• Work with full-time and part-time helpers.
• Order, receive, and check in perishable and non-perishable merchandise.
• Organize the cooler, rotate products, and control back stock inventory.
• Trim and package produce.
• Maintain sanitation and housekeeping.
• Handle departmental scheduling, performance evaluations, and employee relations issues.
• Perform related activities as required, including customer service on the sales floor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed