Produce Assistant - Full-Time

Buehlens Fresh Foods • Wadsworth, OH

2d

About The Position

The Produce Assistant is the hourly lead person in the Produce Department and is responsible for total department operations, including direct supervision of the backroom and production. The role works with full-time and part-time helpers and handles ordering, receiving and checking in perishable and non-perishable merchandise; cooler organization; product rotation; back-stock inventory control; trimming; packaging; sanitation; and housekeeping.

Additional responsibilities include departmental scheduling, performance evaluations, and employee relations issues. Related duties may also be assigned as required, including providing customer service on the sales floor. The employee must be available to be scheduled for 35 or more hours per week, including nights and weekends, based on department needs. This is a very physical job.

Requirements

• Previous produce preparation, merchandising, and sales floor experience is required.
• Must be available to be scheduled 35 or more hours per week, including nights and weekends, based on department needs.
• Must be responsible, team-oriented, organized, and productive.
• Must have outstanding customer relations and leadership skills.
• Must work positively with co-workers, be reliable and dependable, arrive on time, and rarely be absent.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to perform repetitive lifting, bending, stooping, pulling, pushing, and carrying up to 50 pounds, and occasional lifting and carrying up to 80 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Oversee total Produce Department operations and directly supervise the backroom and production.
• Work with full-time and part-time helpers.
• Order, receive, and check in perishable and non-perishable merchandise.
• Organize the cooler and rotate products.
• Control back-stock inventory.
• Trim and package produce.
• Maintain sanitation and housekeeping.
• Schedule departmental employees.
• Conduct performance evaluations and address employee relations issues.
• Perform related duties as required, including customer service on the sales floor.

What This Job Offers

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