Produce Associate

Progresso•Sherman, TX

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The Produce Associate is responsible for maintaining the produce section of the store, ensuring product quality, cleanliness, and customer satisfaction. Key duties include advising customers on product locations, maintaining display cases and refrigerator temperatures, and cleaning shelves to prepare for new inventory. The role involves arranging, rotating, and checking the quality of fruits and vegetables daily, as well as assembling and disassembling displays. The associate is also tasked with reducing spoilage, handling bi-weekly specials, and receiving produce from suppliers under the supervision of the store manager. General store cleanliness, including restrooms, sweeping, and mopping, is also part of the role. The position requires working a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays, and maintaining a clean and safe work environment.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of mathematics (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
Ability to read at an eighth grade level.
6 months of experience in the produce area.
Availability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

Advise customers of the location of the different products.
Make sure the lights are lit in the display cases.
Check the temperature of the refrigerators.
Clean the shelves and make room for the arrival of new products before their arrival.
Clean and organize the warehouse.
Arrange and rotate fruits and vegetables in the store.
Assemble and disassemble displays of fruits and vegetables.
Check daily the quality of fruits and vegetables.
Reduce shrinkage using fruits and vegetables before they spoil.
Receive the posters of the bi-weekly specials and place them in the corresponding fruit or vegetable.
Receive the fruits or vegetables from the different suppliers with the supervision of the store manager.
Return the misplaced fruits and vegetables, to the correct place.
Properly handle all equipment, to extend the shelf life of the product.
Collect all the bags full of garbage, including those from the kitchen and deposit them in the trash container located outside of the store.
Clean the store in general, including the restrooms.
Sweep and mop the store.
Work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays.
Keep the work area clean, orderly and free from safety hazards.
Report faulty equipment and hazards to management.
PERFORM ANY OTHER TASK ASSIGNED BY THE STORE MANAGER.