Produce Clerk (FT & PT)
About The Position
AG Supermarkets, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Grocers of Northeast, operates supermarkets in New Hampshire and Vermont. The company is seeking full-time and part-time Produce Clerks for its Londonderry, Vermont store. The role offers an opportunity to gain experience in the Produce Department and learn merchandising, cleanliness, and safety practices. The hourly rate is $14.42–$18.00. Produce Clerks assist the Produce Manager with merchandise ordering and handling, display building, department cleanliness, food safety, customer service, and inventory tasks. Employees are expected to learn the role and be ready to take on additional responsibility. They may also cover for teammates and receive required training for positions they are asked to cover.
Requirements
- Computer knowledge.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with customers, employees, and management.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, multitask, and maintain focus.
- Flexible schedule availability, including evenings and weekend availability.
- Ability to lift weights up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to stand for long periods.
- Ability to work in different controlled climates.
- Produce background preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Produce background.
Responsibilities
- Cover the duties of teammates who are absent, receiving required training for any position covered; this may require extra hours.
- Assist the Produce Manager with ordering, receiving, unloading, storing, and rotating merchandise, and building displays while meeting health department and food safety standards.
- Maintain, clean, and organize produce shelving and display units, ensuring products are properly tagged or labeled and rotated.
- Learn all aspects of the current position and prepare to take on more responsibility.
- Keep produce display, preparation, and storage areas clean and orderly.
- Assist with monthly department inventories as directed.
- Answer customers’ produce questions and assist with special orders.
- Offer samples and make purchase and preparation suggestions in a friendly, courteous manner.
- Follow Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) guidelines and requirements.
- Trim, wash, and bundle produce as needed.
- Properly dispose of unsellable items.
- Work with the Produce Manager to research under-performing areas of the department and identify improvements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
