1493 Produce Clerk

Albertsons Companies•SeaTac, WA

4d•$17 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

The Produce Clerk sets up and maintains the produce department according to Company standards, provides customer service, and ensures product quality, freshness, safety, and selection. The role supports customers, receives and prepares produce, maintains displays and work areas, and follows applicable food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety procedures. Scheduled hours vary, and the position may require working nights, weekends, and holidays. Good attendance is required.

Requirements

Working knowledge of produce department duties, including trimming, cutting, displaying, watering, building displays, rotating products, and discarding outdated or spoiled items.
Good communication skills and ability to maintain composure when dealing with customers and coworkers.
Knowledge of workplace practices and a good understanding of Company practices and Produce Department policies and procedures.
Ability to react to business activity.
Knowledge of produce varieties and standards, perishability, food safety, food handling, sanitation, labeling, and department procedures.
Ability to frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying sizes and weights up to approximately 75 pounds; bend, stoop, and reach frequently; and occasionally climb ladders.
Ability to push and pull fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheel carts, and pallet jacks, and perform repetitive arm movements to prepare, package, and display products.
Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination.
Mental alertness to ensure safe and accurate work; knowledge of basic mathematics, weights, and measures.
Ability to operate scales, wrappers, compactors, and garbage disposals; use cleaning supplies and equipment, knives, safety cutters, and latex gloves.
Good attendance.
Ability to work in a temperature-controlled store, with frequent hand exposure to water, ice, and cleaning agents, and exposure to temperatures of 35°F in cold cases and 28°F in the cooler.

Responsibilities

Champion Company and Division customer service programs and help meet or exceed customer service goals.
Handle customer relations positively, including resolving complaints, and promote personalized service in the produce department.
Receive deliveries by verifying orders against invoices, checking product quality, reporting shortages, breaking down loads, and dating product.
Maintain produce storage and work areas, including the cooler, in compliance with food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety rules.
Trim, cut, clean, wrap, display, and water produce; build displays, rotate products, and discard outdated or spoiled products.
Prevent product shrink, damage, and spoilage; ensure proper product signing, pricing, quality, freshness, quantity, and appearance.
Assist customers with product suggestions and suggestive selling, and make intercom announcements.
Clean and sanitize the sales floor, work area, cooler, equipment, and produce case.
Perform all duties safely, accurately, honestly, and with integrity, along with other necessary duties.