Produce Clerk Part Time
About The Position
The Produce Clerk sorts, displays, removes, and replenishes fresh fruits and vegetables in the produce department. The role maintains the department’s environment, provides Members with product knowledge and customer service, and ensures produce meets or exceeds company quality standards. The Produce Clerk supports club policies, procedures, and compliance; contributes to a safe, positive, inclusive environment; and works with the team to maintain GOLD member and club standards. This includes keeping merchandise stocked, signage accurate, and department areas clean and organized. The role also involves understanding departmental production or financial reporting and how consistent execution can affect business performance. The position is part-time. Compensation is listed at $16.75–$20.10 per hour. Work takes place indoors, with frequent exposure to temperature extremes from freezers, ovens, and coolers, and involves frequent movement and physical handling of merchandise.
Requirements
- At least 18 years of age.
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
- Frequent physical activity, including bending, climbing, crawling, handling, pulling, reaching, and stooping.
- Frequently lift objects up to 50 pounds; heavier or awkward objects over 50 pounds may need to be lifted and moved with assistance.
Nice To Haves
- Work experience in a produce department.
- Knowledge of fruits and vegetables, including seasonal items.
Responsibilities
- Assist Members in the produce department by answering questions, recommending products and safe handling tips, and helping locate products throughout the club.
- Inspect, rotate, and store produce deliveries, ensuring received produce meets or exceeds company standards.
- Rotate produce on the sales floor to preserve freshness and variety; keep cases and displays stocked, neat, and clean; and remove products no longer suitable for sale.
- Maintain the produce reserve stock area by dating and rotating back stock and organizing and condensing the storage area daily.
- Follow established guidelines for disposing of damaged, spoiled, or expired products.
- Assist the Fresh Manager with inventory and order processing as needed.
- Clean and sanitize produce equipment, display fixtures, and areas, including the produce cooler and refrigerated display cases.
- Generate produce signage and perform price checks as needed; ensure items are accurately priced and signed.
- Maintain club policies and procedures.
- Perform other assigned duties, including working in other departments as needed.
- Maintain regular, predictable, full attendance.
- Support a safe and positive environment, deliver service excellence, and address or escalate Member concerns as appropriate.
- Work with the team to meet GOLD club standards, including stocking items, executing promotional plans, maintaining accurate signage, and keeping areas clean and organized.
- Understand how to access and read departmental production and/or financial performance reporting.
Benefits
- Weekly pay.
- Access to earned pay before payday; a fee may apply.
- Complimentary Club Card Membership and a free Supplemental Membership for someone in the household.
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal and sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Three medical plan options, with optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account, and flexible spending account options.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, available to team members age 18 and older.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan, with shares of BJ’s common stock available at a 15% discount through after-tax payroll deductions.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
