Produce Clerk

Harps Food Stores•Harrison, AR

11d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Produce Clerk, you will support produce department operations including department readiness, staffing, supervision, price maintenance, policies and procedures, inventory preparation, department financial goals and objectives, department cleanliness, and safe use of equipment and tools. You will also support replenishment and inventory processes including ordering, replenishment, receiving, invoicing and accounting, back stock, reclamation and returns, damages and reworks, supply use and inventory preparation. Additionally, you will support merchandising and sales floor standards including proper stocking, rotation, signing, setting and maintaining displays, sampling and overall department procedures. You will also support fresh food preparation and production including maintaining food safety standards, food preparation and production requirements, cool standards and maintaining service counters. You will use critical thinking skills and logic to effectively obtain answers to questions through a conscious and organized manner. You will consistently produce and emphasize the need to produce high quality products and services while being aware of the issues and following procedures that affect personal safety and the safety of others. You will successfully initiate, develop, and foster relationships with others, taking a personal interest in their ideas and treating them fairly, respectfully, and sincerely. You will demonstrate responsible behavior, thoroughness of work, and dependability, consistently complying with policies and procedures, including attendance, dress code, and ensuring a safe work environment. You will understand what delivering more than expected means in regards to great customer service, removing any barriers impeding customer service and actively looking for ways to help others. You will demonstrate and act in accordance with an appropriate and sound set of values and business ethics, being an honest person. You will hold yourself accountable by demonstrating a “no excuses” approach to your own attitude, performance, and results, working in the best interest of the company even when it involves putting individual needs aside. You will anticipate and recognize customer needs and remain dedicated to exceeding customer expectations, using customer information to improve products and services and continually striving to improve customer service. You will encourage an atmosphere of teamwork by your own actions, supporting others, facilitating their work, and defending them when appropriate. You will encourage cooperation and trust within a group, showing a high concern for the rights, values, and worth of others, treating them fairly and consistently. You will give appropriate attention toward the concerns expressed by others by empathizing with their emotions and considering things from their perspective. With respect and support from your peers and supervisors, you will strive daily to exceed your customers’ expectations in an effort to support the company’s Mission Statement.

Requirements

Must be at least eighteen (18) years old
High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent preferred
Ability to work flexible schedule including evenings, weekends and holidays as needed
Adaptable to different situations and the ability to respond with flexibility to shifting priorities and rapid change
Ability to interpret, understand and follow instructions
Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner
Moves, lifts, carries and places merchandise and supplies weighing less than or equal to 60 pounds without assistance
Frequently reaches overhead and below the knees, including pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, crouching and twisting with or without bearing weight.
Squatting, kneeling, climbing and/or crawling may be required occasionally
Continuous repetitive motion with hand(s) and arm(s), such as grasping, gripping and turning
Stands and/or walks continuously throughout shift
Visually locates merchandise and other objects, as well as verifies information, often in small print
May be exposed to all weather conditions (hot, cold, rain, snow, ice and wind) as well as, inside work with variations in heat, cold, dust and humidity
May be exposed to cleaning solvents and chemicals
May be exposed to latex, eggs, nuts, soy and wheat
Employment at Harps may be contingent upon completion and our evaluation of PEP survey, drug screen, employment reference check and criminal background check

Responsibilities

Support produce department operations including department readiness, staffing, supervision, price maintenance, policies and procedures, inventory preparation, department financial goals and objectives, department cleanliness, and safe use of equipment and tools.
Support replenishment and inventory processes including ordering, replenishment, receiving, invoicing and accounting, back stock, reclamation and returns, damages and reworks, supply use and inventory preparation.
Support merchandising and sales floor standards including proper stocking, rotation, signing, setting and maintaining displays, sampling and overall department procedures.
Support fresh food preparation and production including maintaining food safety standards, food preparation and production requirements, cool standards and maintaining service counters.
Clearly define issues upfront and then use critical thinking skills and logic to effectively obtain answers to questions through a conscious and organized manner.
Consistently produce and emphasize the need to produce high quality products and services while being aware of the issues and following procedures that affect personal safety and the safety of others.
Successfully initiate, develop, and foster relationships with others.
Demonstrate responsible behavior, thoroughness of work, and dependability.
Demonstrate compliance with company policies and procedures, including regular and timely attendance, adherence to dress code and ensuring a safe work environment, and a willingness to complete other duties as assigned.
Understand what delivering more than expected means in regards to great customer service.
Remove any barriers impeding customer service.
Actively look for ways to help others by following program guidelines.
Demonstrate and act in accordance with an appropriate and sound set of values, beliefs, and business ethics.
Hold yourself accountable by demonstrating a “no excuses” approach to your own attitude, performance, and results.
Work in the best interest of the company even when it involves putting individual needs aside.
Anticipate and recognize customer needs and remain dedicated exceeding customer expectations.
Use customer information to improve products and services.
Continually strive to improve customer service.
Encourage an atmosphere of teamwork by own actions.
Support others, facilitate their work, and defend them when appropriate.
Encourage cooperation and trust within a group.
Show a high concern for the rights, values, and worth of others.
Treat others fairly and consistently.
Give appropriate attention toward the concerns expressed by others by empathizing with their emotions and considering things from their perspective.
Strive daily to exceed my customers’ expectations in an effort to support the company’s Mission Statement.