Produce Department Manager

Defense Commissary Agency • Hunter AFB, GA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Produce Department Manager orders, receives, stores, processes, prices, displays, and accounts for fresh and perishable fruit and vegetable products purchased for resale. The manager forecasts product demand; oversees inventory and merchandising; and ensures produce is cleaned, trimmed, sorted, packaged, rotated, culled, and displayed professionally. The role includes directing promotional and seasonal displays and resets, arranging products according to type, availability, quantity, and shelf life, and keeping processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms orderly and sanitary in compliance with current safety and sanitation regulations. The manager inspects equipment, initiates maintenance, and ensures safe use of power trimmers, knives, and other cutting tools. The position also provides administrative and technical supervision to Store Workers and other personnel performing Produce Department work.

Most work takes place in the well-lit store display area at a comfortable temperature. Aisles may be crowded with customers and grocery carts. Storage and receiving areas may be hot, cold, damp, or drafty, and work may involve temperature changes when accessing chill or frozen storage rooms. Minor injury hazards include cuts, scrapes, bruises, and slipping on wet floors.

The position may be filled at GS-5 or GS-7. Candidates must meet the applicable experience and/or education qualifications and federal time-in-grade requirements where applicable. Physical requirements include handling commissary products weighing up to 40 pounds without assistance and occasionally handling heavier products with assistance, as well as prolonged standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and climbing. Occasional overtime is indicated. A Mobility Agreement must be signed upon accepting an offer. Direct deposit is required, and employees must be able to wear provided protective clothing. Appointment is subject to suitability or fitness determination and security-clearance eligibility based on an appropriate background investigation; probationary periods may apply.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain security-clearance eligibility based on an appropriate background investigation.
• Must meet the position's physical requirements, including handling products weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally heavier products with assistance, and prolonged standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and climbing.
• Must sign a Mobility Agreement upon accepting a job offer.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Must be able to wear any and all protective clothing provided.
• GS-5 qualification: three years of general experience, including one year equivalent to at least GS-4 and relevant to merchandising, market research, sales promotion/advertising, or accounting, administration, or distribution of goods and services; or four years of college study leading to a bachelor's degree; or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
• GS-7 qualification: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-5; or one full year of graduate-level education in a related field or superior academic achievement; or a qualifying combination of specialized experience and education.
• Specialized experience includes knowledge of retail procurement and distribution; retail food merchandising and store management; and commercial retail food items, equipment, and practices. Examples include managing a retail food store or department, planning or controlling retail food store operations, developing or applying store policies and standards, or advising on food merchandising and operations.
• Education used to qualify must demonstrate relevant knowledge and ability, such as through on-the-job training, an internship, or a practicum in food retail management. Transcripts are required when relying on education.
• GS-7 applicants who are current or former federal employees subject to time-in-grade rules must have 52 weeks of federal service at or equivalent to GS-5; applicable time-after-competitive-appointment requirements must also be met.
• Must meet qualifications and applicable requirements by the announcement closing date.
• May be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, a probationary or trial period, and a one-year supervisory probationary period.
• Must provide a resume that states the work schedule as part-time with hours, full-time, or 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Forecast demand for produce products.
• Order, receive, store, process, price, display, and inventory produce.
• Ensure produce is cleaned, trimmed, sorted, packaged, rotated, culled, and displayed attractively and professionally.
• Design and direct, or personally participate in, promotional and seasonal displays and resets.
• Group and arrange fruits and vegetables according to type, availability, quantity, and shelf life.
• Keep department processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms neat, orderly, sanitary, and compliant with applicable sanitation and safety regulations.
• Inspect equipment and initiate required maintenance.
• Ensure personnel follow safe practices when using power trimmers, knives, and other cutting tools.
• Direct department activities and provide administrative and technical supervision to Store Workers and other personnel engaged in Produce Department operations.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to eligible employees and their families.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is authorized, subject to applicable restrictions and eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed