Produce Manager

Weis Markets • Hanover, MD

1d • $18 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

The Produce Manager oversees the produce department, its associates, customer service, merchandising, inventory, product quality, expenses, and day-to-day operations. The manager schedules, trains, recognizes, and supervises associates; participates in performance reviews and hiring; and uses the Learning Management System for current and new associates. The role develops localized merchandising plans and displays, coordinates cross-merchandising with other departments and the store manager, and monitors competitors’ merchandising, pricing, and product quality.

The manager maintains inventory, financial, associate, and product records; checks deliveries and invoices; oversees receiving, rotation, freshness, and stocking; and works to control labor costs, damages, spoilage, and shrink. The role also supports produce preparation and presentation, including customer orders, fruit baskets, salad bar and cut produce, displays, and accurate product pricing and signage.

The Produce Manager maintains a clean, organized, and secure department and receiving area, follows sanitation, health, OSHA, and company requirements, and ensures associates use company-provided personal protective equipment. The role may help unload deliveries, bale cardboard when trained, assist other departments, and oversee the Floral department in select stores. This position supervises all department associates, with staffing levels depending on store volume.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least three years of management experience in a retail, restaurant, or supermarket environment.
• Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with or without accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor's degree in a business-related or food-service-related field is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Promote excellent customer relations, greet customers, answer questions, resolve concerns, and respond to special requests professionally.
• Take customer orders by phone or in person and create the requested finished product in a timely manner.
• Schedule, train, recognize, and delegate work to department associates; participate in performance reviews and new-hire interviews; and use the Learning Management System.
• Develop merchandising plans and displays, coordinate cross-merchandising with other departments and the store manager, and monitor competitor activity.
• Maintain inventory, department, associate, and product records, including records used to calculate gross monthly profits.
• Check deliveries and invoices for accuracy; receive, date, rotate, restock, and monitor the quality and freshness of merchandise.
• Control department expenses, labor costs, damages, spoilage, and shrink; ensure recipes and product logs are followed; and remove and record out-of-code products.
• Keep the produce department stocked and appealing; unpack, clean, trim, price, sign, and display produce; and maintain the salad bar and cut fruit and vegetables as needed.
• Handle spoiled, damaged, new, and discontinued products according to company policy.
• Maintain the security, organization, sanitation, and cleanliness of the backroom, receiving area, equipment, counters, and display cases, following cleaning schedules and health and OSHA requirements.
• Dispose of trash properly and assist with baling cardboard or related tasks when properly trained.
• Cooperate with coworkers and superiors to support department and store operations and continuously improve job performance.
• Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including applicable cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
• Supervise all associates in the department and, in select stores, possibly oversee the Floral department.
• Assist in other departments as needed.

Benefits

• Health plan
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Short-term disability
• Basic life and AD&D insurance
• Group whole life insurance with long-term care rider
• Voluntary insurance, including hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Scholarship program
• Associate discount programs
• Auto and home insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Pet insurance
• Purchasing power program
• Identity theft protection
• Legal services
• Paid time off
• Sick pay
• Quarterly incentive, subject to eligibility and position-specific criteria

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED