Produce Sales Associate
About The Position
The Produce Sales Associate keeps the produce department stocked, appealing, clean, and operating smoothly while helping customers with questions, special requests, and concerns. The role involves unpacking, preparing, pricing, rotating, and displaying produce; maintaining salad bar and cut fruit and vegetables as needed; completing product logs; and handling spoiled, damaged, new, and discontinued items according to company policy. The associate also supports sanitation, shrink and damage control, deliveries, cardboard baling, and other departments as needed. No prior experience is required. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Requirements
- Completed or working toward a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
- Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without accommodation.
- No prior experience required.
Responsibilities
- Keep the produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demand.
- Greet customers, answer questions, handle special requests such as fruit-basket orders, and resolve concerns politely and professionally.
- Unpack merchandise, clean and trim produce, stock items, rotate stock for freshness, and ensure products are saleable and correctly priced with signage.
- Maintain the salad bar and cut fruit and vegetables as needed.
- Assist with building attractive displays and accurately complete product logs.
- Handle spoiled, damaged, new, and discontinued products according to company policy.
- Maintain department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and guidelines, keeping work areas and equipment clean and compliant with health and OSHA requirements, and disposing of trash properly.
- Help minimize shrink and control damages; report shortages and overages to the manager.
- Assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack when properly trained.
- Assist with baling cardboard or related duties when properly trained.
- Cooperate with co-workers and supervisors to ensure smooth department and store operations, and continuously improve job performance.
- Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
- Assist in other departments as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
