Produce Clerk

Job Title: General Clerk- Produce
Department: Produce
Reports to: Produce Manager/ Assistant Produce Manager
Starting rate of pay: $16.25/hr
Company Benefits:
• Flexible Hours
• Employee Discount
• 10 Paid Holidays (including 2 days for your birthday)*
• Medical/Vision/Dental Package*
• Free Life Insurance*
• Vacation and Sick Leave*
• Voluntary Insurance Plans (Life, Disability, Cancer, Accidental)
• Long Term Disability
• Wellness Program
• Discounted Gym membership-(YMCA)
• Matching 401K*
• Management Bonuses*
*For qualifying positions
Position Summary : Merchandises produce items by organizing and displaying products, while providing customer service according to standard.
Job Duties:
- Greets customers when within ten feet and four seconds of contact.
- Performs basic cleaning of department, hourly checks of grocery floor to complete sweep & mop log
- Stocks and rotates produce items, while trimming items to maintain freshness and quality
- Removes damaged items from produce floor and records weight of damages for tracking
- Fulfills fruit basket orders, blows up balloons, adds ice to and cuts fruit to display in section
- Maintains sanitary standards in all areas, especially cutting melons
- Refills produce bags, bale empty boxes
- Performs some cashiering and bagging help when needed, register accuracy, knows/carries out proper register procedures
- Performs other related duties as needed as assigned by manager
Capabilities:
- Stand for long periods of time, very frequent walking back and forth from produce warehouse to produce floor
- Carry up to 60 pounds, push and pull up to 1000 pounds, frequent motions with arms/hands to display produce items
- Use of proper safety procedures
- Able to use knifes, wrapping machine, corn cutter, and pallet jacks
- Able to multitask, listen to directions and follow through independently
- Able to deal with difficult customers, have good communication and observation skills
- Able to work with a team and independently when needed
Job Skills:
- Previous experience working with the public
- Not afraid to use knives
- Working knowledge of produce codes required, while able to differentiate between different produce products required
- Basic knowledge of produce product preparation and uses
Environment:
- Air condition while in store, subject to outside conditions of heat, rain, and wind, chill temperatures when products need to be retrieved from chill
- Very fast paced
Other:
Must be at least 18 years of age to operate machinery