PFD Shift Leader

Job Summary: To assist in leading the daily operations of the Prepared Foods Department in accordance with department policies and procedures.

Department Operations:

• Assist in monitoring the day-to-day department operations.
• Report potential issues or problems to Manager.
• Maintain safe working conditions.
• Assist in training employees in department procedures and safe working procedures and monitor on a consistent basis.
• Ensure all equipment is safe and in good working condition.
• Ensure all areas of department are clean and well-organized.
• Assist in making sure that all department products are fully stocked and rotated to ensure freshness.
• Assist in merchandising and resets.
• Ensure maintenance of all displays.
• Use signage, point-of-purchase, and recipe information to inform customers and to meet labeling requirement.
Ensure accurate inventory control of all products.

Personnel:

• Monitor employees' work and report potential performance issues to Manager.
• Assist in the orientation and training of new employees.
• Maintain strict confidentiality about personnel issues affecting other employees while free to discuss issues affecting you as an individual or as a participant in concerted activities.
• Keep Manager information of personnel issues.
• Follow store procedures regarding accident reports and Worker's Compensation claims.
• Record all attendance variances from the posted schedule in the attendance log book, following store procedures regarding how to code absences.

Attendance/Punctuality:

• Is consistently at work and on time.
Arrives at meeting and appointments on time.

Daily Physical Demands:

• Sit and review information on a computer screen or on paper for moderate periods of time (up to 2 hours day day with lunch and breaks)
• The position may require standing on a concrete floor for up to 8 hours.
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Walk, climb, or balance and stoop.
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Talk and hear.

At the Ashland Food Co-op, we’re committed to community, sustainability, healthy organic food, and having fun. As a cooperative, we are proud to be part of a global movement to place people, principles, and the planet before profit. It is through this guiding principle that we attract a superior team of outstanding individuals who make the Co-op a fantastic place to work. We’re looking for enthusiastic team players who are friendly, self-motivated and professional, and who see every day as an opportunity to save the world. The Co-op is proud to provide our employees with affordable healthcare, 3.5 weeks of paid time off in your first year for vacation and sick days, matching 401K plan, a 15% employee discount on all store purchases, and so much more!