What are the responsibilities and job description for the Produce Clerk position at Associated Grocers of New England?
Hourly Rate: $16.00/hour
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Assume duties of other teammates when one is out due to personal or other work-related obligations. This may require extra hours during these times. You will receive the required training for any position you are asked to cover for
- Responsible for assisting produce manager in ordering, ensuring proper receiving, unloading, storage, and rotation of merchandise and building of displays and exceeding health department and food safety standards.
- Ensure produce shelving and display units are maintained, cleaned and organized. This includes ensuring all products are tagged and/or labeled properly. All product must be properly rotated.
- Work towards learning all aspects of the current position and position yourself to take on more responsibility to go to the next level.
- Maintain produce display, prep and storage areas in clean, orderly condition,
- Assist with monthly department inventories as directed
- Assist customers with produce questions and special orders. Offer samples and suggestions for purchase and preparation in a friendly, courteous manner.
- Follow “COOL” (Country of Origin Labeling) guidelines and requirements
- Trim, wash, bundle produce as needed
- See that unsellable items are properly disposed of
- Work with the Produce Manager to research under-performing areas within the department for improvement
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:
- Computer Knowledge
- Produce background preferred
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of customers, employees and management.
- Ability to prioritize work tasks, multi-task and maintain focus
- Must have flexible schedule availability
PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Work is performed in a typical retail work environment
- Ability to lift weights up to 50 lbs (20-40) lifting frequency
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Ability to work in different control climate
- Use of machinery: wrapper, box cutter
Salary : $16