Produce Manager

At Cardenas Markets, how we work is defined by shared values that include absolute integrity, respect, and collaboration. However, it's more than that; it's smart and highly driven people united in purpose to serve one another.

Bring your energy and unique perspective and you'll have the opportunity to grow with us professionally, personally, and financially. You will be part of a team that genuinely cares about helping you succeed, and you will work alongside talented colleagues while making a difference in our communities.

Position Summary

The Produce Manager oversees daily produce operations and provides leadership and direction to achieve profitable produce operations. The Produce Manager is to continually grow the team's capacity for efficiency, effectiveness, and service to meet the company's succession needs. The individual is responsible for the development of all direct reports. The Produce Manager is to be a role model of the company by driving results while maintaining company core values.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for ordering, compliance and sanitation, produce inventory and controls, and management of workplace and department safety, as well as reporting, financial control, and budget responsibilities;
• Effectively supervise, train, schedule and conduct annual performance reviews on all produce department personnel;
• Review Team Members' weekly schedule to ensure a fully-staffed department;
• Stock, rotate, and organize items on shelves as required;
• Ensure shelves are organized with product labels;
• Provide exceptional service and ensure the products are handled properly, date controls are performed, ensure freshest products are rotated properly so that they are available to customers;
• Greet and interact with customers to address questions or concerns in a friendly and service- oriented manner;
• Follow approved produce department plans for an effective space management based on movement; consumer demand and profitability;
• Control purchases by constantly monitoring and improving produce operations to increase profitability, combined with managing labor costs and reducing loss due to shrink;
• Maintain specified inventory levels;
• Unload trucks from distribution center, and verify all deliveries against invoices, note shortages and overages, and report them to the appropriate supplier;
• Provide flexibility by helping in any area to support store needs.
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• Valid Food Handler's Card;
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Produce/Grocery background
• Prior leadership/management experience preferred
• Customer Service experience desirable
  
  

Physical Demands And Work Conditions

The physical demands and work conditions below represent those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Some requirements may be modified to accommodate individuals with disabilities:

WALKING: Continuously, throughout the day, while moving about the store and obtaining product from the warehouse.

STANDING: Continuously, throughout the shift while stocking product.

LIFTING: Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and occasionally lift up to 75 lbs.

Important Disclaimer Notice

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business or the work environment change.

Disclaimer: 

Pay Scale $19.40 to $22.18. 

The pay scale above is a good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position. Within this range, individual pay is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, specific skills, relevant work experience, and relevant education and/or training. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with California Labor Code

• 432.3 and state and local minimum wage standards.