Job description

Jay C Food Stores

Position Title: Produce Manager

Position Reports To: Store Management
Position Summary:

• Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Achieve all goals, and monitor and control all established quality assurance standards. Direct and supervise all functions, duties and day to day activities of the Produce department. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage team members to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Essential Job Functions:

• Promote trust and respect among team members with a positive attitude and create teamwork.
• Communicate company, department, and job specific information to team members.
• Establish performance goals for department and empower associates to meet or exceed targets.
• Develop adequate scheduling.
• Train and develop team members on performance and participate in the performance review process.
• Adhere to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products, prepare fruit and vegetable platters and trays, and be able to answer questions and make suggestions.
• Inform customers of produce specials, offer samples, and recommend produce items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Review and inspect products for quality and freshness and take appropriate action with those items.
• Create, inform, and implement a department business plan, sales promotions, and ads.
• Monitor and control expenses.
• Assist in preparing the department budget, profit and loss reviews, and take appropriate action on all reports.
• Maintain an awareness and train others on inventory and stocking conditions.
• Schedule price changes and update shelf tags and signs.
• Plan, organize and supervise the inventory process.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
• Reinforce safety programs, safety procedures, and identify any unsafe conditions and notify store management..
• Practice preventive maintenance and report repairs needed.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents, safety risks, issues or illegal activity.
• Standing and Walking- 100 percent of the time
• Lifting- average of 50 pounds
• Bending, twisting, turning, pushing, pulling
• Climbing- ladder and step stool
• Tolerate temperatures down to 45 degrees
• Tolerate hands being wet and cold
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Behaviors/Skills:
Some of the behaviors needed to successfully perform this position are:

Leadership Behaviors:

• Puts the Customer First - Anticipates customer needs, champions for the customer, acts with customers in mind, exceeds customers’ expectations, gains customers’ trust and respect.
• Communicates Effectively and Candidly - Communicates clearly and directly, is approachable, relates well to others, engages people and helps them understand change, provides and seeks feedback, articulates clearly, actively listens.
• Achieves Results Through Teamwork – Is open to diverse ideas, works inclusively and collaboratively, holds self and others accountable, involves others to accomplish individual and team goals.
• Leads Through Positive Influence – Demonstrates strong character, builds partnerships, models a conscious balance between work and personal life, takes personal responsibility for own development, role models leadership qualities such as motivation, inspiration, passion and trust.
• Coaches and Develops Others - Develops and cares about associates, builds effective teams, helps people be their best, values and manages diversity, provides candid and constructive feedback.
• Leads Change and Innovation - Challenges the status quo, embraces technology, puts forward creative ideas, champions and implements process improvements, gathers the ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment about which ideas will work.
• Executes with Excellence - Is action oriented, drives for results, sets clear expectations and milestones, reviews progress, acts decisively, solves problems, can be counted on to consistently meet or exceed goals.
• Provides Clear and Strategic Direction - Plans and organizes well, sets a clear and simple course of action, stays focused on the most important priorities, has the ability to visualize and plan for the future, understands the industry and marketplace.
• Safety Awareness -Identifying and correcting conditions that affect employee safety; upholding safety standards.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Effective communication and reading skills
• Knowledge of basic math
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Current food handlers permit once employed
• Must be 18 years old

Desired Previous Job Experience

• High school education or equivalent preferred
• Management experience preferred
• Produce experience
• Second language

Potential Career Path from this position:

• Store Manager
• Other management position

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $14.00 - $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Floyds Knobs, IN 47119: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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