Description:

Job Title: Assistant Produce Manager Reports to: Produce Manager Status: Hourly/Non-Exempt Schedule: Varied Overview: The Produce Lead assists in maintaining and overseeing the overall daily operations of the produce department. The Produce Lead assists in planning, ordering and merchandising produce for sales maximization and financial success. They are responsible for ensuring the produce department provides the highest quality and service to customers. They provide support for the Produce Department Manager. The Produce Lead takes on overall responsibilities of department in the absence of Produce Department Manager, and assists in creating a comfortable, fun, and efficient department. Also provides excellent leadership and work ethic through best practices. Job Functions: Daily Responsibilities • Assists in monitoring sales and margin of department and makes adjustments as needed. • Assists in department ordering, inventory and quality control. • Provides regular engagement with staff and customers daily. • Creates a forum to engage customers and learn their wants within the department. • Maintains open communication and conflict resolution for staff and customer concerns and assists manager in providing insight to department needs. • Supports programs that minimizes shrink. Quality & Safety Standards • Maintains the highest quality produce offering of wholesome and fresh products while maintaining value proposition. • Responds to all food safety concerns immediately with regard to produce, equipment, staff handling and communicates with all parties necessary to ensure public health is maintained. • Assists in training staff on proper use, care of and maintenance of equipment and supplies. • Maintains all quality, safety and sanitation standards including proper storage, rotation and use of food though leadership and best practices. • Maintains compost and recycling practices.

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience: • High school diploma or equivalent. • Minimum of three (3) years of experience in produce. • Must have strong communication and collaboration skills. • Values community, sustainability, passion for food and fun. • Cooking and food experience, a plus. • Previous management experience, a plus. Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a staff member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Regularly lift up to 50 pounds with or without assistance. • Regularly working with fresh produce, houseplants and flowers. • Regularly working in refrigerated areas. • Regularly working in areas that can be wet, slippery and dusty. • Regularly required to sit or stand, bend, climb and reach.

Additional Info:

Important Notice: The job duties, responsibilities, requirements, conditions, physical requirements and work environment listed in this job description are examples of the tasks that a staff member may be required to perform. Green Zebra Grocery reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to require staff members to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of the business change. Green Zebra Grocery gets its name from a small, flavorful tomato that grows particularly well in the NW and we are hoping to do the same. We are combining healthy, flavorful, local, natural and organic foods with the convenience of being a small store. We have a great deli with lots of delicious grab-n-go foods cooked from scratch along with small produce, grocery, beer and wine departments- pretty much everything the big guys have but since we are smaller, we only have room for the good stuff! Our Values Embrace Transparent Communication Support Local Family Farms Offer Servant Leadership Be Change Agents Seek Efficiencies Have Fun and Be Yourself! To learn more about Green Zebra Grocery, please visit us at www.greenzebragrocery.com or www.facebook.com/GreenZebraGrocery