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Fresh Encounter, Inc. · 23 hours ago

Produce Manager- NEEDLERS- Carmel, IN

Carmel, IN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Fresh Encounter, Inc. is seeking a Produce Manager for their Needler's store in Carmel, IN. The role involves overseeing the produce department, ensuring compliance with health regulations, managing inventory, and providing excellent customer service while maintaining a visually appealing display of products.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingRetail

Responsibilities

Observe all store rules and company policies

Maintain a neat, well-groomed personal appearance at all times and observe company dress regulations

Observe shift operating hours at all times as scheduled or assigned by the store director

Adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations

Ensure compliance with all state, county, and local weights and measures laws and labeling requirements

Must be thoroughly familiar with all products carried in the department including being fully knowledgeable in the differences (in price, taste, preparation, or use) between the many varieties and types of produce in every family group

Work out a department merchandising plan with the store director and establish goals

Follow approved procedures for receiving products, price marking, and restocking cases to ensure quality protection, public image, accuracy, and product rotation

Check and verify produce department receiving to ensure that items listed on vendor invoices are all delivered; check products for quality, count or weight, and condition

Control department expenses and utilize energy conservation practices

Order and maintain inventory control to ensure freshness, product quality, and turnover for maximum sales and return on investment

Handle damaged and spoiled products according to company policy and assist in controlling the level of damaged goods

Comply with safety policies and procedures and ensure that all department personnel comply as well

Participate in the store's Safety Committee

Responsible for ensuring that all department personnel are trained in the store's method of performing department activities and job functions

Maintain good communications in the store and throughout the organization

Hire, train, and schedule all produce department staff. The produce manager is responsible for delegating tasks, providing guidance, and ensuring that employees adhere to store policies and safety procedures

Create visually appealing displays to showcase fresh produce and other related products. This includes arranging products, ensuring proper labeling and pricing, and maintaining a clean and organized department

Assist customers with their inquiries, providing information about produce items, and addressing any concerns or issues. This may involve helping customers make selections, offering cooking tips, or providing nutritional advice

Monitor the quality of the produce, following proper handling techniques, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Conducting regular inspections, managing spoilage, and implementing measures to maintain freshness

Collaborate with store management to develop sales strategies, promotions, and special displays to increase the store's produce sales. This may involve planning seasonal events, coordinating discounts, or implementing loyalty programs

A produce manager must stay up to date with industry trends, monitor market prices, and maintain good relationships with suppliers and vendors

Be familiar with invoice documents and confirm the accuracy of item descriptions, sizes, quantities, and prices during produce vendor product deliveries

Record invoice documents accurately on the department receiving log and place signed invoices in the designated secured area

Accurately record markdowns, in-store use of merchandise, voids, refunds, and bad merchandise/spoilage write-offs both company policies

Ensure that all signs and prices are maintained, accurate and are positioned properly and correctly over each respective product

Responsible for ensuring that wet racks are properly maintained and watered

Where applicable, ensure that pricing of shrink-wrapped or packaged products includes adequate allowances for tare weights and shrinkage

Keep perishable merchandise rotated by the product code dates and pull all out-of-code merchandise

Order merchandise and maintain inventory control to minimize out-of-stocks and over-stocks and to maximize sales and turnover

Ensure a favorable department image with customers through a clean, attractive, and friendly department

Maintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy and state and local health regulations on a regular, ongoing basis

Maintain full compliance with all state and county government weights and measures laws

Check refrigeration equipment for proper performance

Use and maintain equipment in good working order

Immediately advise the store director or the key person in charge of any maintenance or equipment problems

Qualification

Produce knowledgeInventory controlSales strategiesCustomer serviceHealth regulationsCommunication skillsTeam managementProblem-solving

Required

The minimum educational requirement is a high school education or equivalent

Must be fully knowledgeable about all products carried in the department including differences between the many varieties and types of products in each produce family (e.g., apples, melons, squashes, etc.)

Must be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, gross margins, markup, percentages, ratios, ad loss, and shrinkage

Ability to handle sales transactions, tender correct change, verify vendor invoice charges and counts, and complete required accounting reports including inventory, receiving, and variations in cash or column totals

Ability to hear, speak, and understand the spoken word to respond promptly to assistance, accommodate verbal requests from customers for information or assistance, answer telephones, and to be able to communicate effectively with department employees, the store's co-workers, and customers

Ability to read, write, analyze, interpret, and understand the English language with sufficient proficiency to read and understand

Ability to compose and write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals including effective departmental memos, employee corrective action notices, and customer signs or sales suggestions

Be able to perform all duties and responsibilities efficiently and satisfactorily that meet the minimum standards for productivity, accuracy, cleanliness, harmony, and safety established at the employer's site

Company

Fresh Encounter, Inc.

Your Community Market is part of a small group of family owned grocery stores including Community Markets, Great Scot Community Markets, Fulmer Community Markets and Sack 'N Save Supermarkets, located in Ohio and eastern Indiana, that may vary in location and size, but they all have one thing in common; our emphasis on service and the local community set our stores apart from our competition.

Founded in 1964