Job Description

Assistant Produce Manager

FULL-TIME

$14.50/hr

Responsible for receiving the product and ensures that aisles/freezers and refrigerators are stocked, labeled, clean, and delivered product is packed out, and proper customer service is provided.

Essential functions:
• Ensuring proper customer service and works to develop relationships with large customers.
• Supervising all activities in the produce department including product placement, rotation, signage, and displays.
• Responsible for overall department appearance, cleanliness, and adherence to both government and corporate ordinances.
• Must maintain records as required.
• Supervises and works together with Produce Supervisors (if applicable) and Stockers to assure that the produce department is operating in a manner that adheres to company standards.
• With the Produce Manager develops schedules, monitors performance and recommends the proper discipline as appropriate.
• Training employees in job responsibilities and safe operating procedures
• Assisting with candidate interviews and recommends hires.
• Disciplines employees when necessary and recommends terminations.
• Ensuring that employees are performing the proper inspections to meet HACCP regulations as well as conducting periodic HACCP audits.
• Reviewing inventory for product rotation on a daily basis to prevent shrinkage and damages.
• Ensuring that shelf pricing is correct and reflects the most recent pricing and market conditions.
• Supervising the receiving of all products and ensures that the proper paperwork is completed.
• Maintaining accurate computer inventory levels by having physical inventories performed on a regular basis and adjustments made.
• Maintaining refrigerated equipment and makes sure maintenance contracts and schedules are followed.
• Supervising the ordering of products from vendors on a regular basis to assure we have competitive pricing and minimal shrink due to spoilage and do not have too much inventory on hand.
• Making sure all the employees in the department can work the equipment such as the Toledo scale and Dennison label machine.
• Coordinating that the pallets stored in the racks have the proper block and date tags.
• Follows program to maintain the cleanliness of the area by a regular maintenance schedule of scrubbing, and pulling out pallets, and cleaning underneath.
• Ensuring that excess inventory not slotted on the floor is stacked in overhead racks in close proximity to where it is sold or stored in freezers/refrigerators.
• Assuring that trash is removed from the floor and properly handled.
• Making sure that low stock/out of stock information is communicated to the Inventory Controller after carefully checking the system and rack for the product.
• Maintaining that all signage is correct and that the flyer's prices are reflected on the product.
• Coordinating proper merchandising of aisles (logical adjacencies, proper holding power, space allocation) and creatively merchandises and sets up impulse areas for merchandising.
• Performing weekly self-audits of the produce department.

REM-04 WS-04

Schedule

Shift start: 8:00AM or 9:00AM
Shift length: 7 - 9 hours
Monday - Friday, some weekends

Benefits

Health, dental, vision insurance - available after 90 days
Paid time off
401(k) plan

Qualifications

Can lift 50 lbs
Must be at least 18+ years old

Knowledge of HACCP systems is desirable Prior experience in produce department including ordering and receiving products Creative merchandising skills Ability to work in a refrigerated environment (30 degrees) for extended periods of time At least 4 years experience in customer service

About Restaurant Depot

Restaurant Depot is a Members-Only Wholesale Cash & Carry Foodservice Supplier. Their mission is to be your one-stop shop for savings, selection, and service, seven days a week. They have been supplying independent food businesses with quality products from large cash and carry warehouse stores since 1990. They became the leading low-cost alternative to other foodservice suppliers by eliminating the overhead of a traditional distributor, focusing on the needs of independent foodservice operators and offering free membership.