Produce Manager Company: Jetro Restaurant Depot Location: 135 Merrit Way, White Marsh, MD 21162 Job Type: Full-time Sector: Management
Compensation: $18.5 - $19.12 per hour Quick Apply Now
Position Title: Produce Manager Department: Produce Supervisor: Assistant Branch Manager/Branch Manager (FLS)
Position Summary: Responsible for receiving product and ensuring that aisles, freezers, and refrigerators are stocked, labeled, clean, and delivered product is packed out, and proper customer service is provided.
Essential Functions:
• Ensure proper customer service and work to develop relationships with large customers. • Supervise all activities in the produce department, including product placement, rotation, signage, and displays. • Is responsible for overall department appearance, cleanliness, and adherence to both government and corporate ordinances. • Must maintain records as required. • In the role of Produce Manager, he/she will oversee the Assistant Produce Manager if applicable, Produce Supervisors if applicable, and Stockers to assure that the Produce Department is operating in a manner that adheres to company standards. • Develops schedules, monitors performance, and recommends the proper discipline as appropriate. • Trains employees in job responsibilities and safe operating procedures. • Interviews candidates and recommends for hires. • Disciplines employees when necessary and recommends terminations. • Ensures that employees are performing the proper inspections to meet HACCP regulations as well as conducting periodic HACCP audits. • Reviews inventory for product rotation on a daily basis to prevent shrinkage and damages. • Ensures that shelf pricing is correct and reflects the most recent pricing and market conditions. • Supervises the receiving of all produce and ensures that the proper paperwork is completed. • Maintains accurate computer inventory levels by having physical inventories performed on a regular basis and adjustments made. • Maintains refrigerated equipment and makes sure maintenance contracts and schedules are followed. • Supervises the ordering of produce from vendors on a regular basis to assure we have competitive pricing and minimal shrink due to spoilage and not have too much inventory on hand. • Makes sure all the employees in the department can work the equipment such as Toledo scale and Dennison label machine. • Coordinates 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. • Insures that excess inventory not slotted on floor is stacked in overhead racks in close proximity to where it is sold or stored in freezers, refrigerators. • Assures that trash is removed from floor and properly handled. • Makes sure that low stockout of stock information is communicated to the Inventory Controller after carefully checking the system and rack for product. • Maintains that all signage is correct and that the flyers prices are reflected on the product. • Coordinates proper merchandising of aisles, logical adjacencies, proper holding power, space allocation, and creatively merchandises and sets up impulse areas for merchandising. • Performs additional duties, responsibilities, and projects as assigned. • Performs weekly self audits of the Meat department.
Other Responsibilities: Performs other work-related duties as required and assigned.
Education, Experience, and Skills Required:
Physical Requirements:
Work Environment: Requires frequent exposure to cold, freezing temperatures. Equipment in motion: forklifts, electric pallet jacks, scooters.