Closing Produce Clerk

Kennie's Market's Inc Closing Produce Clerk

Spring Grove, PA 17362 - $10.00 / hour - part time.

We are currently seeking applicants to close our produce department, with shifts typically from 3 or 4pm until 8pm.

• Greet and respond to all guest questions or requests and explain store policies in a courteous manner.
• Sell, wrap, and package merchandise for guests to purchase.
• Process guest special orders or requests.
• Prepare and organize the cooler, freezer, and preparation area for receipt of merchandise, unload trucks, verify the merchandise against the invoice, inspect the delivery for shortages, damage, and quality, sort cases for stocking or product preparation and code date the product.
• Clean department floors, mirrors, cases, tables, cooler, freezer, equipment, preparation area, and shelves while safely using cleaning equipment and cleaning and sanitation chemicals.
• Maintain a neat, clean, and visually appealing department to increase guest sales.
• Ensure the safety of self, guests, and teammates by understanding and practicing store safety rules and notifying a supervisor of any potential hazard immediately.
• Pick and remove all broken containers, packing materials, and boxes from the sales floor or product preparation area immediately.
• Understand the operation, safety requirements, and restraints of a baler, garbage disposal, juicer, pineapple corer, case cutter, pallet jack, forklift, intercom, pricing gun, knife, and wrapper (must be 18 years or older to operate the pallet jack, baler, knife, cutter, and forklift).
• Count and record individual merchandise for inventory.
• Change department pricing as directed and manually price mark or label merchandise without an UPC code.
• Evaluate product quality and move damaged or unwanted products from the case to the preparation area, re‑processing the merchandise into a saleable form or marking the product down in price.
• Use proper case opening and product stacking techniques to prevent damage to product.
• Remove trash from the aisle or product preparation area and operate the baler.
• Change signs, light bulbs, shelf signs, tags, and price markers on the case and shelf display.
• Communicate with the department manager on problems, recommendations, and merchandising ideas.
• Check case, cooler, and freezer temperatures 4 times daily.
• Replenish supplies on the sales floor and in the product preparation area.
• Record "out‑of‑stock" conditions and the time they occur and report them to the department manager.
• Prepare, package, and label products, slice whole fruits and vegetables, salads, fruit baskets, nuts, candy, popcorn.
• Ensure that the country of origin labeling is on all items that are not individually labeled.
• Adhere to FIFO (First in, first out) stocking rules, consistently rotating product on the sales floor, and pulling the oldest cases from the back room to stock with.
• Perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by supervisors and managers, substituting for absent workers and performing any additional tasks necessary to provide products and services to guests during peak periods of business.

• EDUCATION/
  
  EXPERIENCE:
  
  No prior experience required. Training will be provided.
• LANGUAGE
  
  SKILLS:
  
  Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of this organization.
• MATHEMATICAL
  
  SKILLS:
  
  None.
• REASONING ABILITY:
  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.