Assistant Produce Manager

Location:

5140 Simpson Ferry Road

• Promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive, customer‑focused behavior with associates.
• Smiles and greets customers, answers questions, and resolves issues promptly and politely.
• Focuses on continuous improvement in all areas and implements changes to ensure progress.
• Takes customer orders over the phone or in person with a pleasant attitude.
• Determines customer preferences in terms of size and appearance, and creates finished products in a timely manner.
• Ensures fresh quality merchandise using proper handling techniques; helps control damages and minimize product losses.
• Assists the Produce Manager with day‑to‑day operations: merchandising, ad execution, associate engagement and customer service; performs Produce Manager duties in their absence.
• Develops and implements merchandising plans that meet financial goals; keeps abreast of weekly ads and specials to ensure correct pricing and production.
• Adheres to and enforces production log policies and maintains accurate inventory by tracking sales reports, orders, and supplies for period‑end inventory.
• Assists in scheduling and training associates, recognizes performance, delegates work, and maximizes departmental profits.
• Uses the Learning Management System for current and new associates.
• Manages inventory levels and reviews orders to meet customer demand.
• Maintains back‑room organization and product storage within company guidelines.
• Oversees shelf replenishment to ensure product availability, prioritizing weekly specials, seasonal and local items, and other high‑velocity items.
• Uses cutting lists for accuracy and variety of product.
• Checks and verifies department deliveries and invoices for accurate billing.
• Might help unload merchandise and transport to sales floor or storage area.
• Enforces department practices for receiving, dating, and restocking to ensure product rotation.
• Monitors product quality and freshness; breaks down deliveries.
• Controls department expenses by improving operations, controlling labor costs, and reducing losses due to damage, spoilage, or shrink.
• Ensures associates follow company recipes for prepared products and maintain freshness by removing and recording out‑of‑code items.
• Completes required product logs and maintains a well‑stocked, appealing produce department.
• Assists with special requests such as filling fruit baskets.
• Unpacks cartons and crates of merchandise, cleans and trims produce, stocks area with new merchandise, and ensures items are in saleable condition.
• Ensures proper pricing and signage, maintains salad bar and cut fruit/vegetable as needed, and assists in building attractive displays.
• Handles spoiled and damaged product, new items and discontinued items per company policy.
• Maintains backroom and receiving area security and organization, follows cleaning schedules, and ensures work areas meet health and OSHA requirements.
• Disposes of trash properly and may assist with baling cardboard or other duties if trained.
• Ensures smooth operation of department and store by cooperating with co‑workers and superiors, and continuously improving job performance.
• Uses all provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE) such as cut‑resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company‑sponsored footwear.
• Might assist in other departments if called upon.

• Assists the department manager in supervising all associates within the department, and may also oversee the Floral department in select stores.

• High school diploma or GED required; associate or bachelor’s degree in a business‑related or food‑service‑related field desirable.
• Minimum two years of experience in management within a retail, restaurant, or supermarket environment.

Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Weis Markets is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of actual or perceived age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, familial status, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

Applicants with a disability may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the ways things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Weis Markets.