1st Shift - Assistant Produce Manager

Job:
Assistant Produce Manager SCOPE OF POSITION

Reporting directly to the Store Director (SD), is responsible for day-to-day Produce department operations and assigned personnel. Provides day-to-day coordination/direction over Produce Associates. Assists in direct performance of duties and responsibilities of Produce personnel on a day-to-day basis.

Effectively and efficiently manages Produce operations and assigned personnel to achieve established department sales, marketing and profit goals. Promotes and maintains positive customer and employee relations.

• Provide day-to-day direction coordination, motivation and follow up regarding assigned personnel.
• Promotes and maintains compliance to store and Produce department policies, procedures and processes.
• Ensures product availability, quality, variety, freshness, proper display and access meets established standards.
• Ensures that the Produce department and department personnel adhere to Company, local, state and federal health and civil code regulations relating to product handling/processing and related health regulations and sanitary procedures.
• Places orders from warehouse.
• Able to write weekly work schedules to ensure all assigned shifts are properly staffed.
• Able to provide coordination, delegation and follow up of department personnel to ensure maximum performance. Audits performance and takes appropriate/timely corrective action as required.
• Promote and maintain a flexible, cooperative, positive, team oriented, customer-focused attitude within internal store personnel and between all store locations. Leads by example.
• Keeps Produce Manager and Store Director informed of concerns, issues, etc. warranting their attention, knowledge of, action and/or resolution in a timely manner.
• Works in unison with all management team to achieve store objectives.
• Promote and maintain positive customer service and relations.
• Provides direction, motivation, coordination, support, training/cross training, development, and follow-up of assigned personnel.
• Responsible for timely performance/development evaluation for assigned personnel.
• Able to perform related duties/functions of produce operations and produce Associate job functions.
• Review time and attendance of associates and take appropriate action per review and approval of Produce Manager and Store Director.
• Able to work varied shifts and meet attendance requirements.
• Maintain department records, files, accounts and databases in areas of responsibility as required. Ensures security and confidentiality of assigned company records, financial records, databases, file, etc.
• Keeps Store Director, assistant manager, lead personnel aware of concerns, issues, etc. warranting their attention, knowledge of, action and/or resolution in a timely manner.
• Notifies Store Director on personnel or policy violations requiring SD attention and/or requires disciplinary action.
• Ensures department personnel present a neat, well-groomed appearance and wear appropriate store attire and nametag.
• Maintain effective housekeeping on a regular basis.
• Able to meet and maintain expected performance level for the essential job functions required in this position.
• Able to meet and maintain the requirement in this positions Physical & Environmental Factor Sheet.
• Able to perform other duties as deemed necessary by Store Director or Assistant Store Manager.

Core Position Requirements - All Positions

• Embrace and live our Company Mission Statement.
• Display and maintain our SOUP commitment- "Sense Of Urgency Please."
• Be a team player and be flexible, versatile, supportive, positive, do one's fair share and not display it's a "not my job mentality".
• Meet and maintain position availability, attendance and punctuality expectations.
• Able to work efficiently/effectively in a fast paced multi-changing work environment and embrace change.
• Remember image is vital
  -therefore, good hygiene, wearing appropriate company apparel, name tag, hair nets where designated, and a smile is required. Remember, "Beat the Greet".
• Meet position productivity, accuracy, and quality, dependability and Job PHYSHEET requirements.
• Abide by company and department policies, practices and procedures.
• Understand that one's work schedule continues to be based upon store needs, the season, and includes working holidays, weekends, and varied work schedules and/or shifts, as warranted.
• As a member of our management team, understand that with our having multiple store locations, you could be expected to assist such locations, when warranted and/or be "open to transfer opportunities" to such locations if such need/opportunities arose.

• Sound working knowledge of Produce operations, practices and procedures within a retail grocery environment desired.
• Able to effectively and efficiently provide direction, coordination, day-to-day follow-up, training and development and performance evaluation of department personnel.
• Supervisory or management…