Produce Stocker Jobs

Job Summary

Maintains product levels and quality control in produce and floral departments. Ensures fresh fruits and vegetables are displayed in accordance with Company standards and all regulatory food safety practices. Promotes customer service and sales building practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates pallet jack to unload product from warehouse trucks and reloads trucks with return items.
• Collects empty cardboard boxes and other trash and places into bailer.
• Inspects product for quality and maintains quality control and food safety standards.
• Provides friendly and customer service-oriented attitude by greeting customers, answering questions, and responding to customer complaints.
• Practices high sanitary standards for handling raw and uncooked food products.
• Takes precautionary safety measures when using equipment and work tools.
• Assists fellow partners and customers by responding to price check questions and exchanging and/or locating product.
• Uses sharp tools for opening boxes. Cuts and trims product to ensure high quality presentation and appearance.
• Maintains clean, safe and sanitary working and shopping environment by adhering to Company safety procedures. Complies with all Company policies and procedures.
• Maintains full stock conditions on produce and floral display racks, tables, and shelves.
• Ensures dated product is stocked, rotated, or discarded properly if unsold.
• Promotes product sales through use of suggestive selling initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle objects carefully to avoid damage to items, people, vehicles, and property.
• Ability to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to operate manual or electric pallet jack.
• Ability to work well with fellow partners and promote a team environment.
• Ability to safely work with sharp objects such as knives, box cutters, etc.
• Ability to safely operate and maintain department equipment.
• Ability to learn new technology systems, methods and processes using a variety of educational resources.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications

• Typically involves on-the-job training.
• Minimum of 18 years of age required.
• Food Handler certification required.

Physical Demands

• Occasionally exposed to outside temperatures and weather.
• Continuously required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 40 lbs.
• Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus.
• Continuously required to stand or walk.
• Frequently required to talk and hear.
• Continuously required to bend, kneel or squat.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 75 lbs.
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop or crawl.
• Continuously required to use hands for reaching, touching or handling.
• Attendance at work is required.

Work Context and Environment

• Work is generally performed in a retail store.
• Occasionally exposed to extreme cold conditions (non-weather).
• Quiet to moderate noise level.
• Occasionally exposed to cleaning agents.
• Occasionally exposed to wet, slippery or damp conditions.