Produce Manager - Texarkana

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  · • Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing  · fast and friendly Customer Service.  · • Assists customers by making product suggestions.  · • Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques vi ...

Job description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing 

fast and friendly Customer Service. 

• Assists customers by making product suggestions. 

• Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques via telephone, in-store intercom

announcements and one-on-one customer interaction. 

• Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately. Receive and appropriately resolves 

customer complaints and reports to Store Director as needed.

• Plans daily operation, monitors production process following company procedures and profitability. 

• Trims, cuts, wraps, trays, displays and waters produce. Builds produce displays, rotates and discards outdated 

or spoiled product. Ensures cleanliness of work area and department. 

• Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays. May be responsible for the operation and 

maintenance of the Salad Bar (where applicable) and Fresh-Made. 

• Ability to follow and maintain department standards and requirements such as Fresh Made and 

product freshness. 

• Monitors employee' productivity and evaluates overall performance.

• Schedules employees to ensure adequate coverage and service levels.

• Specific knowledge of duties performed by all department employees. Including but not limited to 

opening and closing duties. 

• Schedule, supervise, train and assign duties to department employees.

• Train employees in store policies, sales and record keeping procedures.

• Identifies and trains employees with high potential for advancement opportunities.

• Working knowledge of company policies and guidelines as outlined in the Albertsons/Tom Thumb 

Employee Handbook.

• Responsible for insuring proper code dating for all products within the department are being enforced.

• Initiates personnel actions such as pre-employment interviews, transfers, promotions, and disciplinary 

actions.

• Prepare sales and inventory reports. Physical inventory taken every 4 weeks.

• Controls inventory to ensures adequate product quantity, quality and freshness and maintains 

inventory levels according to division directives. Stocks and rotates product. Maintains and 

organizes produce cooler. 

• Controls shrink and cost. 

• Implements correct product preparation techniques. Uses and operates related equipment such as pallet 

jack, hand truck, scissors, knives, safety cutters and Sterilox machine.

• Performs receiving duties including breaking down loads, verifying orders using invoices, inspecting 

quality, reporting shortage, stocking and rotating product. Adheres to product temperature and storage 

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guidelines and follows proper packaging techniques. Processes administrative paperwork and 

maintains accurate department records. 

• Accurately completes maintains and monitor daily log sheet, Fresh Made Production Chart, sales 

and labor and other required paperwork and logs. 

• Ensures that proper temperature levels for product are maintained. Ensures proper signing of 

products to include accurate pricing and Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). Complies with retail 

labeling laws, federal and state regulations, Company and code dating policies.

• Complies with all workplace safety rules and regulations. 

• Ensures safety, cleanliness and sanitation of work area, cooler, equipment and display area, including 

code date compliance as required.

• Implements emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions. 

• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order product. 

• Attends and participates in sales meetings. Communicates sales goals, department performance and sales 

opportunities to department employees to ensure positive results.

• Complies with and ensures compliance with company grooming standards and dress code. 

• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and 

integrity.

• Other necessary and required duties

Pay Transparency:

Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on things like location, experience, qualifications, and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Dependent on length of service, hours worked, any applicable collective bargaining agreement and/or Company policy, benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay*, PTO/Vacation pay*, paid holidays*, bereavement pay and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401(k) eligibility).  Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus, subject to Company bonus plans. Applications are accepted on an on-going basis.

 

*For roles in Washington State: Sick pay and PTO/Vacation pay are accrued based on hours worked and paid holidays are issued at 7-9 days annually.