PRODUCE CLERK (45590)

**Overall Compensation & Benefits:** - Medical, Dental, & Vision insurance packages - FT employees - 401k plan – Employer matching - Paid time off accruals - 20% Employee discount - Free Box Items for employees - Performance reviews (60-day, 6-month, Annual) - Quarterly Bonus\* - Happy Hour Bonus\* - Birthday Bonus\* \*For more information, please contact us, and we will be happy to answer any questions about this benefit. **General Purpose:** To provide customer service in a friendly and professional manner by maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction in handling all inquiries, orders, special orders, and returns. To assist in creating an abundant, well-stocked produce department that is clean, organized, and appealing. To provide Jimbo’s customers with quality food prepared in a clean environment by ensuring that all products used meet the standards and guidelines of the store. **Essential Duties:** - Proactively assist customers within the guidelines outlined in our Customer Service Standards. - Assist customers with special requests or needs, including customer returns and special orders. - Maintain Produce Department inventory and appearance through proper receiving, rotation, culling, storage, cleaning, organization, stocking, sampling, and creative merchandising. - Reduce loss by properly recording all merchandise returns, damaged products, spoilage, and breakage. - Build functional, attractive, and well-merchandised displays. - Maintain accurate and appropriate signage. - Gain knowledge of products, promotions, and issues relevant to the Natural Foods Industry, and utilize this knowledge to assist our customers, without violating FDA guidelines restricting prescribing and/or diagnosing. - Follow the produce cut program recipes to produce consistent, high quality food items. - Responsible for the presentation and set-up of produce cut program display: Clean, and full of fresh product. - Communicate with the Produce Manager or Shift Leader on food products, and packaging to be ordered before items run out. - Clean, wash, sanitize, and put away produce equipment, food storage, and utensils in an organized fashion. - Maintain quality food handling standards by practicing proper food preparation, including proper handling of food to avoid cross contamination, proper rotation, and ensuring all food items stored in walk-in are properly covered, labeled, and dated. - Maintain a clean and safe work area in accordance with Health Department regulations, which includes cleaning the prep room area, and hand sinks **Other Responsibilities:** - Promptly respond to “bagging assistance pages”. - Use knives, baler, and all other equipment properly. - Know store layout/product location to refer the customer to the appropriate aisle when asked. - Attend scheduled Produce Department meetings and all store meetings. - Assist other team members in achieving the goals of the department and the store. - Adhere to all Produce Department and store policies as outlined by the Produce Manager, Staff Member Handbook and Injury and Illness Prevention Plan. **Work Environment:** - Ability to work under a variety of conditions and temperatures, wet and dry, for extended periods of time. - Ability to work safely with knives and equipment in the produce department. **Qualifications:** - Ability to understand and follow Department of Health regulations and needs to complete Food Handler’s Certificate within 10 days of employment. - Friendly, outgoing personality. - Previous produce experience and knowledge of natural foods products preferred. - Intermediate cutlery skills - Ability to read and understand recipes - Ability to perform basic math for recipe measurement - Strong communication skills. - Ability to work with others to achieve a common goal. - Ability to organize, prioritize and accomplish tasks with little or no supervision. **Physical Demands:** - Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. throughout any assigned shift unassisted. - Ab…