The Davis Food Co-op is in search of an experienced Produce Assistant Manager who wants to share creative talents with a thriving upscale grocery store. The successful applicant will have hands-on abilities to manage a customer friendly produce department.
The Davis Food Co-op started in a Davis living room in 1972, and has grown into a successful full-service food cooperative, owned and operated by over 9,000 local households. In a town of 65,000, that is quite a percentage of the population! We've operated at 620 G Street since March of 1984. In 1990, we were able to buy our building. We have renovated and remodeled several times, and in 2015 we "reset" the Grocery aisles. We are now on the verge of resetting (refreshing, renewing, revitalizing) our Wellness Department.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume by September 4, 2015.
- Minimum of 3 years of produce knowledge, buying produce and merchandising.
- Produce retail experience preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to lead, support, and contribute to team goals.
- Must understand proper handling, preparation, seasonality, and appropriate shelf life of products.
- This position requires varied scheduling, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Schedules labor and meets gross margin targets.
- Ensures outstanding customer service; responds positively to customer’s inquiries and assists customers with purchases, information and product selection; requires selling and cross selling of products.
- Supervise buying from local farms.
- Assists in monitoring and controlling all costs and expenses; includes maintaining proper ordering and inventory control, ensuring proper weighing procedures, controlling shrink, and monitoring ad displays.
- Assists in managing the Department staff including hiring, training, scheduling, coaching.
- Maintaining esthetic high-quality displays; stocks and trims produce department; includes presentation of product, maintaining product levels, and organizing vegetables and produce as set by the Produce Department schematics as well as ensuring tag and pricing accuracy.
- Ensures cleanliness of produce aisles, storage area, and work area for safety; includes cleaning of shelves and products, keeping floors free of liquid spills or water, removing hazardous debris from floor and sweeping.
- Monitors the rotation of all produce products paying particular attention to expired stock and discarding outdated or spoiled items.
- Receives, inspects, and logs products for accuracy of shipment, temperature, and quality.
- Builds and maintains product displays as directed and coordinates monthly promotion change-overs.
- Participates in monthly inventory; ensures accurate accounting for all products.
- Ensures all wet racks are stocked, clean, and maintain proper temperatures.
- Sustains a high level of product knowledge and product preparation.
- Other duties as assigned.
