Produce Clerk

Description:

Job Summary

Support department through assisting customers and ensuring shelves are well stocked and maintained. The produce department frequently assists the bulk department with various tasks.

Concord Food Co-op is a natural foods grocery store, bakery, and café with locations in Concord, NH and New London, NH. A pillar of Main St., the Co-op strives to support and enhance the New Hampshire community by only stocking ethically-sourced natural foods and through positive cooperative action in-store and in the community.

Essential Job Duties

• Receive and inspect incoming products for quality and accuracy
• Replenish and rotate displays, culling several times daily
• Follow stocking priorities set by Produce Manager
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of workstation, backroom, and storage areas
• Follow greens program as instructed by Produce Manager
• Ability to answer customer questions in a friendly, courteous manner
• Date and rotate back stock to minimize waste
• Assist in Bulk department as needed. ie..refill bulk bins, repack bulk items, etc.

Additional Duties

• Assists in special projects, assists in other departments as needed, and performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Essential Skills

• Good customer service skills for both internal and external customers
• Strong attention to detail
• Good time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to take direction and work independently
• Ability to multi-task and good organizational skills

Essential Mental & Physical Requirements

• Works with guidance from Department Manager
• Performs a limited number of tasks as dictated by department demands
• Relates information to diverse groups
• Makes independent decisions
• Ability to read and understand invoices and product tags and learn established organizational systems
• Standing for long periods, bending, walking, reaching, and sitting
• Ability to climb up and down stepladders and stairs daily
• Able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. as needed throughout the day
• Ability to use tools and equipment including box cutters, stepladders, and pallet jacks

Experience and Educational Requirements

• There are no educational requirements, though grocery, produce, or natural foods experience is a plus.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA & other federal, state & local standards - including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards
• Ability to maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA & other federal, state and local standards
• Compliance with all personnel policies

Important Disclaimer Notice

The job duties, elements and responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, requirements, and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that the employee may be required to perform. The Co-op does reserve the right to revise this job description at any time and require employees to perform other job duties as assigned.