- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Type
- Part-time
- Experience
- 18+ years
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- ApplyToJob
Description
A Produce Clerk is responsible for maintaining the produce department's cleanliness, organization, and inventory to ensure a positive shopping experience for customers. Key duties include:
- Stocking and Displaying Produce: Replenishing shelves and displays with fresh fruits and vegetables, arranging them aesthetically, and rotating stock to ensure freshness. Cut and package fruit and vegetables for sale
- Inspecting produce for signs of spoilage or damage, removing substandard items, and ensuring all products meet safety and quality standards.
- Use wet rack to transport produce from backroom to sales floor
- Provide customer service to all customers in the store and department, including offering samples of produce
- Prepare fresh salad bags
- Clean backroom and take out the garbage
- Check the sales floor for any spills/trip hazards and sweep/mop area two to three times per day and as needed
- Customer Assistance: Greeting customers, addressing inquiries, providing recommendations, and assisting with locating items to enhance customer satisfaction.
- Inventory Management: Monitoring inventory levels, placing orders, receiving deliveries, and verifying the accuracy and quality of incoming stock.
- Compliance with Health and Safety Standards: Adhering to food safety regulations, maintaining a clean and organized department, and properly handling equipment and products to prevent contamination.
- 1-3 years of customer service experience in a busy grocery store or similar environment preferred
- Understanding the importance and the ability to work well as part of a dynamic, diverse team
- Must be able to correctly and safely use standard produce department equipment
- Knowledge of produce, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques
- Follow all safety rules and actively prevent accidents
- Availability and willingness to work flexible hours, including early mornings, weekends, and holidays
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.; stand, bend, reach, twist, and turn for up to 4 hours continuously
- Must be at least 18 years
Skills
ComplianceCustomer ServiceFood SafetyInventory Management
