Produce Manager

• Properly train staff to understand the policies and procedures and know how to communicate effectively with the customer
• Schedule department appropriately to meet business needs
• Handle customer complaints in a proper and efficient manner
• Comply with all Health and Safety and Food Safety policies within the store and ensure that all policies are followed by staff
• Train and motivate staff
• Delegate and prioritize workload for staff
• Effectively merchandise advertising and promotional programs
• Recommend aggressive and achievable sales goals
• Maintain up to date information about market trends and competitor activities
• Receiving, storing and handling of the product to ensure efficient, effective results
• Ensure proper product rotation as required
• Ensure proper signage for produce displays to enhance sales/profits
• Ensure pricing integrity
• Accountability for store in the absence of the Franchisee including key carrying and alarm responsibilities
• Any other duties that may be required to ensure courteous friendly service, competitively priced products, and a store that meets and maintains the hygiene standards specified.

• 2 years Produce Management experience preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of critical success factors for the no frills concept as a discount food store focusing on low price image.
• Demonstrated understanding of the produce department’s impact on store performance in the following ways:

• merchandising to appropriate No frills standards
• maintaining and ordering proper inventories
• checking invoices for proper pricing
• maintaining cleanliness to appropriate standards

• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated Customer focus
• Ability to manage people
• Ability to work with minimal functional direction
• Solid knowledge of all aspects of the produce area, operations and products.
• Open availability and flexibility to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays according to the needs of the business

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