Produce Manager

2 weeks ago

Nanaimo, Canada Buy-Low Foods Full time

**Buy-Low Foods** has an opening for a **Produce Manager** to join our store located in **Nanaimo, BC. **This is a Full-Time position and reports to the Store Manager.

Department Managers lead the team in their department to provide excellent customer service in our busy grocery store.

We are looking for a strong leader who has a passion for fresh food and who can efficiently oversee the daily operations of the Produce Department in terms of staffing, sales, customer service, merchandising, and product quality.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provide supervision to Produce Department staff to ensure quality customer service
- Maximize sales and gross profit through effective and creative merchandising
- Maintain department inventory by placing product orders regularly while adhering to departmental budgets
- Recruit, hire, train, and mentor staff members
- Create the weekly work schedule for the Produce department
- Efficiently stock, rotate and display product in a neat and appealing manner - including watering, trimming and merchandising to ensure quality and freshness
- Ensure the proper set up of racks, tables, coolers, backroom areas and proper rotation of cooler stock
- Handle customer inquiries, requests and complaints in a prompt, polite and effective manner
- Comply with the store’s established Health and Safety and Food Safety policies and ensure that staff members are also adhering to these policies
- Responsible for ensuring accuracy of store signage with regards to pricing
- Liaise with the store manager, department heads and produce staff to address any concerns, discuss upcoming ads or promotions, cross merchandising, etc.

**Skills and Qualifications**:

- Previous retail management experience, preferably in a Produce Department
- Able to lead a team in an enthusiastic and positive manner
- Superb customer service skills with a desire to provide a great shopping experience for customers
- Exceptional leadership and organizational skills
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation, policies and practices
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under pressure
- Able to maintain a professional demeanor under stressful situations
- Experience in effective merchandising that drives sales
- Have experience ordering and maintaining department stock
- Flexibility to work a variety of hours which include days, evenings, weekends and stat holidays

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**
- Ability to perform physically demanding, repetitive physical tasks for extended periods of time
- Job requires manual dexterity, attention to detail, hand-eye coordination
- Walking and standing for extended periods including bending, twisting, crouching and kneeling at times
- Physically lifting, twisting and handling up to 50 pounds on a regular basis
- Cold environment, which can be noisy with some strong odours

**Our Commitment to You**:

- Competitive wages with starting rates based on experience
- Yearly bonus incentive
- Room for advancement - all new opportunities posted internally first
- Company matched RRSP Program
- **For full time regular positions**: Comprehensive benefits package including Dental, Extended Health, Life & Disability

If you feel that you possess the knowledge, skills and abilities mentioned above then we would love to hear from you

**How to apply**:

- Please include a cover letter including your wage expectations



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Pay: From $23.20 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

**Experience**:

- Supervising: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Canadian, PR, Work Permit (required)

Work Location: In person

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