Outreach and Communications Manager Marketing
This position is responsible for receiving fresh produce deliveries, ensuring displays, coolers, and shelves are fully stocked, and handling the purchasing of selected lines of product while providing prompt, friendly customer service.
Key Responsibilities:
* Purchasing: Handle purchasing for assigned lines of product as delegated by manager. Ensure correct pricing to achieve margin goals. Develop and manage working relationships with ordering departments, outside vendors, and local farms.
* Receiving: Follow established and posted receiving procedures: check deliveries to verify piece count and for damage or unacceptable quality. Sign for deliveries with appropriate adjustments noted on invoice.
* Stocking: Check for highest priority stocking needs and stock those items before working on others. Replenish and rotate displays, culling and replacing often as needed.
* Customer Service: Assist customers with questions and special orders in a prompt, friendly manner. Offer samples and suggestions for purchase and preparation in a courteous manner.
* Maintenance: Keep storage area, shelves, coolers, bins in clean, orderly condition as specified by manager.
Requirements:
* Successful experience in retail produce sales.
* Demonstrated exceptional customer service.
* Knowledge of nutritional content and cooking methods.
* Knowledge of organic growing methods.
* Proven success working as a team member.
* Computer literacy and math aptitude.
* Ability to work in cold, wet conditions.