Outreach and Communications Manager Marketing
Description
Key Details
* 32 hours per week, variable based on schedule requirements.
Job Summary
To effectively manage produce deliveries, maintain fully stocked displays, coolers, and shelves, and handle purchasing for selected product lines while providing excellent customer service. Assist in achieving margin, inventory, and labor goals, and train junior staff to perform tasks efficiently.
Essential Job Functions
1. Purchasing: Purchase assigned products as delegated by manager, ensuring correct pricing to meet margin goals. Develop relationships with ordering departments, vendors, and local farms, and participate in quarterly inventories.
2. Receiving: Follow established receiving procedures: verify delivery quantities and quality, sign for deliveries with adjustments noted, and route invoices to manager. Store orders, rotating stock, and maintain the floor plan in storage areas.
3. Stocking: Prioritize high-demand items, replenish, and rotate displays, culling damaged or spoiled goods. Maintain attractive displays using color and texture, and ensure accurate signage and labeling.
4. Customer Service: Provide prompt, friendly assistance to customers, offering samples and suggestions. Clearly communicate delivery schedules and out-of-stock items.
5. Maintenance: Maintain a clean, organized storage area, shelves, coolers, and bins, removing trash promptly and cleaning equipment regularly.
Physical Demands
The physical demands of this role include sitting, standing, using hands, reaching, walking, climbing, balancing, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
Qualifications
Successful experience in retail produce sales, exceptional customer service skills, knowledge of nutritional content and cooking methods, organic growing methods, teamwork, computer literacy, and math aptitude are essential. Ability to work in cold, wet conditions is required.
Disclaimer
The job duties listed are representative but not exhaustive. The employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances change.