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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location 1011 North San Fernando Blvd.
Burbank, California

About this job

Fresh produce is among the most sought after products by our customers and is considered a key department in our stores.  The Produce Manager is responsible for managing department inventory, in-stock position, pricing integrity, merchandising, labor, and other operational processes to company standards to maximize sales and gross profit. This position ensures all new department associates receive proper training and supervision and will ensure correct ordering, receiving, unloading, storage, and rotation of merchandise and building of displays.

The Produce Manager is responsible for working closely with the Store Manager, Assistant Store Managers, and Assistant Produce Manager to ensure the success of the store and department through excellent customer service and a demonstrated passion for food.  

Essential Functions

  • Provide excellent customer service by greeting and assisting customers, and responding to customer inquiries and complaints; lead by example
  • Maintains an inventory that is seasonal, tasty and visually attractive
  • Maintains awareness of the demographics of customers to increase revenues
  • Keeps updated on special produce needs that arise for holidays, as well as trends in cooking and recipes that affect consumer demand
  • Ensures accurate and timely ordering to prevent losses that result from produce that spoils before it can be sold
  • Manages department inventories by tracking weekly sales reports and orders product and supplies so as to meet customer requirements and the company’s gross profit goals
  • Schedules Produce Department employees, oversees and assists with their training, rewards and recognizes their performance and delegates their work assignments so as to most effectively utilize their talents and abilities while maximizing profits for the department
  • Develops and implements localized merchandising plan for the department, sets up and creates displays for new and seasonal items as well as items that are tied-in with other department promotions, in order to meet the sales and profit objectives of the store and the department
  • Prepares, maintains and tracks inventories to calculate gross monthly profits according to company guidelines
  • Follows established departmental procedures for receiving merchandise including inspecting the product when delivered, pricing the product and restocking cases to insure freshness and quality, accuracy and product rotation
  • Controls department expenses by improving operations and efficiencies, by controlling labor costs and by reducing losses due to shrinkage and pilferage
  • Maintains effective housekeeping program
  • Keeps merchandise clean and fresh so as to meet all health department regulations, pass sanitation inspections and meet company standards
  • Ensures that Produce Department employees work and operate equipment in a safe manner at all times, complying with OSHA requirements; enforces safety, health, and security rules
  • Ensures compliance with local, state and government weights and measures laws
  • Develops and maintains communications with other departments in order to devise marketing plans, which will help meet the financial objectives of the store; keeps Store Manager fully informed of these actions
  • Identifies areas in the Produce Department where improvement in customer service is required, then implements changes and procedures to address these needs
  • Maintains accurate records on all important matters, including associate performance and corrective actions, sales plans, etc

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience working in a grocery retail setting required; previous management experience in the retail, grocery, produce or restaurant industry preferred
  • Experience executing goals, effectively creating change, and increasing efficiency
  • Knowledge of perishables is required
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
  • Basic math skills for ordering and inventory
  • Strong multi-tasking skills
  • Must be highly motivated with a sense of urgency and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment at all times with all levels of employees
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Appropriate food handler’s certificate/card
  • Ability to work varied hours/days as business dictates

Physical Requirements

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position or that a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Requires standing, walking, bending, climbing throughout the entire work day and the ability to lift, stack and maneuver heavy objects weighing up to 50 lbs., from 4” to 72”, for a distance up 3 feet for between 10-50 hours without mechanical assistance.
  • Must be able to use a pallet jack to move pallets a distance up to 20 feet, requiring a force of up to 85 pounds for up to 5 hours
  • Must maneuver six wheel carts requiring a force up to 35 lbs., up to 2 hours, a distance up to 20 feet
  • Must move utility cart with a force up to 30 lbs., for a distance up to 50 feet and for up to 50 hours
  • Must be capable of climbing a 2 step stool to retrieve product throughout the shift
  • Must be able to climb a 2 step stool
  • Requires standing up to 4 hours continuously, and a total of 8 hours per shift
  • Requires acute vision for cutting, trimming, washing, and banding produce
  • Must be able to work in freezer
  • Walking a total up to 5 miles in an 8 hour shift should be expected
  • Weekend, evening and holiday work will be required in the position; flexible store assignments

This job may have specific physical demands including, but not limited to, the following:  ability to lift up to 75 lbs.; ability to operate machinery with moving mechanical parts; and ability to bend, reach, kneel, squat, stand for a long period of time and push/pull heavy loads.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. 

Qualified candidates will be contacted.  To learn more about all of the benefits of working at Sprouts and how you can become part of our growing team, apply on-line at .  Sprouts Farmers Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

2014

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Sprouts’ management reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.