Produce Team Member at Buffalo Mountain Co-Op – Hardwick, Vermont

Produce Team Member

Position Description

Summary

The produce team aims to provide our customers with top-quality fruits and vegetables while maintaining beautiful and appealing displays. The ideal candidate is reliable, focused, has an eye for aesthetics, is attentive to detail, appreciates local farms, and truly cares about providing our community with good food. This job requires lifting up to 50 lbs and traveling up and down stairs frequently throughout the day.

Status: Reports to Produce Manager

• Pay Level II, $15.25 - $17.00 per hour
• 25 - 35 hours/week

Responsibilities

• Ensure produce displays are artfully set up, replenished, and closed in a way that maintains the quality of the product
• Prep and replenish produce for display throughout the day
• Receive deliveries and maintain backstock organization
• Maintain signage and ensure products are properly labeled
• Quality control and sorting poor quality produce
• Maintain the cleanliness of the produce display, prep area, and backstock
• Interact with customers and always offer the best customer service possible

Skills Needed

• The capacity to focus, pay attention to detail, and to effectively prioritize multiple tasks
• Timely and reliable
• Ability to receive feedback and maintain positive working relationships with produce team, co-workers, and farmers
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs
• Ability to climb stairs frequently throughout the day

Other Helpful Skills

• Computer skills
• Organization
• Sanitation and cleanliness
• Working knowledge of local produce varieties