Produce​/Asst Dept Leader

PRODUCE/ASST DEPT LEADER –
Kroger Mountain View Foods

Join our team to create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages our customers to return, achieve sales and profit goals, and control all established quality assurance standards. Monitor all functions, duties, and activities related to the Produce department while demonstrating the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

• Promote trust and respect among associates with a positive attitude.
• Communicate company, department, and job specific information to associates.
• Establish department performance goals and empower associates to meet or exceed targets through teamwork.
• Develop adequate scheduling to manage customer volume.
• Train and develop associates on job performance and participate in the performance appraisal process.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store; respond to questions, make suggestions, and locate products.
• Inform customers of produce specials and offer product samples to help customers discover new items.
• Review / inspect products for quality and freshness and take appropriate action.
• Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve desired results.
  
  Create and execute sales promotions in partnership with store management.
• Inform and educate department associates about current, upcoming and special in-store promotions.
• Prepare and submit seasonal critiques for the sales and merchandising supervisor.
• Implement the period promotional plan for the department.
• Assist management in preparing the store/department budget, expense control, profit and loss reviews, and take appropriate action on all financial reports.
• Schedule daily, weekly, and monthly price changes by updating shelf tags and promotional signs.
• Plan and organize the inventory process, maintain awareness of inventory/stocking conditions, note discrepancies, and train associates on inventory/stocking and Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO).
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are kept.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, practicing preventive maintenance, notifying store management of repairs and reporting incidents.
• Report all safety risk, illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
• Adhere to all local, state, and federal laws and company guidelines.
• Work cooperatively in a high‑paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
• Act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Basic math skills (counting, addition, subtraction).
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Current food handlers permit once employed.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Any management experience.
• Any produce/retail experience.
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing).

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Administrative

• Dairy Product Manufacturing

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Madison, WI $90,000.00 - $ (6 months ago)