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1467 Produce Manager

Safeway, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 98312

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Join Safeway as a Produce Manager (Position #1467). The role directs operations of the produce department, ensuring customer service, product quality, freshness, safety, and selection.

Key Responsibilities

Champions company and division customer service programs to meet or exceed division goals, handling customer relations positively and resolving complaints.

Supervises day‑to‑day functions of the produce department to achieve customer service, sales, and profit objectives.

Supervises, motivates, directs, trains, and hires produce personnel, monitoring performance and recommending actions such as hiring, firing, layoff, and disciplinary actions.

Schedules personnel to ensure adequate coverage, service levels, and department budgetary objectives.

Conducts daily inspections of all produce sections, initiating corrective measures to ensure compliance with product freshness and quality.

Assists with all produce duties such as receiving, cleaning, trimming, cutting, watering, and displaying.

Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays, controls shrink and expenses, and completes and monitors daily log sheet, purchase report, and other required paperwork and logs.

Orders, checks, receives, and controls inventory to ensure adequate product quality, eye appeal, and freshness while preventing the sale of outdated or spoiled products.

Maintains and organizes produce department work area and cooler.

Ensures produce quality, freshness, and quantity standards are met.

Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures, and monitoring product flow.

Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, and company policies, and all federal, state, and local health and food safety standards.

Checks competitors for price, product variety, and merchandising procedures.

Assists customers by making product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling.

Makes intercom announcements.

Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor, work area, cooler, equipment, wet boxes, and cases.

Assists with answering and responding to incoming calls appropriately, receiving and resolving customer complaints and reporting to the Store Director as appropriate.

Assists with implementing emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions.

Ensures all associates are trained and instructed in proper performance of work duties, monitors performance, and reports observations to the Store Director.

Maintains confidentiality concerning associates, store sales, and other company information.

Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity.

Other necessary and required duties.

Qualifications

Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the produce department, including trimming, cutting, displaying, watering, building displays, rotating, and discarding outdated or spoiled product.

Requires strong communication skills, good leadership and interpersonal skills, the proven ability to manage people, and the ability to maintain composure when dealing with customers and co‑workers.

Requires knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices.

Requires a good understanding of overall company practices and produce department policies and procedures. Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity.

Must have knowledge of produce variety, standards, perishability, food safety, food handling, and sanitation procedures and department policies and procedures.

Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks, and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 75 lbs. Bends, stoops, and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, six‑wheel carts, and pallet jacks. Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products.

Manual dexterity and good eye‑hand coordination are necessary.

Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities. Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures.

Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order products, plan sales, input inventory and schedules, and print labels.

Operates scales, wrappers, compactors, and garbage disposals. Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment, knives and safety cutters. Requires use of latex gloves.

Extensive knowledge of profit and loss statements.

May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Scheduled hours will vary. Good attendance is required.

Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to equipment and work aids necessary to perform job duties.

Work Environment

Hands are frequently exposed to water, ice, and cleaning agents.

Exposure to 35˚F while handling products in cold cases and 28˚F while handling products in cooler.

Working conditions consist of a temperature controlled store environment.

Safety – Sensitive Position Job responsibilities include tasks or duties that could affect the safety or health of the employee performing the task or others.

Union and Non-Union The pay range is $18.18‑$30.40 per hour, but no less than the local minimum wage. Starting rates will vary based on location, experience, qualifications and applicable collective bargaining agreements. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, sick pay, PTO/vacation pay, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401(k) eligibility), where applicable.

Disclaimer The above statements describe the general nature of work performed by employees assigned to this job. If you have questions regarding your ability to physically perform the listed duties and requirements—e.g., lifting, standing, bending—please speak to your Store Director. All team members must comply with company, division, and store policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel may vary within each store and from store to store.

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