Produce Team Leader

The Role

As a key member of our store leadership team, the Produce Team Leader has a breadth of responsibilities spanning from product management and merchandising, to sales and team member development. The Produce team is responsible for ensuring exceptional product quality and aesthetic presentation within our Produce area, and providing legendary service to our guests as they explore our beautifully kept marketplace. Our fast-paced environment requires our store leaders to successfully prioritize a variety of tasks (administrative, supervisory, guest service, product merchandising) throughout each workday.

More About What You'd Do

• Provide outstanding customer service and readily communicate product information to increase sales, meet revenue goals, and best serve guests.
• Establish sales, gross profit, labor and supply budgets for the Produce Department, and maintain pricing to achieve budgeted gross profit goals.
• Order all products for the Produce Department.
• Plan and execute Produce Department merchandising and display, maintaining high-quality standards in product management and presentation.
• Lead and readily participate in product promotions and focuses.
• Create and distribute Produce Department weekly team member work schedule.
• Lead by example and provide team members with clear expectations and timely feedback.
• Train team members and provide performance feedback, coaching and counseling.
• Prevent internal and external loss, and conduct quarterly physical inventories and practice inventory control.
• Successfully perform all duties of a Journeyman Produce Clerk.

What We're Looking For

All Metropolitan Market team members deliver exceptional customer service and possess strong interpersonal and oral communication skills. For this role, we seek candidates with a high level of self-motivation and initiative who can problem solve and have proven success working in a diverse team environment. Successful candidates will have demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously and produce quality output while working within deadlines; they will possess excellent time management and organizational skills.

Our Produce Team Leaders possess creative merchandising and display skills and have comprehensive product knowledge with a history of training team members. Hired team members will demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of food, including ingredients, applications, pronunciations, and culinary skills.

Candidates must possess knowledge of food safety, HACCP / Department of Health guidelines, inventory management, and gross profits and labor percentages. Ideally, our new Produce Team Leader will have a minimum of five years of supervisory experience and proven history of developing personnel. In addition to success as a leader within a team setting, three years of produce experience is required.

What We Offer

The specific programs and options available to any given team member are dependent upon eligibility factors such as position, date of hire, work location, and terms of applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Other Things To Know

Employment may be dependent upon successful background check and reference checks. All store employees must have a valid Washington State Food Workers Card to begin work.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) : It is the policy of Metropolitan Market, LLC that all employees and applicants be afforded equal opportunities in employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender identity and gender stereotypes), national origin, religion, disability, or retaliation for engaging in an EEO protected activity. The Company prohibits discrimination or harassment based on any of these categories, as well as on age, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a parent, military service, or any other bases protected under applicable local, state, or federal law.