Produce Team Lead

Bashas'

Title:

Produce Team Lead

Date:

05/13/2026

Job ID:

15360

Relocation:

No

Degree:

Not Specified

Salary:

Job Types:

Clerk

Employment Type:

Location:

Tucson, AZ Job Description The produce manager will effectively direct and supervise all activities of the produce department and its personnel to achieve sales, merchandising and customer service goals established for the department. Job Responsibilities Directing produce department personnel, meeting department's goals and objectives. Engaging with customers through smiles and greetings, offering product information, providing selling suggestions and active sampling and always giving a genuine thank you. Communicating directly with the store director and produce specialist and director. Ordering produce merchandise and supplies necessary to maintain adequate stock levels. Merchandising fruits, vegetables, and produce products in accordance with produce merchandising standards. Building attractive displays of produce, while maintaining proper product inventory levels. Observing all store rules andpany policies directing all team members to do the same. Communicating, executing and supporting all sales and merchandising initiatives. Serving as the leader of his/her department, a role model, coach, performance evaluator and trainer. Creating department budgets and tracking financial reports (e.g. profit/loss, sales and expenses). Achieving department sales and profits goals; and controlling department labor, inventory, product out of stocks and shrink, sanitation, supplies, equipment, safety, and scheduling. Ensuring departmentpliance with heath department and weights and measures requirements. Maintaining a positive and friendly attitude towards customers and fellow team members. Unloading trailers, receiving merchandise verifying orders, breaking down produce loads, positioning cases of product in the produce warehouse or walk-in cooler. Understanding proper product trimming, rotation, culling, crisping and watering techniques and procedures, ensuring product attractiveness and shelf life. Understanding the importance of monitoring product pricing, signage, and placement and the proper use of product shelf tags and signage. Keeping clean neat and orderly work and storage areas, including a well swept produce department. Attentively stocking dated perishable products, rotating them as necessary to ensure quality and safety. Performs other duties as needed or assigned by management. Must be at least 18 years old. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time .This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions. It does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description is subject to change at any time. Employer provides reasonable amodations to a qualified employee that does not impose an undue hardship on the employer.