ProduceDepartmentManager

Additional Considerations (if any): Must be 18+ **-** **At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.** **Job Description:** **Job Title:** Produce Department Manager **Department:** Produce **FLSA** : Exempt ** _General Function_** : Sets the department standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance and overall profitability. Coordinates the delivery of the freshest and best quality product at a competitive retail price. **_Core Competencies:_** * Partnerships * Growth mindset * Results oriented * Customer focused * Professionalism ** _Reporting Relations:_** Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director; Store Manger; Assistant Managers of GM, Perishables, and Store Operations Positions that Report to you: Produce Department Employees ** _Primary Duties and Responsibilities:_** * Maintains a positive attitude; creates an atmosphere of friendliness and fun through flexibility and teamwork. * Generates a friendly atmosphere by encouraging employees to greet and speak to customers; providing prompt, courteous, and efficient service to customers and sets a good example. * Sets the department standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance and overall profitability. * Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store. * Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible. * Assists customers by: (examples include) * escorting them to the products they’re looking for * securing products that are out of reach * loading or unloading heavy items * making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests * performing other tasks in every way possible to enhan