About the Role
BJ's Wholesale Club is seeking a dedicated individual to join our team as a Produce Associate. This role involves maintaining the freshness and presentation of our produce department, providing excellent customer service, and ensuring all products meet quality standards. Join a purpose-driven team where your contributions help families save.
Responsibilities
- Sorts, displays, removes, and replenishes fresh fruits and vegetables in the produce department.
- Maintains the overall environment of the department by providing assistance to Members through product knowledge and customer service.
- Ensures that all produce meets or exceeds company quality standards.
- Carries out job functions and responsibilities as assigned.
- Supports the application of club policies, procedures, and compliance.
- Acts with honesty and integrity, leading with the member in mind to address concerns and escalate appropriately.
- Ensures a safe and positive environment for members and team members.
- Works collaboratively and respectfully with team members to achieve goals.
- Moves with speed and agility in all tasks.
- Innovates and adapts to changing environments.
- Maintains a friendly and positive attitude.
- Delivers service excellence through all points of contact.
- Resolves and deescalates member concerns.
- Ensures a safe and positive environment and experience for members.
- Greets, anticipates, and appreciates members.
- Ensures fast, friendly, full, fresh, and clean shopping experiences.
- Works to deliver GOLD club standards daily, including a grand opening look.
- Ensures all items are stocked and promotional plans are executed.
- Maintains visible and accurate signage.
- Keeps the store clean and organized, inside and out.
- Accesses and reads production and/or financial performance reporting for the department.
- Understands the connection between consistent execution and business impact.
- Provides assistance to Members in the produce department, answering questions and recommending products.
- Assists Members with finding products throughout the club.
- Inspects, rotates, and stores produce upon delivery.
- Ensures all received produce meets or exceeds company produce standards.
- Rotates produce on the sales floor to ensure optimal freshness and variety.
- Ensures cases and display areas are fully stocked.
- Keeps produce displays neat and clean.
- Removes products that are no longer suitable for sale.
- Maintains the produce reserve stock area, dating and rotating back stock items.
- Ensures the storage area is organized and condensed daily.
- Follows established guidelines when disposing of damaged, spoiled, and/or expired products.
- Assists Fresh Manager with inventory and order processing as needed.
- Cleans and sanitizes all produce equipment, display fixtures, and areas.
- Generates signage for produce goods and performs price check functions when necessary.
- Ensures all items are accurately priced and signed.
- Maintains all club policies and procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned, including working in other departments as needed.
- Maintains regular, predictable, full attendance.
Requirements
- Work experience in a produce department preferred.
- Knowledge of fruit and vegetables preferred, including seasonal items.
- At least 18 years of age.
Skills
- Product knowledge
- Customer service
- Inventory management
- Stocking
- Merchandising
- Cleaning and sanitization
- Signage generation
- Price checking
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Adaptability
- Familiarity with AI tools is recognized.
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- Some experience preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $17.00 - $20.50 per hour
Benefits
- Weekly Pay
- Free BJ's Memberships
- Generous Paid Time Off (vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, jury duty leave)
- Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA)
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with discount
About the Company
- BJ's Wholesale Club is powered by more than 30,000 team members who make a real impact every day.
- Our purpose is to help families save on what matters most.
- We are a team built on purpose and opportunity.
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support team members' health, well-being, and future.
