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About the Role
Butterfield Market is an upscale New York City market seeking individuals passionate about fresh food and quality products to join our Produce Department. This role involves providing excellent customer service, maintaining product quality, and ensuring attractive displays in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide customers with friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable service.
- Stock and replenish fruits, vegetables, herbs, and other produce.
- Inspect produce for freshness, quality, appearance, and proper condition.
- Rotate products using proper FIFO practices and remove damaged or poor-quality merchandise.
- Maintain attractive, abundant, and well-organized produce displays.
- Wash, trim, prepare, package, weigh, label, and price produce as needed.
- Maintain accurate product signage and pricing.
- Assist with receiving produce deliveries and verify proper handling and storage.
- Safely move merchandise from receiving and storage areas to the sales floor.
- Maintain organized refrigerators, storage areas, workstations, and back-of-house areas.
- Monitor inventory levels and communicate concerns to management.
- Follow proper food handling, sanitation, temperature control, and food safety procedures.
- Maintain clean and sanitary equipment, work surfaces, shelving, displays, floors, and storage areas.
- Follow company safety procedures and use equipment safely.
- Assist customers with locating products and answering basic questions about produce.
- Work collaboratively with Produce Department leadership and other market departments.
- Assist with opening, closing, cleaning, stocking, and other department procedures.
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Previous grocery, produce, food retail, restaurant, or hospitality experience is preferred.
- Interest in fresh food, fruits, vegetables, and high-quality products is strongly preferred.
- Ability and willingness to learn proper produce handling, storage, rotation, and merchandising practices.
- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to follow instructions and complete assigned tasks accurately and efficiently.
- Strong attention to product quality, cleanliness, organization, and presentation.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and adjusting priorities as business needs change.
- Basic communication skills in English required; bilingual English/Spanish skills are a plus.
- Previous experience using scales, labeling equipment, carts, or similar grocery equipment is a plus.
- Basic knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices is preferred.
- Stand and walk for extended periods of time.
- Regularly bend, reach, push, pull, squat, and perform repetitive movements.
- Regularly lift and carry boxes, cases, and merchandise weighing approximately 50+ pounds.
- Push and maneuver carts and other product-handling equipment.
- Work safely in refrigerated and temperature-controlled environments.
- Work around wet surfaces, food products, cleaning products, and standard grocery equipment.
- Perform repetitive stocking, trimming, packaging, and product-handling tasks.
- Must have flexibility to work a schedule based on the needs of the business.
- Availability may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Regular and reliable attendance is an essential requirement of the position.
Skills
- Customer service
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Food safety
- Sanitation practices
- Product handling
- Merchandising
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- Some experience preferred
About the Company
- Butterfield Market is an upscale New York City market known for exceptional food, quality products, and personalized service.
- Our success is driven by a talented team that takes pride in delivering memorable experiences and maintaining the high standards our customers expect.
- We foster a collaborative, welcoming workplace where employees are valued, supported, and encouraged to grow.
- Join our team and build your career with a company that values passion, professionalism, and a commitment to excellence.