River Market Community Co-op is hiring a Part Time Produce Clerk!

Experience-based pay ranging from: $18.27 - $19.58 per hour

Approximately 20 hours/week

Must have availability to work weekends, afternoons, and evenings!

Work for a community-owned grocery store in downtown Stillwater and help support a sustainable local food system. As a cornerstone of locally and naturally produced foods for more than 45 years, River Market Community Co-op knows outstanding customer service is vital to the long-term success of the store.

We prioritize our employees' well-being and futures by offering competitive benefits. You will receive a generous employee discount, immediate Paid Time Off accrual, and a 401(k) with employer match.

Other perks to joining the River Market team include a casual dress code, paid holidays, holiday premium pay, and annual pay increases.

If you are excited about providing excellent customer experience and interested in the food you eat, consider applying for River Market's Part Time Produce Clerk position. Produce Clerks interact directly with customers, maintain attractive and fully stocked produce cases, ensure high standards of product quality and safety, and keep the produce department clean and organized. Joining River Market as a Produce Clerk is a great pathway into various retail and food careers and provides you with an encouraging environment to learn and grow.

Do you already have experience working as a Produce Clerk? Your experience is rewarded by advanced placement on our starting wage scale.

Union position

Reports to: Produce Manager

• Maintain attractive, fully stocked, rotated, and faced sections, including promotional areas that change regularly
• Answer customer questions and complaints in a friendly, helpful, prompt manner; refer questions to the appropriate staff
• Assist customers with placing and picking up special orders
• Ensure a pleasant shopping ambiance
• Execute daily production list as delegated by supervisor
• Pull products not meeting department criteria
• Practice established safety and sanitation procedures for food handling and preparation
• Take initiative to increase your own product knowledge and keep up to date on industry news

Minimum Requirements:

• Ability to perform basic arithmetic including counting, addition and subtraction
• Prior experience serving customers

Essential Physical Functions:
Must be physically able to occasionally grasp, grip, pull, push, twist, and turn as needed.
Constant (67-100%): Walking, standing, lifting/carrying up to 25 pounds floor to waist, talking, hearing, correctable vision including near acuity and depth perception
Frequent (34-66%): Bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, lifting/reaching waist to shoulder, lifting/reaching above the shoulder
Occasional (1-33%): Working in refrigeration, pushing, pulling, lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds floor to waist, lifting up to 100 pounds with assistance floor to waist