Produce Department Manager
Manages all aspects of produce department operations including ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, displaying, and inventorying fresh fruits and vegetables in a commissary setting.
Responsibilities
Forecasting product demand. Ordering, receiving, storing, processing, pricing, displaying and inventorying all produce. Ensuring all resale items within the department are cleaned, trimmed, sorted, packaged, rotated, culled, and displayed in a professional and attractive manner. Designing and directing, or personally participating in promotional and seasonal displays, and resets. Grouping and arranging fruits and vegetables based on type, availability, quantity, and shelf life. Inspecting and ensuring the department processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms remain neat, orderly, and sanitary, and comply with current sanitation and safety regulations. Inspecting equipment and initiating required maintenance. Ensuring everyone follows proper safety practices while using power trimmers, knives, cutting tools, etc. Directing all department activities and providing administrative and technical supervision for Store Workers and other personnel engaged in the various tasks associated with Produce Department operations.
Work conditions
Most of the work is performed in the store display area, which is well lighted and maintained at a comfortable temperature. Aisles are often crowded with customers and grocery carts. When working in the storage or receiving area, may be exposed to hot or cold weather, or damp or drafty conditions. May be exposed to differences in temperature when storing items in or retrieving them from chill or frozen storage rooms. There is a danger of minor injuries such as cuts, scrapes, bruises, and slipping on wet floors.
Requirements
Qualifications
You must meet qualifications and requirements by the announcement closing date. Your resume (and/or transcript if necessary) must clearly show that you meet the qualifications (i.e., specialized experience and/or education requirements) for the grade level(s) for which you are applying.
At the GS-6, 7, 8 and 9 grade levels, you can meet the minimum qualifications through specialized experience, education, or a combination of the two.
Specialized experience is demonstrated knowledge of retail procurement and distribution methods; principles, procedures, and techniques of retail food merchandising and retail food store management, and developments in commercial retail food store items, equipment, and practices.
Examples of creditable qualifying specialized experience include:
- Managing a commissary store, supermarket, or similar type of commercial retail food store
- Managing a department in a retail food store
- Planning, standardizing, or controlling operations in an assigned group of retail food stores
- Developing, interpreting, or applying policies, procedures, and operating standards for use in a retail food store
- Providing technical advice on merchandising and operational matters pertaining to grocery, meats, and produce supplies, as well as front-end operations
Education requirements
Education used to qualify for this position, in whole or in part, must have equipped you with the knowledge and ability to perform the work of the position, as evidenced by on-the-job-training in food retail management or an internship or practicum in food retail management. Transcripts are required if relying on education to qualify.
Physical requirements
(1) Lift, push, pull, carry, and handle commissary products weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally over 40 pounds with assistance.
(2) Stand, stoop, kneel, bend, and climb for prolonged periods.
You will attest to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire.
Benefits
Benefits information is available at the USAJOBS benefits website. Positions in overseas locations may be eligible for various foreign area allowances like COLA and home leave.
Additional Info
Locations
- Eielson AFB, Alaska
- Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- Fort Wainwright, Alaska
- Fort Rucker, Alabama
- Gunter AFB, Alabama
- Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
- Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
- Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona
- Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Luke AFB, Arizona
- Yuma, Arizona
- Beale AFB, California
- Camp Pendleton, California
- Edwards AFB, California
- El Segundo, California
- Fort Irwin, California
- Fort Ord, California
- Imperial Beach, California
- Lemoore, California
- March AFB, California
- Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California
- McClellan, California
- Moffett Field, California
- Naval Air Station San Diego, California
- Port Hueneme, California
- San Diego County, California
- Travis AFB, California
- Twentynine Palms, California
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Air Force Academy, Colorado
- Buckley AFB, Colorado
- Fort Carson, Colorado
- Peterson AFB, Colorado
- Groton Submarine Base, Connecticut
- Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia
- Dover AFB, Delaware
- Eglin AFB, Florida
- Hurlburt Field, Florida
- Jacksonville, Florida
- MacDill AFB, Florida
- Mayport, Florida
- Milton, Florida
- Patrick AFB, Florida
- Pensacola, Florida
- Tyndall AFB, Florida
- Albany, Georgia
- Fort Benning, Georgia
- Fort Gordon, Georgia
- Fort Stewart, Georgia
- Hunter AFB, Georgia
- Kings Bay, Georgia
- Moody AFB, Georgia
- Robins AFB, Georgia
- Agat, Guam
- Andersen Air Base, Guam
- Santa Rita, Guam
- Hickam AFB, Hawaii
- Kaneohe, Hawaii
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
- Great Lakes, Illinois
- Scott AFB, Illinois
- Fort Ben Harrison, Indiana
- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- Fort Riley, Kansas
- McConnell AFB, Kansas
- Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
- Fort Polk, Louisiana
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- Andrews AFB, Maryland
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Fort Detrick, Maryland
- Fort Meade, Maryland
- Patuxent River, Maryland
- Silver Spring, Maryland
- Selfridge ANG Base, Michigan
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- Columbus AFB, Mississippi
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Keesler AFB, Mississippi
- Malmstrom AFB, Montana
- Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Cherry Point, North Carolina
- Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Jacksonville, North Carolina
- Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina
- Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
- Minot AFB, North Dakota
- Offutt AFB, Nebraska
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- McGuire AFB, New Jersey
- Cannon AFB, New Mexico
- Holloman AFB, New Mexico
- Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
- Nellis AFB, Nevada
- Fort Drum, New York
- Fort Hamilton, New York
- West Point, New York
- Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Altus AFB, Oklahoma
- Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
- Vance AFB, Oklahoma
- Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
- Moon, Pennsylvania
- Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Charleston AFB, South Carolina
- Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Goose Creek, South Carolina
- Parris Island, South Carolina
- Shaw AFB, South Carolina
- Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
- Arnold AFB, Tennessee
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Dyess AFB, Texas
- Fort Bliss, Texas
- Fort Hood, Texas
- Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Goodfellow AFB, Texas
- Lackland AFB, Texas
- Laughlin AFB, Texas
- Randolph AFB, Texas
- Sheppard AFB, Texas
- Hill AFB, Utah
- Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Fort Lee, Virginia
- Fort Myer, Virginia
- Langley AFB, Virginia
- Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Quantico, Virginia
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Bangor, Washington
- Bremerton, Washington
- Fairchild AFB, Washington
- Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
- Marysville, Washington
- McChord AFB, Washington
- Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington
- Warren AFB, Wyoming
- Chievres, Belgium
- Ansbach, Germany
- Baumholder, Germany
- Grafenwohr, Germany
- Hohenfels, Germany
- Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Ramstein, Germany
- Spangdahlem, Germany
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Vilseck, Germany
- Wiesbaden, Germany
- Aviano, Italy
- Naples, Italy
- Sigonella Sicily, Italy
- Vicenza, Italy
- Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan
- Camp Courtney Okinawa, Japan
- Camp Foster, Japan
- Camp Kinser, Japan
- Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, Japan
- Kadena Air Base Okinawa, Japan
- Misawa AFB, Japan
- Sagamihara, Japan
- Sasebo, Japan
- Yokosuka, Japan
- Yokota Air Base, Japan
- Schinnen, Netherlands
- Camp Humphreys, South Korea
- Osan, South Korea
- TAEGU, South Korea
- Rota, Spain
- Incirlik, Turkey
- Alconbury, United Kingdom
- Lakenheath, United Kingdom
Additional information
This position is part of the Commissary Career Program (CCP). PCS is authorized. If you PCS'd at government expense within the past 12 months, additional government funded PCS may not be authorized; however, you may choose to pay your own moving expenses.
For positions in overseas environments: Working and living in a foreign area can offer adventure and travel opportunities. Initial overseas tour lengths vary from 12 to 36 months, depending on location, and are limited to a total of 5 continuous years.
Executive Order 12564 requires a federal workplace to be free of illegal drugs and prohibits the use of illegal drugs both on and off duty by federal employees. As a reminder, marijuana is still classified as an illegal drug by the Federal government and is prohibited for use by Federal employees even if such use is legal in the state where the Federal employee resides and/or works.
Overtime: Occasional
Bargaining Unit Status: Not covered
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: None
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