About Phillips Farms LLC
Phillips Farms is a 300 acre, family-operated farm in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. We produce a wide range of fruits and vegetables. We also grow a variety of ornamental plants in our greenhouses. During the summer months, we invite customers onto our farm to pick their own fruit and enjoy a day outside with their families.
About the role
- This position requires interacting in a polite and helpful manner with customers, restocking displays and ensuring signage is accurate and clear, maintaining a neat and clean work environment, and efficiently and accurately running a cash register to complete transactions. This is a seasonal position and could entail working either at our Market or at our Pick-Your-Own operation on our Main Farm.
What you'll do
- Customer Service:
- Provide excellent customer service and be the “face” of Phillips Farms.
- Engage with customers, smile, and make eye contact. Answer their questions thoughtfully and thoroughly. Be friendly and polite.
- Notify a supervisor of any customer complaints or concerns.
- Cashier:
- Ring up customer purchases, weigh produce, run the cash register, give correct change, and accurately process credit card transactions.
- Count the money in the register drawer precisely at the beginning and end of the shift and recap all sales/transactions accurately.
- Be up-to-date on product changes including price, sizes, and types
- Correctly identify fruits, vegetables, and plants when entering items into the system during a transaction
- Restocking/Product Display:
- Assist with set up and break down of the produce display as directed.
- Sort through displayed produce and assist with restocking throughout the day; products on display should always be in great condition, bountiful and consolidated.
- Check to make sure every product has a clearly labeled price sign.
- Water plants and hanging baskets as directed. Remove dead leaves and keep all plants healthy-looking and ready for customer purchase. Maintain a beautiful display.
- Organization/Cleanliness:
- Keep the farm market/PYO shed clean, swept, organized and well-stocked at all times.
- Pick up garbage and debris in the parking area and grass area. Keep things neat and uncluttered inside and outside.
- Gather shopping carts and wagons, fill hand-washing stations, maintain bathroom cleanliness, remove garbage and recycle boxes
- MISC:
- Closely follow guidelines to monitor for theft
- Maintain regular communication with your supervisor and advise of any out-of-the-ordinary situations or issues that come up during your shift; ask questions for clarification of things you don’t know or don’t understand
- Perform new responsibilities and duties as needed in addition to those described in the Daily Procedures Manual, and as assigned by a supervisor
- Complete daily checklists for opening, closing, and completing tasks throughout your shift
- Dress and groom according to company policy
- Remain in compliance with company shift coverage policy
- Communicate well and work cooperatively with your coworkers and supervisors
Qualifications
- Minimum age 16
- Available to consistently work weekends and all holidays
- Able to lift and carry farm crates and produce boxes/bags (up to 25 lbs)
- Able to stand for long hours at a time
- Able to work outdoors and in all weather conditions
- Punctuality/Reliability: must arrive on time at the correct location and be ready to work each day
- Strong work ethic: must be a self-starter, have a positive attitude, be able to work independently, be able to identify tasks to complete in-between customers, and be eager to learn
- Must be flexible to perform different tasks and adapt to a constantly changing work environment