Mobile Market Manager

• Northern Poconos Mobile Farm Market from The Cooperage Project

Office location: Honesdale, PA

About The Cooperage Project
For over 10 years, The Cooperage Project has served as a community hub centered around building a vibrant, engaged, and interwoven community. The mission of The Cooperage Project is to offer a range of instructive and entertaining activities that will engage, challenge, and enlighten. Through a variety of programs, we will inspire people of all ages to both embrace diversity and celebrate shared experience in order to create a deeper sense of community.

Northern Poconos Mobile Farm Market: Mission and Vision
The mission of the Northern Poconos Mobile Farm Market is to offer an accessible, affordable, and more equitable method for consumers to purchase fresh, local products. The vision is to connect residents with their local food system by bringing seasonal produce and local products right to their doorsteps – reducing barriers to access and providing greater purchasing power. While the mobile market will reach underserved consumers, it will also benefit small businesses and producers by reducing product loss and increasing market opportunities. Through dedicated partnerships, educational opportunities, voucher incentives, and social connection, the mobile market will connect community members to their foodscape – providing lasting benefits to our local economy and elevating our collective sense of community and place.

Full Job Description
The Cooperage Project is accepting applications for a Mobile Market Manager to head up its new mobile farm market – Northern Poconos Mobile Farm Market. This is a full-time, salaried position with 40 hours a week Monday-Friday with some Saturdays required. The position starts mid-March, with the aim to launch the mobile market in June. The first few months of the position will be centered around planning, organizing, networking, and administration.

The mobile market program aims to serve residents of Wayne County through collaboration with partnering organizations, farmers, producers, and a network of sites. This position will require cultivating strong working relationships with the many groups involved. Market sites will initially be senior centers and senior/disabled housing complexes. Additional locations may include libraries, community health centers, and other areas where people gather.

Under the direction of The Cooperage Project’s Agriculture and Food Program Manager and the
Executive Director, the Mobile Market Manager will be responsible for independently driving the mobile market vehicle to the scheduled sites, setting up tables, displaying produce, and interacting with customers to promote fresh and local products, explain SNAP, WIC, and FMNP benefits, and selling produce. In addition, the manager is responsible for ordering from our partner farms, tracking inventory, data collection, and market promotion. The Mobile Market Manager will work with the rest of the management team to ensure all aspects of the project are being upheld to the terms of grant agreements.

Job Requirements:

● requires work in an office environment, outside in all weather conditions, and occasionally in a warehouse or kitchen

● requires the ability to lift equipment and products (up to 50lbs) in and out of a vehicle
● requires a Pennsylvania driver’s license with a safe driving record.
● requires reliable transportation to and from work/office
● may sometimes require weekend work and early morning or late evening work
● requires the ability to be mobile throughout entire shifts – including some bending, squating, kneeling, standing, and crouching

Primary Responsibilities:

● work directly with our staff, farmers, and vendors to order, receive, process, and prepare inventory (trim, wash, and bundle produce to prepare for sale)

● cultivate relationships with farmers, vendors, customers, partnering organizations, and community leaders

● develop educational materials, programs, or opportunities that support a sustainable local food system

● maintain a professional and presentable appearance that represents The Cooperage Project, as well as the farmers and food businesses with whom we partner and collaborate

● drive mobile market to scheduled sites: 1-2 markets per week
● set up and operate each market:

• assure produce is top quality, attractively displayed; replenished, rotated, culled as needed
• fill displays using accepted rotation practices to ensure freshness and abundance
• ensure proper shelf tags and sale signs are on shelves and displays
• ensure the POS system is prepared and operational
• assist customers with produce questions and special orders
• offer samples and suggestions, when appropriate, in a friendly, courteous manner
• accurately administer cash, credit, EBT, NEAR Cash, etc. sales transactions to customers using a custom POS application and compete end-of-day financial report and enter report into database
• coordinate leftover produce sales

Desired Qualifications:

● experience in retail (produce department, farmers market, or similar environment a plus)
● exceptional interpersonal, retail, and customer service skills
● experience using, or ability to learn the following quickly: an iPad, the Square app and other

POS systems, basic accounting, and data tracking in Google Sheets and Excel
● personally and professionally interested and excited about community health, local food systems, and local agriculture
● familiar with a large variety of fruits and vegetables as well as cooking and preparing options
● comfortable communicating through email and text, as well as verbal
● ability to multitask, work independently, and thrive in fast-paced, physically demanding work environments; able to maintain a high-energy and a friendly attitude
● ability to enthusiastically engage with shoppers and stakeholders of all ages, race, gender identities, sexual orientations, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds, political affiliations, documentation status, and abilities

● knowledge of, or a desire to learn about local community food system development
● demonstrate a can-do attitude and problem-solving skills; able to respond to challenges quickly, efficiently, and appropriately
● familiarity with social media and marketing
● food safety certification; or willingness to obtain the certification
● ability to work with a team to develop additional programs around product availability

Compensation and Conditions of Employment:

● This position is full-time (40 hours), salaried, and nonexempt
● Salary range: $35,000-$38,500 commensurate with experience
● PTO package: paid vacation and paid holidays
● Applicant must have valid PA drivers license, clean driving record, be able to pass a background check and drug test, and obtain necessary clearances
● Reliable transportation to and from work/office is required

Deadline to Apply – Friday, February 17, 2023
Approximate Start Date - Monday, March 13, 2023

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $35,000.00 - $38,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Experience level:

• No experience needed

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location: One location

Please Note :
caminobluff.com is the go-to platform for job seekers looking for the best job postings from around the web. With a focus on quality, the platform guarantees that all job postings are from reliable sources and are up-to-date. It also offers a variety of tools to help users find the perfect job for them, such as searching by location and filtering by industry. Furthermore, caminobluff.com provides helpful resources like resume tips and career advice to give job seekers an edge in their search. With its commitment to quality and user-friendliness, Site.com is the ideal place to find your next job.