Profile
Produce supervisor with six years at a busy farm shop, the last two running the fruit and veg floor and a team of four. Knows produce from delivery to display: checking quality, rotating stock and cutting waste. Used to 4am starts. Looking for a fruit and veg team leader post in a large supermarket.
Experience
Produce Supervisor | Lomond Fresh Farm Shop, Kirkcaldy | May 2024–present
Run the fruit and veg floor and a team of four from the 4am delivery to close, four days a week.
Check every delivery for quality and temperature, and return anything below standard.
Cut produce waste from about 9% of sales to 6% in a year by ordering from weekly sales figures and marking down earlier in the day.
Coach new starters on rotation, date codes and displays, with a short huddle at the start of every shift.
Plan the weekly rota and the team’s tasks around deliveries and the busiest trading hours.
Added a locally grown range after regular customer requests; it now makes up about a tenth of produce sales.
Produce Assistant | Lomond Fresh Farm Shop, Kirkcaldy | March 2020–April 2024
Unloaded deliveries, built displays and served at the counter, weighing and pricing loose produce.
Qualifications
SVQ Level 2 in Retail Skills (2022)
REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene (2021)
National 5s including English and Mathematics (2019)
Skills
Fresh produce quality, rotation and storage
Ordering from sales figures
Coaching and shift huddles
Rotas and task planning
Food hygiene and safety checks
Availability
Early starts from 4am and late finishes to 9pm, four days in seven.
