Outdoor Farmers Market Staff Leader / Driver

Chicago IL

Description

Mushroom farm is looking for friendly, outgoing staff with experience at farmers markets, trade shows, or other events, to join our farmers market team for the 2022 outdoor market season. You will be representing a well-known mushroom farm that has a booth at over 15 farmers markets per week and a long history serving the Chicagoland area with quality food. We are looking for Market Leaders / Drivers - You'll be responsible for running a farmers market solo or leading a larger market with additional salespeople on your team. Your job will start and end at our Chicago warehouse. You'll be responsible for loading/unloading the vehicle, driving to/from market, setting up and breaking down the market, running the market operations, and handling the cash and inventory reporting. Must have a clean driving record / ability to lift up to 50 lbs. We have part-time (1-2 markets per week) and full-time opportunities (3-4 markets per week). You might be a good fit for our team if you: - Love working outdoors. - Love interacting with people and thrive in a sales role. - Excellent face-to-face customer service and communication skills. - Are passionate about food; especially local and organic. - Able to learn and explain the unique aspects of our products and farm. - Are a reliable self-starter and honor your commitments. - Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision. - Listening to customers and reporting feedback to management. - Ensuring adherence to standards and food & health safety regulations at each market. - Effectively monitoring and managing inventory. We'd love to hear from you. Please send us a note on why you might want to work with us, your RESUME and references, your cell phone number and email address. Thank you.