Shone Farm (Forestville) Seeks Sales and Distribution Assistant

Shone Farm Sales and Distribution Assistant


OVERALL: In consultation with the Farm Manager and Marketing Coordinator, handle the day-to-day activities in support of Shone Farm’s CSA, farmers markets, restaurants, and retail sales activities. Must be able to lift 50 lbs.


SPECIFIC DUTIES:


CSA

• Manage day-to-day member recruitment and correspondence
• Receive membership forms; enter member data in Excel and Quickbooks
• Coordinate with Field Hort Tech and Culinary Dept. to determine box contents each week
• Perform quality control
• Order and pick up add-ons (bakery item, eggs)
• Deliver CSA boxes to various campus outlets
• Write and distribute weekly newsletter

FARMSTAND/FARMERS MARKETS

• Manage all display materials, set up and sales at SRJC and SSU campus farm stand and community farmers market
• Supervise student workers and SusAg student volunteers 
• Coordinate with Field Hort Tech and Culinary Dept. to have top quality and quantity of product to sell
• Prepare load lists, load van, pick up and deliver product
• Reconcile cashbox, enter data in Excel and Quickbooks
• Reconcile records with Accounting
• Issue monthly sales reports to Farm Manager

RESTAURANTS/RETAIL

• Meet weekly with Hort Tech and Farm Manager to determine type and quantity of produce available for the week
• Send out weekly sales order form
• Receive orders; make followup sales calls
• Enter orders into Quickbooks; prepare harvest request list
• Prepare load lists, load van, pick up and deliver product

ABILITY TO:

• Ability to clearly communicate through email, phone and direct contact with customers
• Create sales receipts and track all orders
• Perform mathematical calculations accurately
• Interface with Marketing Coordinator, Hort Tech I and Farm Manager
• Work independently with a minimum of supervision
• Maintain effective working relationships; demonstrate sensitivity to, and respect for, a
• diverse population.
• Lift 50 lbs.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Knowledge of produce desirable
• Knowledge of QuickBooks desirable
• Modern office methods and practices
• Bookkeeping and fiscal management; proper English usage, spelling, vocabulary, and grammar; current office equipment, technology and standard computer software such as Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and internet navigation and QuickBooks

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:


Education: High School Diploma or GED


Experience: A minimum of two years of increasingly responsible sales and customer support and office procedures


COMPENSATION: $15.00 per hour.


This is a 60% position to include Mondays and Thursdays, plus one other day to be determined.


PLEASE SEND A COVER LETTER AND RESUME NO LATER THAN MAY 31 VIA
EMAIL TO: dwalton2@santarosa.edu. Interviews will begin the week of May 21.