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Calling All Fruit Fans!

The FruitGuys is America’s premier provider of farm-fresh fruit to businesses nationwide. We pioneered the fruit-at-work concept in San Francisco in 1998 to help companies provide healthy options to employees. Today, The FruitGuys has regional locations across the U.S., local networks of small and family-run farms, hunger-assistance groups distributing our produce donations, and above all, a commitment to our customers’ 100% satisfaction. We provide a fun, respectful workplace and encourage you to have a life outside of work because happy and healthy employees are the best employees!
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Assistant Buyer (South San Francisco, CA)

The FruitGuys is America’s premier provider of farm-fresh fruit to businesses nationwide. The FruitGuys pioneered the “fruit at work” concept in San Francisco in 1998 to help companies provide healthy options to employees during their workday. Today, The FruitGuys has regional locations across the U.S. (each with next-day delivery of fruit in environmentally friendly crates), local networks of small family farms, hunger-assistance groups distributing our produce donations, and above all, a commitment to our customers’ 100% satisfaction.

Position Summary: The Assistant Buyer will support the San Francisco operation through the active coordination of purchasing efforts in the region. This position will problem solve daily issues and work with the buyer to source the highest quality, most interesting fruit available. The Assistant Buyer stays in constant communication with their Operations Team to ensure that the purchasing department runs efficiently and meets all assigned goals. This position is responsible for overseeing department food safety, banana purchasing, and ensuring that all invoices are entered accurately, on time, and processed in a consistent manner.

As the Assistant Buyer:

  • You will be responsible for sourcing weekly fruit mixes, purchasing fruit, creating purchase orders, submitting invoices and tracking inventory on a daily basis.
  • You are a key part of the Operations team, ensuring that the buying process is well planned, well communicated and operating without disruption.
  • You own the facility banana buying plan, working with vendors and receiving to ensure that we have the perfect color banana for every customer!
  • Your sense of urgency, creativity and organization skills will keep the department on budget, punctual, and food safety compliant.

About you and your experience:

  • You have 2+ years experience working with perishable products; ideally in purchasing, logistics or retail.
  • You enjoy crunching numbers, analyzing invoices and creating pivot tables.
  • You are self-motivated, organized, and have outstanding time management skills.
  • You are calm under pressure, quickly adapt to unexpected tasks or challenges and are flexible to the changing business needs.
  • You are curious, work with a sense of urgency and are customer satisfaction focused.
  • Bilingual in Spanish and English language is preferred.

About your team:

  • You will join a hard-working team of fruit lovers who pride themselves on consistently providing the freshest, tastiest, and best quality fruit to our customers.
  • Your work environment is respectful and full of passionate, talented people.
  • We give you the opportunity to express your ideas and effect real change in the business.
  • We feed you with free, fresh produce weekly.

Pay and Benefits: DOE, this is a full time, exempt position. Health, dental, and vision benefits, paid holidays, paid time-off and 401K plan are provided. We are an EEO employer.

How to Apply: We look forward to hearing from you! If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a resume with the subject line “Assistant Buyer” to venita@fruitguys.com.

Box Machine Coordinator (South San Francisco, CA)

Position: Box Machine Coordinator (South San Francisco, CA)

As the Box Machine Coordinator:

  • You are a key part of the Operations team, ensuring that the box assembly process is well planned and operating without disruption.
  • Your steady focus, inventiveness and ability to think ahead will support the entire operation and keep things running smoothly and efficiently.
  • Your organization skills and attention to detail will be highly valuable as you assemble and inventory box making supplies.
  • You will help keep the facility running smoothly by supporting the Facilities Manager in helping with various odd jobs around the warehouse.

What you will bring to The FruitGuys:

  • You have 1 to 2 years machine operating, mechanical repair or construction experience.
  • You are self-motivated, organized, and have outstanding time management skills.
  • You are curious and enjoy understanding how things work.
  • You enjoy working independently and work at a steady pace while performing repetitive tasks.
  • You have a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
  • You take safety seriously and like being active at work.
  • You are comfortable working with computers and learning new software applications.
  • You are calm under pressure, quickly adapt to unexpected tasks or challenges and are flexible to the changing business needs.
  • Bilingual in Spanish and English language is preferred.

About your team:

  • You will join a hard-working team of fruit lovers who pride themselves on consistently providing the freshest, tastiest, and best quality fruit to our customers.
  • Your work environment is respectful and full of passionate, talented people.
  • We give you the opportunity to express your ideas and effect real change in the business.
  • We feed you with free, fresh produce weekly.

Pay and Benefits: Pay rate $18.00 to start. Health, dental, and vision benefits, paid holidays, paid time-off and 401K plan are provided. We are an EEO employer.

How to Apply: We look forward to hearing from you! If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a resume with the subject line “Box Machine Coordinator” to venita@fruitguys.com.

Operations Specialist (Austin, Texas)

Position Summary: The Operations Specialist will support Texas Operations through the active coordination of production and delivery efforts in Austin. This position serves as the first point of communication for Austin Operations; problem solving daily issues, as well as working with the Texas Operations Manager to oversee and implement long term strategy with our Austin co-packer and couriers. The Operations Specialist stays in constant communication with the Texas Operations Manager, Texas Account Executive, Key Account Manager and Customer Service to ensure that day to day operations run smoothly out of Austin. This position is also responsible for building relationships with local clients and supporting the Regional Business Plan Team to develop The FruitGuys presence in the Austin market.

As the Operations Specialist :

  • You are a key part of the Operations team, ensuring that the process is well planned and operating without disruption.
  • Your steady focus, inventiveness and ability to think ahead will support the entire operation and keep things running smoothly and efficiently.
  • Your organization skills and attention to detail will be highly valuable as you assemble and inventory box making supplies.
  • You will help keep the facility running smoothly by supporting the Facilities Manager in helping with various odd jobs around the warehouse.

About you and your experience:

  • You have 3+ years of operations, sales or customer service coordination experience.
  • You are self-motivated, organized, and have outstanding time management skills.
  • You are calm under pressure, quickly adapt to unexpected tasks or challenges and are flexible to the changing business needs.
  • You are curious, interested in people and customer satisfaction focused.
  • You are equally as comfortable working in the warehouse, as you are in presenting to customers.
  • You have a valid driver’s license in good standing and access to a vehicle from time to time.
  • Bilingual in Spanish and English language is preferred.

About your team:

  • You will join a hard-working team of fruit lovers who pride themselves on consistently providing the freshest, tastiest, and best quality fruit to our customers.
  • Your work environment is respectful and full of passionate, talented people.
  • We give you the opportunity to express your ideas and effect real change in the business.
  • We feed you with free, fresh produce weekly.

Pay and Benefits: DOE, this is a full time, exempt position. Health, dental, and vision benefits, paid holidays, paid time-off and 401K plan are provided. We are an EEO employer.

How to Apply: We look forward to hearing from you! If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a resume with the subject line “Texas Operations Specialist” to venita@fruitguys.com.

Customer Service Representative (South San Francisco, CA)

Position: Customer Service Representative (South San Francisco, CA)

Your purpose: As a Customer Service Representative at The FruitGuys you are at the forefront of ensuring our customers our wowed and delighted every time! You are committed to the customer’s complete satisfaction and do not hesitate to do whatever it takes to make sure the customer is entirely happy.

Your impact: You are an essential part of growing healthy companies through keeping our customers happy and coming back! Because of your commitment to keeping our customers happy, you keep our business thriving and growing.

About you: You bring your warm and energetic personality to work everyday and look forward to providing exceptional customer service in a fast paced and collaborative environment. You are perseverant and creative in your problem-solving. You gracefully toggle between phone calls, emails and chat, focusing and prioritizing with ease. You are energized by the variety of challenges that can occur in any given day

Your day to day could look like:

  • As part of the customer service team, you will answer all incoming phone calls and emails with a helpful, energetic, and upbeat attitude
  • Resolve customer issues or complaints via phone and email in a timely manner
  • Process new orders or changes to orders efficiently and accurately
  • Make outgoing phone calls to customers to confirm that they are happy with their service
  • Upsell customers
  • Collaborate with Customer Service Manager to monitor accounts that require special attention
  • Prepare pricing proposals for potential customers and follow up with sales leads
  • Capture sales leads and hand off to appropriate sales representative
  • Assist customers with basic billing questions
  • Respond to general customer inquiries

Qualifications:

  • Customer service/and/or retail experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and phone etiquette
  • Positive, upbeat and creative personality
  • Great attention to detail and strong follow through
  • Ability to juggle between multiple priorities
  • Motivated to take initiative and be proactive
  • Highly organized
  • Reliable & dependable
  • Possess strong commitment to teamwork
  • Willing to learn new technologies

Proficient in following computer programs

  • Computer savvy
  • Microsoft Office
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Google Docs

Schedule: 2 Week Training : Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Regular schedule: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

Pay and Benefits: $18 per hour. After a 90-day probationary period, health, dental, and vision benefits, paid holidays, paid time-off and 401K plan are provided. We are an EEO employer.

What we’ll do for you: Feed you with free, fresh produce weekly. Provide a fun, respectful work environment full of talented and diverse people. Give you the opportunity to express your ideas and effect real change in the business. And encourage you to have a life outside of work because happy and healthy employees are the best employees.

How to apply: We look forward to hearing from you. If you are interested in applying for this position, please use the “Apply Now” link below to email both a cover letter and resume to jobs@fruitguys.com with the subject line “Customer Service Representative” Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered; please tell us about yourself and why you are excited to join our team!

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Production Associate (South San Francisco, CA)

Position: Production Associate (South San Francisco, CA)

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Set-up, restock and breakdown produce on the production line
  • Accurately and efficiently pack orders according to customer requests and company goals
  • Maintain an organized and safe packing space during production, adhering to all warehouse and food safety standards
  • Fold cardboard shipping boxes and sort recycled boxes
  • Quality control inspection of fruit and snacks
  • Constant communication about quality, safety, and inventory across teams

About You:

  • Excited about providing an outstanding service to our customers
  • Detail-oriented, reliable, adaptable, and looking for continual improvement
  • Drawn to take personal initiative to assist coworkers and help the team succeed
  • Thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic warehouse environment
  • Ability to frequently lift 40 pounds; comfortable standing, bending, and lifting for up to 8 hours a day
  • Comfortable with computers

Schedule: Full-time (usually 32–40 hours per week), 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. Hours may fluctuate due to production volume and other operational needs.

Pay and Benefits: Pay starting at $16.00/hour (non-exempt), based on experience. Health, dental, and vision benefits, paid holidays, paid time-off, and 401K plan are provided. We are an EEO employer.

How to apply: We look forward to hearing from you. If you are interested in applying for this position, please use the “Apply Now” link below to email both a cover letter and resume to jobs@fruitguys.com with the subject line “Production Associate”. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered; please tell us about yourself and why you are excited to join our team! Apply Now

Client Delivery Specialist (Driver) (South San Francisco, CA)

Position: Client Delivery Specialist (Driver) (South San Francisco, CA)

Your Impact:

  • You grow healthy companies! Your work is important because everything you do represents The FruitGuys.
  • From meeting delivery times, to handling the products with extra care, to unpacking and presenting the fruit, your work reflects our commitment to an exceeding client’s expectations.

What you will bring to The FruitGuys:

  • You are self-motivated, organized, have outstanding time management skills
  • You “do whatever it takes” to make the customer happy and get the job done right.
  • You are calm under pressure, quickly adapt to unexpected tasks or challenges and are flexible to the changing delivery needs.
  • You have a meticulous attention to detail and enjoy working independently.
  • You are always friendly and respectful when interacting with others.
  • You have a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record and 1-2 years delivery experience.
  • You take safety seriously and you like being active at work, because you will routinely load your own truck, lifting up to 40 lbs.

About your team:

  • You will join a hard-working team of fruit lovers who pride themselves on consistently providing the freshest, tastiest, and best quality fruit to our customers.
  • Your work environment is respectful and full of passionate, talented people.
  • We give you the opportunity to express your ideas and affect real change in the business.
  • We feed you with free, fresh produce weekly.

Pay and Benefits: $18.00 to start. Health, dental, and vision benefits, paid holidays, paid time-off and 401K plan are provided. We are an EEO employer.

How to apply: We look forward to hearing from you. If you are interested in applying for this position, please use the “Apply Now” link below to email both a cover letter and resume to jobs@fruitguys.com with the subject line “SF Delivery Specialist”. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered; please tell us about yourself and why you are excited to join our team! Apply Now

The Benefits

  • Free, fresh produce weekly
  • Creative, collaborative teams
  • Fantastic work life balance
  • Competitive salary
  • Health benefits
  • Paid time off and 401K plan