Dairy Sales Associate

Weis Markets • Callaway, MD

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The associate is responsible for keeping the dairy department well stocked and appealing at all times to meet customer demands, while achieving efficiency and productivity standards. This includes smiling and greeting customers, answering customer questions, and helping resolve customer concerns promptly, in a polite and professional manner. The role also involves ensuring dairy product is fresh and saleable by following rotation standards and ensuring correct pricing with proper tags or signage. Handling spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration merchandise according to company procedures, and maintaining the condition of the sales floor, cooler, and backroom are key responsibilities. General sanitation in the department, following cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases are well maintained, clean, and meet health and OSHA requirements, is also crucial. The associate may assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries, reviewing orders to manage inventory levels, and minimizing losses by following time and temperature guidelines. Reporting damages and/or discrepancies to the Dairy Leader or store management is required. Additionally, the associate may assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if over 18 and properly trained. Cooperation with co-workers and supervisors is essential for the smooth function of the department and store, and continuous improvement of job performance is expected. The associate is responsible for the utilization of all company-provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE), including cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear. Assistance in other departments may also be required.

Requirements

• Completed or working towards a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Keeps the dairy department well stocked and appealing at all times to meet customer demands, while achieving efficiency and productivity standards.
• Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions and helps resolve customer concerns promptly, in a polite and professional manner.
• Ensures that dairy product is fresh and saleable by following rotation standards.
• Ensures that product is correctly priced with proper tags or signage.
• Handles spoiled and damaged merchandise, or merchandise that may be getting close to expiration according to company procedures and standards.
• Maintains condition of the sales floor, cooler and backroom.
• Responsible for general sanitation in the department.
• Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements.
• Disposes of trash properly.
• May assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries through operation of power jack or hand jack (if properly trained –training provided).
• Helps review orders to manage inventory levels.
• Minimizes losses by following time and temperature guidelines.
• Reports damages and/or discrepancies to the Dairy Leader or store management.
• May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if over 18 years of age and properly trained.
• Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and supervisors.
• Responsible to continuously improve job performance.
• Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE).
• May also be called upon to assist in other departments.

Benefits

• minimum essential coverage (MEC) Plan includes 100% in-network coverage for all preventative care services required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• two supplemental medical plan options, the Advantage and Elite plans
• dental
• vision
• short term disability
• term life and AD&D
• voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, critical illness
• 401(k) retirement savings plans
• scholarship program
• associate discount programs
• auto and home insurance
• employee assistance program
• pet insurance
• purchasing power
• paid time off and sick pay provided the eligibility and criteria specific to the position is met.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED