Deli Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Newville, PA

About The Position

The Deli Sales Associate keeps deli service areas stocked and attractive, provides courteous customer service, and maintains merchandise freshness, pricing, signs, and product rotation. The associate operates slicing equipment and uses knives and kitchen utensils to prepare and package meats, cheeses, ready-to-eat foods, platters, and other customer orders. Food preparation must follow company recipes and safety policies. The role may include operating a cash register, following money-handling procedures, and complying with laws governing tobacco and alcohol sales. The associate maintains department sanitation and health and OSHA standards, supports inventory control through time and temperature practices, and may assist with deliveries, cardboard baling, or work in other departments when trained. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Completed or working toward a high school diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
No prior experience required.
Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without an accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keep deli service areas well stocked and appealing to meet customer demand.
Greet customers, answer questions, and promptly and professionally help resolve concerns.
Maintain merchandise freshness and condition, correct pricing and signs, and proper product rotation; handle spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration products according to company procedures.
Operate slicing equipment to prepare meats and cheeses to customer preferences; package items and label them with price, weight, and date.
Prepare ready-to-eat foods to customer order and prepare platters of sliced meats, cheeses, and vegetable trays.
Use knives and kitchen utensils safely.
Follow company recipes and safety policies when preparing chicken, pizza, sandwiches, salads, and other hot or cold foods.
Operate a cash register when needed and follow money-handling procedures to avoid overages or shortages.
Follow company and state laws related to tobacco and alcohol sales.
Maintain department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and guidelines; keep work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases clean and maintained in accordance with health and OSHA requirements.
Dispose of trash properly.
Assist with inventory control through time and temperature practices, returning products to refrigeration, proper product handling, maintaining necessary logs, and following company recipes.
Assist with baling cardboard or related duties if properly trained.
Assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack if properly trained.
Cooperate with co-workers and superiors to support the smooth operation of the department and store.
Continuously improve job performance.
Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
Assist in other departments when called upon.