Deli Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Berwick, PA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Deli Sales Associate at WEIS is responsible for maintaining well-stocked and appealing deli service areas to meet customer demands. This role involves providing excellent customer service by greeting customers, answering questions, and resolving concerns promptly and professionally. Key duties include ensuring the freshness, proper pricing, and correct signage of merchandise, rotating products, and handling spoiled or damaged items according to company procedures. The associate will operate slicing equipment for meats and cheeses, package items with accurate price, weight, and date labels, and prepare ready-to-eat foods to customer specifications, including platters of sliced meats, cheeses, and vegetable trays. Adherence to company recipes and safety policies for food preparation (e.g., chicken, pizza, sandwiches, salads) is essential. The position may also involve operating a cash register, following proper money handling procedures, and adhering to laws regarding tobacco and alcohol sales. General sanitation of the department, following cleaning schedules, and ensuring work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases meet health and OSHA requirements are critical. The associate assists in inventory control, minimizes losses through proper product handling and refrigeration, and may assist with baling cardboard or receiving/storing deliveries using power or hand jacks, with training provided. Cooperation with co-workers and superiors to ensure smooth department and store function, continuous job performance improvement, and utilization of company-provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE) are also expected. The position currently has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Completed or working towards a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
No prior experience required.
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without an accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keeps Deli service areas well stocked and appealing at all times to meet customer demands.
Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions and helps resolve customer concerns promptly in a polite and professional manner.
Ensures freshness and condition of merchandise in display cases along with proper prices and correct signs.
Properly rotates product.
Handles spoiled or damaged products or products close to expiration according to company procedures and standards.
Operates slicing equipment to provide meats and cheeses based on customer preferences.
Packages items and applies sticker showing price, weight, and date.
Prepares ready-to-eat foods to individual order of customers.
Prepares platters of sliced meats, cheeses and vegetable trays.
Requires safe use of knives/kitchen utensils.
Adheres to company recipes and safety policies when preparing food such as chicken, pizza, sandwiches, salads and other various hot or cold food items.
May operate and be responsible for cash register operations.
Follows policies and procedures to ensure proper money handling to avoid cash overages or shortages.
Adheres to company and state laws related to tobacco and alcohol sales.
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.
Assists in inventory control through time and temperature practices.
Minimizes losses by returning products to refrigeration, properly handling products, keeping necessary logs and following company recipes.
May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained.
May assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries through operation of a power jack or hand jack (if properly trained – training provided).
Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors.
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.