Deli Sales Associate
About The Position
The Deli Sales Associate keeps deli service areas stocked and appealing, assists customers, and maintains freshness, pricing, and presentation of merchandise. The associate slices and packages meats and cheeses, prepares ready-to-eat foods and platters, and follows company recipes and food-safety policies. Duties may also include operating a cash register, sanitation and inventory-control tasks, helping with deliveries or cardboard baling when trained, and assisting other departments. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. Weis Markets states that the hourly rate starts at $13.77 and goes up to $20.00.
Requirements
- Completed or working toward 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
- Keep deli service areas well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands.
- Greet customers, answer questions, and address concerns promptly and professionally.
- Maintain freshness and condition of merchandise in display cases, ensure accurate prices and signs, rotate products, and 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 apply labels showing price, weight, and date.
- Prepare ready-to-eat foods to customer orders and prepare platters of sliced meats, cheeses, and vegetable trays.
- Use knives and kitchen utensils safely.
- Follow company recipes and safety policies when preparing foods such as chicken, pizza, sandwiches, salads, and other hot or cold items.
- Operate the cash register as needed and follow money-handling procedures to avoid cash overages or shortages.
- Follow company and state laws related to tobacco and alcohol sales.
- Maintain department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and guidelines, keeping work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases clean and maintained, meeting health and OSHA requirements, and disposing of trash properly.
- Assist with inventory control through time and temperature practices, proper product handling and refrigeration, maintaining required logs, and following company recipes.
- Assist with baling cardboard or related duties when properly trained.
- Assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack when properly trained.
- Cooperate with co-workers and superiors to ensure smooth department and store operations, and continuously improve job performance.
- Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
- Assist in other departments as needed.
Benefits
- Minimum essential coverage (MEC) plan with 100% in-network coverage for preventative care services required by the Affordable Care Act.
- Supplemental medical plan options (Advantage and Elite).
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Short-term disability coverage.
- Term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
- Voluntary hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- Scholarship program.
- Associate discount programs.
- Auto and home insurance.
- Employee assistance program.
- Pet insurance.
- Purchasing power.
- Paid time off and sick pay, subject to eligibility and position-specific criteria.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
