Grocery Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Huntingdon, PA

About The Position

The Grocery Sales Associate keeps the Grocery department stocked, organized, and appealing to meet customer demand and maximize sales. The role includes building displays, stocking and rotating merchandise, maintaining product accessibility, and organizing excess merchandise in the backroom. The associate provides polite, professional customer service and helps address customer questions and concerns. The associate uses proper stocking techniques, ensures products are correctly located and saleable with accurate prices and signs, and may help receive and process deliveries using a power jack or hand jack after training. The role also involves handling damaged or discontinued goods, maintaining sanitation and clean work areas, following health and OSHA requirements, controlling shrink, meeting productivity standards, and following security policies. Additional duties may include baling cardboard or assisting other departments. The associate cooperates with coworkers and supervisors, works to improve job performance, and uses company-provided personal protective equipment. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

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 the Grocery department stocked, organized, and appealing, and build displays to support incremental sales.
Stock and rotate merchandise to ensure freshness, keep products accessible to customers, and store excess merchandise according to backroom guidelines.
Greet customers, answer questions, and promptly and professionally help resolve concerns.
Use proper stocking techniques and ensure products are correctly located, saleable, and displayed with correct prices and signs.
May assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack after receiving proper training.
Handle damaged or discontinued items according to company policy and remove unsaleable products.
Maintain department sanitation and follow cleaning schedules and guidelines for work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases; dispose of trash properly.
Meet productivity and work-method standards, control shrink, comply with security policies, and stock at the rate established by company standards.
May assist with baling cardboard or related duties after receiving proper training.
Cooperate with coworkers and supervisors to support smooth department and store operations, and continuously improve job performance.
Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including items such as cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
May assist in other departments.