Meat Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Mount Pocono, PA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Sales Associate helps keep the meat department stocked, attractive, clean, and operating smoothly. The associate assists customers by answering questions about meat cuts and preparation, making suggestions, taking orders, filling special requests, and addressing concerns courteously. The role also involves setting up displays, rotating and checking products, maintaining freshness and quality records, and removing products that are not saleable. The associate may grind and cut certain meats and poultry, and weigh and wrap products at customers’ request. They follow food, personal safety, sanitation, and department procedures while using equipment and tools, and are responsible for maintaining clean work areas and disposing of waste properly. Other duties may include assisting with deliveries or cardboard baling when trained, reporting shortages or overages, helping in other departments, and cooperating with coworkers and supervisors. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Completed or working toward a high school diploma or GED.
No prior experience required.
Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keep meat department cases stocked and appealing to customer demand.
Greet customers, make suggestions, answer questions about cuts and preparation, take future-delivery orders, fill special requests, and help resolve customer concerns.
Set up displays and rotate products as needed.
Ensure meat is fresh, saleable, correctly priced, and properly signed; handle spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration products according to company procedures and remove unsaleable products.
May grind and cut certain meats and poultry.
Weigh and wrap merchandise at customer request and apply stickers with the correct price and weight.
Maintain logs tracking freshness and quality.
Follow food and personal safety codes when handling products or using kitchen tools; use company-provided personal protective equipment.
Maintain department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and guidelines, keeping work areas and equipment clean and compliant with health and OSHA requirements, disposing of trash, and emptying bone cans.
Help minimize shrink and control damages; report shortages or overages to the manager.
May assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack after proper training.
May assist with baling cardboard or related duties after proper training.
Help ensure smooth department and store operations by cooperating with coworkers and superiors and continuously improving job performance.
May assist in other departments.