Meat Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Bloomsburg, PA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Sales Associate supports the meat department by keeping cases stocked, attractive, fresh, and correctly priced while providing courteous customer service. The associate answers questions about meat cuts and preparation, takes future orders, handles special requests, and helps resolve customer concerns. The role also includes setting up displays, rotating and assessing products, and removing spoiled, damaged, expired, or otherwise unsaleable items in accordance with company procedures. The associate may grind and cut certain meats and poultry, weigh and wrap merchandise, apply price-and-weight labels, and maintain freshness and quality logs. The position requires following food and personal safety requirements, using provided personal protective equipment, and maintaining a clean and sanitary department in line with health and OSHA requirements. Other duties may include assisting with deliveries, operating a power jack or hand jack after training, baling cardboard after training, and helping in other departments. This role 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.
Use required personal protective equipment, including cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.

Responsibilities

Keep meat department cases stocked and appealing to meet customer demand.
Greet customers, make suggestions, answer questions about cuts and preparation, take future orders, help with special requests, and address customer concerns promptly and courteously.
Set up displays and rotate products as needed.
Ensure products are fresh, saleable, correctly priced, and properly signed; handle or remove unsaleable products according to company procedures.
May grind and cut certain meats and poultry.
Weigh and wrap merchandise, apply accurate price-and-weight labels, and maintain logs tracking freshness and quality.
Follow food and personal safety codes and use company-provided personal protective equipment.
Maintain department sanitation, follow cleaning schedules and guidelines, dispose of trash properly, and empty 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; may operate a power jack or hand jack after training.
May assist with baling cardboard or related duties after training.
Cooperate with coworkers and superiors to support smooth department and store operations, and continuously improve job performance.
May assist in other departments.