Produce Sales Associate
About The Position
Looking for a company that treats associates with respect, understanding, and appreciation? Looking for a company that is passionate about teamwork and the growth of it's associates and communities? That's WEIS! This position is responsible for keeping the produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands. The associate will smile and greet customers, answer customer questions, handle special requests, and resolve customer concerns promptly. Responsibilities include unpacking merchandise, cleaning and trimming produce, stocking new merchandise, ensuring merchandise is in saleable condition by rotating stock for freshness, and ensuring products have correct pricing and signage. The role also involves maintaining the salad bar and cut fruit/vegetable as needed, assisting in building attractive displays, completing product logs, and handling spoiled/damaged/new/discontinued items according to company policy. General sanitation in the department is crucial, following cleaning schedules and guidelines to ensure work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases are well-maintained, clean, and meet health and OSHA requirements. The associate will also dispose of trash properly, assist in minimizing shrink and controlling damages, and report shortages and overages to the manager. Additional duties may include receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries, and baling cardboard if properly trained. The associate is responsible for the smooth function of the department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors, continuously improving job performance, and utilizing all company-provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE). The associate may also be called upon to assist in other departments.
Requirements
- Completed or working towards a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
- No prior experience required.
Responsibilities
- Keeps produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands.
- Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions, handles special requests such as filling orders for fruit baskets and resolves customer concerns promptly in a polite and professional manner.
- Unpacks cartons and crates of merchandise, cleans and trims produce, stocks area with new merchandise.
- Ensures merchandise is in saleable condition which requires rotating stock to ensure freshness.
- Ensures that product has been properly priced with correct signage.
- Maintains salad bar and cut fruit/vegetable as needed.
- Assists in building attractive displays.
- Accurately completes necessary product logs.
- Handles spoiled and damaged product, new items and discontinued items accordingly to company policy.
- 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 minimizing shrink and controlling damages.
- Reports shortages and overages to manager.
- May assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries through operation of power jack or hand jack if properly trained.
- May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained.
- 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.
Benefits
- minimum essential coverage (MEC) Plan includes 100% in-network coverage for all preventative care services required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- two supplemental medical plan options, the Advantage and Elite plans
- dental
- vision
- short term disability
- term life and AD&D
- voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, critical illness
- 401(k) retirement savings plans
- scholarship program
- associate discount programs
- auto and home insurance
- employee assistance program
- pet insurance
- purchasing power
- paid time off and sick pay provided the eligibility and criteria specific to the position is met.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
