Produce Sales Associate
About The Position
We are looking for a Produce Associate who is passionate about teamwork and the growth of our associates and communities. This role is responsible for keeping the produce department well-stocked and appealing to meet customer demands. The associate will greet and assist customers, handle special requests, and resolve concerns promptly. Key duties include unpacking merchandise, cleaning and trimming produce, stocking shelves, ensuring product freshness through stock rotation, and maintaining proper pricing and signage. The role also involves maintaining the salad bar and cut fruit/vegetable sections, assisting with display creation, completing product logs, and managing damaged or spoiled product according to company policy. Sanitation is a critical aspect, requiring adherence to cleaning schedules and guidelines to ensure work areas, equipment, and display cases meet health and OSHA requirements. The associate will also be responsible for proper trash disposal, minimizing shrink and controlling damages, and reporting any shortages or overages to the manager. Additional duties may include assisting with receiving and storing deliveries, operating power or hand jacks (training provided), and baling cardboard (training provided). Cooperation with co-workers and superiors is essential for the smooth function of the department and store, with a focus on continuous improvement of job performance and utilization of company-provided Personal Protective 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 and critical illness
- Associate discount - 10% Weis brands
- auto and home insurance
- employee assistance program with mental health support and wellness
- pet insurance
- purchasing power
- paid time off and sick pay provided the eligibility and criteria specific to the position is met
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employer match is 50% on the first 6% of employee contributions
- Employer contributions are 100% vested after three consecutive years of service and completing 1,000 hours each year.
- Weis scholarship program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
