Produce Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Tunkhannock, PA

12d

About The Position

The Produce Sales Associate keeps the produce department stocked, attractive, clean, and in good working order while providing polite, professional customer service. The role includes unpacking, preparing, pricing, rotating, and displaying produce; maintaining salad bar and cut fruit or vegetables as needed; completing product logs; and handling damaged or spoiled merchandise according to company policy. The associate follows sanitation, cleaning, health, and OSHA requirements, helps minimize shrink and control damages, and reports shortages or overages to a manager. When properly trained, the associate may help receive and store deliveries using a power jack or hand jack, bale cardboard, or assist in other departments. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The associate must be able to perform the essential duties with or without an accommodation.

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 an accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keep the produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands.
Greet customers, answer questions, handle special requests such as fruit-basket orders, and promptly resolve customer concerns in a polite and professional manner.
Unpack cartons and crates, clean and trim produce, and stock new merchandise.
Rotate stock to maintain freshness and ensure merchandise is in saleable condition.
Ensure products are correctly priced and have appropriate signage.
Maintain the salad bar and cut fruit or vegetables as needed.
Help build attractive displays and accurately complete required product logs.
Handle spoiled, damaged, new, and discontinued products according to company policy.
Maintain department sanitation; follow cleaning schedules and guidelines so work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases are clean and meet health and OSHA requirements.
Dispose of trash properly and help minimize shrink and control damages.
Report shortages and overages to a manager.
When properly trained, assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack.
When properly trained, assist with baling cardboard or related duties.
Support smooth department and store operations by cooperating with coworkers and superiors.
Continuously improve job performance.
Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
Assist in other departments when called upon.