Produce Sales Associate

Weis Markets • Fredericksburg, VA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Produce Sales Associate keeps the produce department stocked, appealing, clean, and organized while providing courteous customer service. The role includes unpacking and preparing produce, rotating stock to maintain freshness, pricing products, maintaining the salad bar and cut produce, building displays, completing product logs, and handling spoiled, damaged, new, or discontinued products according to company policy. The associate follows sanitation and safety requirements, helps manage shrink and damages, and may assist with deliveries, cardboard baling, or work in other departments when properly trained or asked. No prior experience is required; the associate must perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with or without accommodation.

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.

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 resolve concerns politely and professionally.
• Unpack merchandise, clean and trim produce, and stock the department.
• Rotate stock to ensure freshness and keep merchandise in saleable condition.
• Ensure products are correctly priced and have accurate signage.
• Maintain the salad bar and cut fruit and vegetables as needed.
• Assist in building attractive displays and accurately complete product logs.
• Handle spoiled, damaged, new, and discontinued products according to company policy.
• Maintain department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and guidelines, keeping work areas and equipment clean, disposing of trash properly, and meeting health and OSHA requirements.
• Help minimize shrink and control damages, and report shortages and overages to the manager.
• 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 when properly trained.
• Cooperate with coworkers and superiors to support the department and store, and 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.

Benefits

• Minimum essential coverage (MEC) plan with 100% in-network coverage for preventive care services required by the Affordable Care Act.
• Two supplemental medical plan options: Advantage and Elite.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Short-term disability coverage.
• Term life and AD&D insurance.
• Voluntary insurance options, including hospital indemnity and critical illness coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Scholarship program.
• Associate discount programs.
• Auto and home insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Pet insurance.
• Purchasing power program.
• Paid time off and sick pay, subject to position-specific eligibility and criteria.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED