Seafood 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 seafood area well stocked and appealing to meet customer requirements, greeting customers, making suggestions, providing information on seafood preparation, taking orders for future delivery, and helping fill special requests. The associate will also help resolve customer concerns, set up displays, rotate product, ensure seafood is fresh and properly priced, and handle spoiled or damaged product according to company procedures. Maintaining necessary logs, adhering to food and personal safety codes, and ensuring general sanitation of the department are also key responsibilities. This includes following cleaning schedules and guidelines for work areas, equipment, and display cases to meet health and OSHA requirements. The role may also involve assisting with inventory control, minimizing losses, reporting shortages or overages, and potentially assisting with receiving, unloading, and storing deliveries. Training is provided for operating power or hand jacks, baling cardboard, and other related duties. Cooperation with co-workers and superiors is expected to ensure the smooth function of the department and store. Continuous improvement of job performance and utilization of company-provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are required. Associates 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 seafood area well stocked and appealing to meet customer requirements.
- Smiles and greets customers, makes suggestions and provides information on seafood preparation.
- Takes orders for future delivery and helps fill special requests.
- Helps resolve customer concerns in a prompt and courteous manner.
- Sets up displays and rotates product as needed.
- Ensures that seafood is fresh, in saleable condition with proper prices and signage.
- Handles product that is spoiled, damaged or close to expiration as detailed by company procedures and standards.
- Removes product that is not saleable to ensure quality.
- Weighs and wraps merchandise for customers and applies sticker showing price and weight.
- Maintains necessary logs to track freshness and quality.
- Adheres to all food and personal safety codes when handling product or utilizing kitchen tools.
- Responsible for general sanitation of 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.
- Helps manager control inventory through proper ordering.
- Helps minimize losses by returning products to refrigeration.
- Reports shortages or overages to manager.
- May assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries through operation of a 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
- 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
