Seafood Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Dover, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Seafood Sales Associate keeps the seafood area stocked, attractive, fresh, and properly priced while providing courteous customer service. The associate helps customers with seafood selections and preparation information, takes future-delivery orders, handles special requests, and helps resolve concerns. The role also includes setting displays, rotating and handling product according to company procedures, weighing and wrapping purchases, and maintaining freshness and quality logs. The associate follows food-safety, personal-safety, sanitation, cleaning, and health requirements; maintains department work areas and equipment; disposes of trash; and helps control inventory and reduce losses. When properly trained, the associate may assist with deliveries using a power jack or hand jack and with baling cardboard. The associate cooperates with colleagues and supervisors, continually works to improve performance, uses required company-provided PPE, and may be asked to assist in other departments. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Completed or currently pursuing a high school diploma or GED.
No prior experience required.
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without an accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keep the seafood area stocked and appealing to customers.
Greet customers, suggest products, and provide information on seafood preparation.
Take orders for future delivery, fulfill special requests, and help resolve customer concerns promptly and courteously.
Set up displays and rotate products as needed.
Ensure seafood is fresh, saleable, and accompanied by accurate prices and signage; handle or remove spoiled, damaged, near-expiration, or otherwise unsaleable product according to company procedures.
Weigh and wrap merchandise and apply labels showing price and weight.
Maintain logs tracking product freshness and quality.
Follow food and personal safety codes when handling products and using kitchen tools.
Maintain department sanitation, follow cleaning schedules and guidelines, and keep work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases clean and compliant with health and OSHA requirements.
Dispose of trash properly.
Help the manager control inventory through proper ordering, minimize losses by returning products to refrigeration, and report shortages or overages.
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.
Cooperate with coworkers and superiors to support smooth department and store operations.
Continuously improve job performance and use company-provided PPE, including cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
Assist in other departments when called upon.