Seafood Sales Associate
About The Position
The Seafood Sales Associate stocks and maintains an appealing seafood area, assists customers with selections and preparation information, and handles orders and special requests. The associate ensures products are fresh, properly priced and displayed, tracks quality, and removes items that are no longer saleable. The role also includes weighing and wrapping merchandise, maintaining department sanitation and safety, supporting inventory control and deliveries when trained, and cooperating with coworkers to keep the department and store operating smoothly. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. Applicants should have completed or be working toward a high school diploma or GED; no prior experience is required.
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 seafood area stocked and appealing to meet customer requirements.
- Greet customers, make suggestions, and provide information about seafood preparation.
- Take orders for future delivery and help fill special requests.
- Help resolve customer concerns promptly and courteously.
- Set up displays and rotate products as needed.
- Ensure seafood is fresh, saleable, properly priced, and accompanied by appropriate signage.
- Handle spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration products according to company procedures; remove unsaleable products.
- 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 or 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 and minimize losses by returning products to refrigeration.
- Report shortages or 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 smooth department and store operations.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
