Seafood Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Mount Pocono, PA

About The Position

The Seafood Sales Associate maintains an appealing, well-stocked seafood area and provides courteous customer service, including suggestions and information about seafood preparation, taking future orders, and helping with special requests or concerns. The associate ensures products are fresh, properly priced and displayed, handles items that are spoiled, damaged, or near expiration according to company procedures, and removes unsaleable merchandise. The role includes weighing and wrapping products, maintaining freshness and quality logs, and supporting inventory control and loss prevention. The associate also maintains department sanitation and food and personal safety standards, follows cleaning schedules, and may assist with deliveries, cardboard baling, or work in other departments when properly trained. This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities as described in the posting.

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 seafood area well stocked and appealing to meet customer requirements.
Greet customers, make suggestions, and provide information on 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 and saleable, with proper prices and signage.
Handle spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration products according to company procedures and remove unsaleable products.
Weigh and wrap merchandise and apply labels showing price and weight.
Maintain logs to track freshness and quality.
Follow food and personal safety codes when handling products or using kitchen tools.
Maintain department sanitation, follow cleaning schedules and guidelines, keep work areas and equipment clean, and dispose of trash properly.
Help control inventory through proper ordering, minimize losses by returning products to refrigeration, and report shortages or overages to the 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.
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 as needed.