Seafood Sales Associate

Weis Markets • Reisterstown, MD

2d

About The Position

The Seafood Sales Associate maintains a well-stocked, appealing seafood area and provides courteous customer service, including answering questions, making suggestions about seafood preparation, taking future orders, and assisting with special requests or customer concerns. The associate maintains product quality, freshness, pricing, displays, and signage; weighs and wraps merchandise; tracks freshness and quality; and follows procedures for handling unsaleable products.

The role includes maintaining department sanitation and safety, following cleaning schedules and food-handling requirements, properly disposing of trash, and using company-provided personal protective equipment. The associate may help control inventory and minimize losses, assist with deliveries using a power jack or hand jack if trained, and perform related tasks such as baling cardboard if trained. The associate cooperates with coworkers and supervisors, works to improve job performance, and may be asked to assist in other departments. No prior experience is required; education may be completed or in progress toward a high school diploma or GED.

Requirements

• Completed or working toward a high school diploma or GED.
• No prior experience required.
• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without accommodation.
• Follow applicable food safety, personal safety, sanitation, and OSHA requirements.
• Use company-provided personal protective equipment.

Responsibilities

• Keep the seafood area stocked and appealing to meet customer needs.
• Greet customers, suggest products, and provide information on seafood preparation.
• Take orders for future delivery and help fulfill special requests.
• Resolve customer concerns promptly and courteously.
• Set up displays and rotate products as needed.
• Ensure seafood is fresh, saleable, correctly priced, and accompanied by proper signage.
• Handle spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration products according to company procedures; remove unsaleable products.
• Weigh and wrap merchandise and apply price-and-weight stickers.
• Maintain logs that track product freshness and quality.
• Follow food and personal safety codes when handling products and using kitchen tools.
• Maintain department sanitation and follow cleaning schedules and guidelines for work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases.
• Dispose of trash properly.
• Help the manager control inventory through proper ordering and report shortages or overages.
• Minimize losses by returning products to refrigeration.
• 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 supervisors to support smooth department and store operations.
• Continuously improve job performance.
• Use company-provided personal protective equipment.
• Assist in other departments as needed.

Benefits

• Health plan
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Short-term disability
• Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Group whole life insurance with long-term care rider
• Voluntary hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Scholarship program
• Associate discount programs
• Auto and home insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Pet insurance
• Purchasing power program
• Identity theft protection
• Legal services
• Paid time off
• Sick pay
• Quarterly incentive, subject to eligibility and position-specific criteria

What This Job Offers

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