Seafood Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Muncy, PA

About The Position

The Seafood Sales Associate stocks and maintains an appealing seafood area, assists customers with product information and special requests, and helps ensure seafood is fresh, properly priced, and saleable. The role includes weighing and wrapping merchandise, maintaining freshness and quality logs, and following food and personal safety procedures when handling products and using kitchen tools. The associate is responsible for department sanitation, including following cleaning schedules, maintaining work areas and equipment, and disposing of trash properly. The role also supports inventory control, may assist with receiving and storing deliveries or baling cardboard when properly trained, and cooperates with coworkers and superiors to support department and store operations. The associate uses company-provided personal protective equipment and may be asked to assist in other departments. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

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.

Responsibilities

Keep the seafood area well stocked and appealing to customers.
Greet customers, make suggestions, provide seafood preparation information, take future-delivery orders, assist with special requests, and 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 proper 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 tracking product freshness and quality.
Follow food and personal safety codes when handling products or using kitchen tools.
Maintain department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and guidelines, keeping work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases clean and maintained, meeting health and OSHA requirements, and properly disposing of trash.
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, and 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.