Seafood Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Tunkhannock, PA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Seafood Sales Associate maintains an appealing, well-stocked seafood department and provides courteous customer service, including seafood preparation information, order assistance, and help with special requests or customer concerns. The associate ensures product freshness, accurate pricing and signage, proper handling and rotation, and compliance with food, personal-safety, sanitation, health, and OSHA requirements. The role also involves department cleaning, inventory support, reporting shortages or overages, and cooperating with coworkers and supervisors to support store operations. Training is provided for certain delivery-handling and cardboard-baling duties when needed and when the associate is properly trained. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The associate must be able to perform the essential duties with or without accommodation.

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 an accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keep the seafood area well stocked and appealing to meet customer requirements.
Greet customers, make suggestions, provide information on seafood preparation, take orders for future delivery, and help fulfill special requests.
Help resolve customer concerns promptly and courteously.
Set up displays and rotate products as needed.
Ensure seafood is fresh, saleable, and presented with proper prices and 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 to track 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; 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 supervisors to ensure smooth department and store operations.
Continuously improve job performance.
Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including applicable cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
Assist in other departments when called upon.