Seafood Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Lusby, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Seafood Sales Associate maintains a well-stocked, attractive seafood area and helps customers by greeting them, making suggestions, providing seafood preparation information, taking future-delivery orders, and fulfilling special requests. The associate helps resolve customer concerns and ensures seafood is fresh, properly priced and signed, and in saleable condition. Duties include setting up displays, rotating and handling product according to company procedures, removing unsaleable items, weighing and wrapping merchandise, maintaining freshness and quality logs, and helping control inventory and minimize losses. The associate follows food, personal safety, sanitation, cleaning, health, and OSHA requirements; maintains department work areas and equipment; and disposes of trash properly. When trained, the associate may help receive and store deliveries using a power jack or hand jack, bale cardboard, and assist in other departments. The role requires cooperation with coworkers and supervisors, ongoing improvement of job performance, and use of company-provided personal protective equipment. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. Applicants must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily, with or without accommodation. A high school diploma or GED may be completed or in progress; prior experience is not required.

Requirements

Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without an accommodation.
High school diploma or GED completed or in progress.
No prior experience required.
Use company-provided personal protective equipment as required.

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 product as needed.
Ensure seafood is fresh, saleable, properly priced, and correctly signed.
Handle spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration products according to company procedures and remove products that are not saleable.
Weigh and wrap merchandise and apply labels showing price and weight.
Maintain logs tracking freshness and quality.
Follow food and personal safety codes when handling products or using kitchen tools.
Maintain general 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 minimize losses by returning products to refrigeration.
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 supervisors 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.

Benefits

Minimum essential coverage (MEC) plan with 100% in-network coverage for preventive care services required by the Affordable Care Act.
Two supplemental medical plan options: Advantage and Elite.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Short-term disability coverage.
Term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
Voluntary insurance options, including hospital indemnity and critical illness.
401(k) retirement savings plan.
Scholarship program.
Associate discount programs.
Auto and home insurance.
Employee assistance program.
Pet insurance.
Purchasing power program.
Paid time off and sick pay, subject to position-specific eligibility and criteria.