Perishable Dept Specialist - Fresh, Fast Service

Food Lion; Marion (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Lion in Marion, NC is seeking a Perishable Department Associate to provide quality customer service, maintain store standards, and maximize sales through attentive service.

You will work with the Perishable team to stock, rotate, and display meat, dairy, and other perishables, follow safety guidelines, and assist with deliveries and basic store tasks as needed. This role emphasizes speed, accuracy, and a friendly shopping experience for customers.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication and customer service skills.
• Ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job.
• Must meet minimum age requirements to perform specific job functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with primary emphasis on fast, friendly, and accurate customer service to create a positive shopping experience.
• Courteous and helpful to other associates
• Understand and use company tools such as ACIS for inventory and CAO for ordering
• Receive deliveries, code where applicable, rotate and store merchandise
• Ensure that ordering, receiving, preparation, conditioning and displaying of merchandise is done in accordance with policies and guidelines
• Maintain proper product levels in all areas within the Perishable Department including meat, lunchmeat, frozen, dairy, ice cream
• Wrap, label, weigh and stock meat case as requested or needed
• Assemble, disassemble, and clean the grinder as requested or needed
• Properly clean and sanitize the department
• Maintain a complete understanding of and adherence to company guidelines, policies and standard practice
• Follow Food Safety and Workplace Safety guidelines and procedures
• Observe and correct unsafe conditions and report accidents to Manager on Duty
• Wear Food Lion uniform with apron and name badge; present neat appearance
• Complete Computer Based Training (CBT) and other required trainings
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Willingness to learn

Age requirements

Technical aptitude

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ACIS inventory system

Job description

Food Lion in Marion, NC is seeking a Perishable Department Associate to provide quality customer service, maintain store standards, and maximize sales through attentive service.

You will work with the Perishable team to stock, rotate, and display meat, dairy, and other perishables, follow safety guidelines, and assist with deliveries and basic store tasks as needed. This role emphasizes speed, accuracy, and a friendly shopping experience for customers.