Seafood Associate

The Winn-Dixie Company; Palm Coast (FL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Winn-Dixie Company in Palm Coast, FL is seeking a Seafood Associate dedicated to providing friendly, knowledgeable service and promoting fresh, high-quality seafood products. You will help maintain product displays, assist customers, and support daily department operations.

This role emphasizes teamwork, adherence to safety guidelines, and efficient handling of samples, orders, and inventory to ensure consistency and great value for shoppers.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Authorization to work in the United States.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math.
• Possess adequate knife handling skills and knife speed.
• Knowledge of cutting, traying, wrapping, and labeling.
• Proficient with computer applications used in effectively operating the department.

Responsibilities

• Service: Creates an environment that makes customers feel welcome, important and appreciated; merchandises department per plan; ensures stock availability and freshness; offers samples and assists customers.
• Leadership: Assists in promoting trust and teamwork; helps set goals for merchandising, sales and profits; manages schedules to maintain service levels.
• Financial: Supports inventory planning, pricing changes and ordering; monitors quality and freshness; assists in inventory processes and shrink reduction.
• Compliance/Safety: Maintains food safety, sanitation and regulatory compliance; adheres to wage and hour policies; promotes a safety culture in the store.
• Disclaimer: Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Communication

English language

Spanish language

Knife handling

Math skills

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary

Provides quality seafood offerings from a standard product selection. Increases customer confidence and loyalty by promoting and executing consistent and compliant operating conditions. Provides fresh and appealing products, courteous, knowledgeable and prompt service. Values diversity and supports an inclusive environment by embracing the backgrounds and experiences of the team.

Essential ResponsibilitiesResponsibility

Service

Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated that will increase customer confidence and loyalty. Ensures the department is merchandised per plan. Delivers daily conditions that meet the company¿s expectations for at shelf product availability, freshness, quality and value. Offers product samples, answers product questions and offers customers assistance in finding or suggesting products Ensures customer requests and special orders are fulfilled.

60%

Leadership

Assists in promoting trust and respect among associates by collaborating, promoting teamwork, and communicating company, department, and job specific information. Assists in establishing goals for merchandising, sales and profits and empowers the team to meet or exceed the goals. Manages schedules to ensure tasks are completed in a cadence that ensures the highest levels of customer service and conditions during peak hours. Adheres to all local, state, and federal laws, and company guidelines.

20%

Financial

Completes daily and weekly administrative tasks (communications, online training, scheduling, pricing changes, orders, etc.) Maintains an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and reports any discrepancies in inventory. Reviews/inspects products for quality and freshness and takes appropriate action with those items. Assists in planning, organizing and performing the inventory process. Utilises production planning tools to accurately produce fresh products and ensures discarding or markdown processes are followed to reduce shrink. Ensures product is held at the proper temperature per food safety guidelines and retains documentation of temperature logs per policy.

10%

Compliance/Safety

Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained. Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) & Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), and Department of Agriculture (DOA). Executes all product recalls and withdrawals in a timely manner while ensuring all items are secured and removed from customer access. Reinforces safety programs by complying with safety procedures and inspects and identifies unsafe conditions to report to store management. Notifies management of customer or employee accidents. Reports all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud. Ensures adherence to wage and hour policies and regulations. Cultivates a culture of safety within the store. Ensures self and all associates are working safely and have received necessary safety training. Ensures Hazardous Assessments are posted for associate reference and that Personal Protective Equipment is available and utilized by all associates executing tasks within the department, as required. Ensures equipment is in good repair; reports and assists with remediation (ex. lock out/tag out of equipment) of safety hazards within the department.

10%

Disclaimer

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education Course of Study N/A Preferred Education Course of Study High School / GED Language(s) Required Language(s) Preferred English Spanish Relevant Experience Supervisory Experience 0 -3 yrs minimum

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math.
• Possess adequate knife handling skills and knife speed.
• Knowledge of cutting, traying, wrapping, and labeling.
• Proficient with computer applications used in effectively operating the department.

Environmental Factors

Retail - Meat/Seafood: Physical Demands: While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand or walk on various types of flooring, utilize manual dexterity, talk, see, hear, smell and perform repetitive movements with both hands and/or both feet. The employee is frequently required to reach at waist level or overhead, carry, push, or lift various loads up to the required weights listed. The employee is occasionally required to sit, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and climb up to 10 ft. Working Conditions: While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee may be exposed to working in indoor, outdoor, cold, freezing, heated, and wet/humid working conditions. Safety Risk Factors: The employee is frequently required to twist back and/or neck, walk on a slippery or cluttered floor surface, work with hazardous equipment and be exposed to sharp objects. The employee is occasionally required to be exposed to loud noise, skin irritants, nuisance dust, fumes and sprays, hazardous cleaning solutions and other toxins. Overall Required Equipment: cleaning supplies and equipment, general office equipment, register, pricing gun, scales, scanner, various material handling equipment, such as racks, carts, pallet jacks, shopping carts Department Specific Required Equipment: baler/compactor, general hardware tools such such as a ladder, pliers, wire cutters, Ice machine, shovel, powered cutting equipment, such as a slicers, saws, grinders, various knives, wrapping equipment, automatic meat wrapper, lobster tanks, box cutter Personal Protective Equipment: Goggles, Gloves, Cutting Gloves, Fryer Gloves, Oven Gloves, Back Brace Pulling Requirement: 250 lbs. Lifting Requirement: 70 lbs.

Travel Percent & Overnight

Travel Percent: Occasional

Overnight: No

Shift(s)

Varied shifts.