Seafood Associate FT

The Winn-Dixie Company; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A grocery retail company located in West Palm Beach, Florida, is seeking a Seafood Associate to provide quality seafood offerings and excellent customer service. You will be responsible for ensuring product availability, freshness, and merchandising standards while fostering a welcoming environment. The ideal candidate thrives in teamwork, adheres to food safety regulations, and possesses strong customer service skills. Experience in seafood handling is preferred. This role includes varied shifts in a dynamic retail setting.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Create a welcoming environment for customers.
• Ensure product availability and quality.
• Assist in achieving sales and merchandising goals.

Skills

Strong customer service skills

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Knowledge of cutting and knife handling

Basic math knowledge

Education

High School / GED

Tools

Computer applications

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

Responsibility % Of Time: 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.

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.

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.
• Utilizes 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.

Compliance/Safety

• Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and 10% productivity are maintained.
• Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, USDA & 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 of safety hazards within the department.

Disclaimer

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education

• N/A

Preferred Education

• High School / GED

Language(s) Required

• English

Language(s) Preferred

• Spanish

Relevant Experience

• 0 - 3 yrs minimum

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• 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: indoor, outdoor, cold, freezing, heated, and wet/humid conditions. Safety Risk Factors: twist back and/or neck, walk on a slippery or cluttered floor, work with hazardous equipment and be exposed to sharp objects. May be exposed to loud noise, skin irritants, nuisance dust, fumes and sprays, hazardous cleaning solutions and other toxins. Equipment: cleaning supplies and equipment, general office equipment, register, pricing gun, scales, scanner, material handling equipment, baler/compactor, ladders, cutting equipment, knives, wrapping equipment, lobster tanks, etc. Personal Protective Equipment: Goggles, Gloves, Cutting Gloves, Fryer Gloves, Oven Gloves, Back Brace. Lifting/Weight: 250 lbs. / 70 lbs.

Travel Percent & Overnight

• Occasional
• No

Shift(s)

• Varied shifts.