Perishable Associate

About This Role

This role provides quality customer service within the Perishable Department, ensuring adherence to standards, maximizing sales, and minimizing shrink. It involves maintaining product levels, processing meat, and ensuring proper cleaning and sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness
• Provide fast, friendly, and accurate customer service
• Be courteous and helpful to other associates
• Understand and use company tools such as average cost inventory system (ACIS) and ordering (CAO)
• Receive deliveries, code, rotate, and put in appropriate storage area
• Ensure 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
• Process beef and grinds as directed from the planned production tool
• Wrap, label, weigh and stock meat case
• Assemble, disassemble, and clean the grinder
• Properly clean and sanitize the department
• Maintain variety and layout standards
• Ensure all advertising and sales promotion materials are properly utilized
• Maintain a complete understanding of and adherence to company guidelines, policies and standard practice
• Understand and follow Food Safety and Workplace Safety guidelines and procedures
• Observe and correct all unsafe conditions
• Report all associate and customer accidents
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations
• Wear the Food Lion uniform with apron and name badge, maintaining a neat and clean appearance
• Successfully complete Computer Based Training (CBT), Training Packet and Training Aid courses

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication and customer service skills
• Ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job
• Ability to use technical information to solve problems
• Ability to meet minimum age requirements for specific job functions
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the position

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred

Skills

* Required skills