About this role
Do you have a friendly personality, enjoy meeting and interacting with people and love seafood?
We are currently looking for Seafood Clerks to join our team at our cafe in the city of Santa Monica, working behind our seafood counter. We are looking for highly energetic, motivated individuals that will provide efficient and courteous service. Our Seafood Clerks should be able to demonstrate excellent customer service skills since working the customer counter is a primary responsibility!
Your duties as a Seafood Clerk will include:
- Helping our customers in selecting the best seafood products
- Help maintain an attractive seafood display case
- Select, wrap, weigh, and price items
- Encourage customers to sample our products
- Discuss our other line of products (sauces, marinades, etc.) in an effort to upsell
- Advise customers on seafood safety handling
Follow all department procedures
Job Requirements:
- Previous customer service experience in a grocery/retail environment a plus
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with customers
- General seafood knowledge is preferred but we are always willing to train the right candidate
- Willingness to work as part of a team
- Highly motivated with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work a flexible schedule (nights, weekends, holidays)
Serve Safe Certified (preferred but may be obtained after employment).
Our customers come back to us time and again, not only to get the freshest and highest quality seafood but for the experience. If you feel you can help our customers have a positive and wonderful experience every time they step into our stores then we encourage you to apply.
Santa Monica Seafood Co. offers great Compensation/Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401K plan with match). Paid holidays and vacation. Employee discount, including at our company retail stores/cafes. Employee referral bonus program and much more!
Other facts
About Santa Monica Seafood Company
Santa Monica Seafood’s mission is to provide the highest quality and selection of seafood products at fair and reasonable prices while recognizing the importance of conservation and maintenance of a healthy environment.
Santa Monica Seafood, as a family-owned and operated company for the past 79 years, is the largest specialty wholesale distributor of fresh and frozen seafood in the Southwestern U.S. with its 120,000 square foot corporate offices and main processing facility located in Rancho Dominguez, California, along with additional satellite distribution and/or processing locations in California, Arizona, Nevada, Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Santa Monica Seafood also owns and operates a retail store and cafe in Santa Monica, CA which specializes in seafood and seafood related products. Santa Monica Seafood was the first and still the only seafood company in the United States to achieve the internationally recognized FSSC 22000 certification for food safety management systems and ISO 14001 certification for environmental management programs, as well as BAP certification for its Rancho Dominguez facility for repacking salmon, shrimp and tilapia products.
We are proud to be at the forefront of economic integrity issues regarding species substitution, adulteration and weights and measures. We take a zero-tolerance approach to seafood fraud, and only work with reputable purveyors that have passed a rigorous inspection process. Periodic DNA testing ensures that we’re always delivering exactly what you ordered.
What you'll do
- Seafood Clerks will assist customers in selecting seafood products and maintain an attractive seafood display case. They will also wrap, weigh, and price items while encouraging customers to sample products and discussing other offerings.
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