Meat Cutter

Duties And Responsibilities

• Adheres to Company and Division customer service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals.
• Handles customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints and reporting to the Meat Manager or Store Director as appropriate.
• Promotes Albertson's philosophy of personalized service.
• Receives and breaks down loads. Checks for quality and quantity.
• Maintains product quality by ensuring compliance with Company policies and federal and state regulations on storage and temperatures.
• Cuts, grinds, weighs and wraps fresh meat products according to proper procedure to ensure product quality.
• Controls shrink and expenses. Prevents the sale of out of date or spoiled product.
• Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheet and other required paperwork and logs.
• Maintains and organizes meat department cooler and freezer. Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor, work area, cooler, freezer, equipment and retail cases.
• Ensures that product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation and wrapping standards are met.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures and monitoring product flow.
• Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations and Company policies.
• Fulfills special orders and makes product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling.
• Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately.

SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Safety-Sensitive Position: Tasks or duties that could affect the safety or health of the employee performing the task or others.
• Requires the ability to work for prolonged period of time in an environment with a temperature range of 40˚ to 50˚ Fahrenheit.
• Exposure to 35˚ Fahrenheit while handling products in cold cases, 28˚ Fahrenheit in cooler and -20˚ Fahrenheit in freezer.
• Work Environment: Temperature controlled store environment.
• Physical Requirements: Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs. Bends, stoops and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, high boys and pallet jacks. Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products. Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary. Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities. Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures. Requires the ability to work in a hands remain moist during majority of work time. Requires the ability to work nights, weekends and holidays.