Meat Cutter

About the role

The Meat Cutter plays a crucial role in maintaining a clean and organized store environment, assisting customers, and ensuring the freshness and accuracy of meat products.

Responsibilities

• Stocks meat cases and maintains product presentation, facing, filling, and organization as per Meat Department schematics.
• Maintains cleanliness of meat aisles, storage areas, and workstations, including cleaning shelves and removing hazardous debris.
• Monitors expiration dates of meat and seafood products and ensures proper rotation.
• Assists customers with inquiries and purchases, providing product recommendations and cross-selling.
• Inspects, logs, and receives shipments of meat and seafood products, ensuring accuracy and proper temperature.
• Cuts, trims, and packages meat and seafood products according to Fresh Thyme standards.
• Prepares specialty meat and seafood products using recipe standards.
• Maintains proper safety practices and uses appropriate cutting accessories.
• Participates in pre-inventory preparations, including backstock and verifying tags against products.
• Sustains a high level of product knowledge and preparation.
• Regularly walks the department to ensure an organized and clean appearance.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years professional experience, preferably in grocery retail with meat department experience.
• Previous experience in natural foods industry is a plus.
• Journeyman cutter or apprenticeship completion preferred.
• Advanced attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility to work varied hours and adapt to high-volume retail environments.
• Basic knowledge of math, weights, and measures.
• Skills with knives, tenderizers, grinders, and other meat machinery.
• Expert packaging and wrapping abilities.
• Understanding of COOL compliance for seafood products.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Adaptable to changing circumstances and problem-solving skills.
• Physical demands include sitting, standing, walking, driving, balancing, bending, climbing, crouching, squatting, kneeling, reaching, twisting, lifting, grasping, fine manipulation, pushing, pulling, and repetitive motion.
• Environmental conditions may involve some extreme temperatures and ventilation/exhaust fans.

Skills

• Customer service skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Organizational skills.
• Mathematical skills (weights, measures).
• Knife and machinery operation skills.
• Product knowledge and preparation skills.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with raises based on Fresh Thyme Market plan policy.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.

Pay

$20.00 - $22.50 per hour, with raises based on Fresh Thyme Market plan policy.

Schedule

Varying hours to accommodate business needs.