Meat Cutter

Job Summary

About the role

Assists customers and cuts meat to specifications for variety, size, quality and trim for sale. Assists in the daily operations in meat and seafood departments.

Responsibilities

• Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated to increase customer confidence and loyalty.
• Prepares and packages food products and processes customer orders to their specifications; processes fresh meats, smoked meats, seafood, random weight, lunchmeat, frozen food and salted meats to production standards.
• Utilizes peak time performance cutting lists to cut and trim all products as directed by company standards.
• Properly wraps, weighs and prices product as needed. Properly cubes, slices and grinds meat as needed.
• Operates department equipment and tools. Ensures customer requests and special orders are fulfilled.
• Performs duties of meat/seafood counter clerk, as necessary.

Requirements

• Leadership: Promotes trust and respect among associates by collaborating, promoting teamwork, and communicating company, department, and job specific information.
• Financial: Stocks and rotates department products to ensure freshness and date control; restocks and uses supply items efficiently to eliminate waste and to maintain the lowest supply cost.
• Compliance/Safety: Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained. Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, USDA & COOL, and 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. 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 (ex. lock out/tag out of equipment) of safety hazards within the department.
• Disclaimer: Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: High School / GED.
• Language: English.
• Experience: 0 - 3 years minimum supervisory experience.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strong customer service skills. Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills. Knowledge of basic math. Ability to handle stressful situations. Possess adequate knife handling skills and knife speed. Knowledge of cutting, traying, wrapping, and labeling.