Experienced Meat Cutter

Qualifications:

 Enthusiastic about food and food preparation. Effective interpersonal skills and desire to work in a team environment. Successful experience as a meat associate or previous meat cutting experience.  Ability to effectively communicate and provide customer service in English required. Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job.

Essential Job Functions:

1.      Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with primary emphasis on courteous and friendly customer service.

2.      Perform the meat cutting functions once training is complete.  This includes but is not limited to scraping and traying products, cubing steaks, grinding ground meats and cutting and processing meat according to Best Practice Manual.

3.      Perform meat associate responsibilities as directed.

4.      Provide outstanding customer service.  Communicate with and assist customers in selection of product.

5.      Identify, wrap, price, and weigh all meat department items in accordance with specified procedures outlined by standard practice.

6.      Stock the fresh, frozen, and self service cases using proper rotation procedures.

7.      Receive any meat delivery, code, rotate, and put in appropriate storage area.

8.      Wash, rinse and sanitize all cases, wrap stations/area, scaling equipment, cooler, cutting room, including disassembling and re-assembling equipment therein.

9.      Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the position, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1.      Comply with all company policies, procedures, and government regulations.

2.      Meet or exceed all applicable Management Planning guidelines

3.      Treat all co-workers with fairness, dignity, and respect.

4.      Develop product knowledge in all areas of the meat department including cooking procedures.

5.      Make price changes and maintain correct price books and scales as directed.

6.      Assist in special projects and perform other functions as assigned by supervisor.

7.      Assist in training of other associates when assigned

8.      Maintain a neat, well-groomed personal appearance at all times; comply with company personal appearance policy.

9.      Maintain solid communication in the department and throughout the organization.

10.  Support company safety standards.  Communicate any needed equipment repairs or maintenance work needed.  Keep work area free from debris and safety hazards.

11.  Observe and maintain company sanitation and food safety standards.

12.  Perform all other duties as assigned.