Meat Cutter

The meat cutter is responsible for increasing customer confidence and loyalty by providing courteous and prompt service, consistent operating conditions and a friendly atmosphere. Under supervision, this position cuts meat to specifications for variety, size, quality and trim.

Primary responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Providing continuous attention to customer needs; greet, assist and thank customers in a prompt, courteous and friendly manner
• Preparing and packaging food products and processing customer orders to their specifications; processing fresh meats, smoked meats, seafood, random weight, lunchmeat, frozen food and salted meats to production standards.
• Receiving and breaking down meat deliveries.
• Utilizing peak time performance cutting lists to cut and trim all products as directed by company standards.
• Properly wrapping, weighing and pricing product as needed.
• Properly cubing, slicing and grinding meat as needed.
• Observing local, state and government weights and measure laws, sanitation standards, grinding logs and Country of Origin Labeling.
• Observing safety standards while working with power equipment
• Offering product suggestions when appropriate.
• Stocking and rotating department products to ensure freshness and date control; restocking and using supply items efficiently to eliminate waste and to maintain the lowest supply cost.
• Operating department equipment and tools.
• Keeping work area clean, orderly and free from safety hazards; reporting faulty equipment and hazards to management.
• Notifying management of team member theft, customer shoplifting, unauthorized mark-downs, property defacement or any action that is illegal and/or against company policy.
• Performing other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently.
• Ability to understand and follow English instructions.
• Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check.

Preferred:

• High standard of integrity and reliability.

Required behaviors include:

• Living the values by embracing the essence of the company demonstrating a commitment to the company's goal and values.
• Unifying and motivating team through praise and recognition of success with immediate feedback to build an environment of trust.
• Being business-driven by showing passion for the business, delivering results consistently.
• Being customer-orientated by passionately demonstrating that the customer comes first always by putting the customer's needs above all else.
• Having people passion through consistently treating others with respect and dignity.

Knowledge, skills, abilities include:

• Compliance with all company policies and procedures.