Butcher (Sourcing)

BUSCH'S CAREER PAGE•Rochester Hills, MI

43d•Onsite

About The Position

Busch’s is hiring a Butcher (Sourcing) and is looking for individuals who love food, fun, and people to join their family-owned Michigan team. This role offers flexible schedules, employee discounts, 401K with company match, tuition reimbursement, and daily pay availability. The position involves building department sales, assisting guests with purchases and meal suggestions, custom cutting meat products, processing fresh meat, receiving and storing deliveries, packaging and pricing products, rotating and culling products for freshness, scanning waste, grinding meats, promoting products with samples, and maintaining service cases. The role also requires cleaning and sanitizing the department and equipment, following safe food handling and personal hygiene practices, adhering to safety practices like Lockout/Tagout, ensuring product specifications are met, and upholding Busch’s policies. Building strong working relationships and exemplifying hospitality are also key aspects of the position.

Requirements

High school diploma
Minimum 3 years’ experience in the Meat/Seafood Department
Cutting experience preferred
Knowledge of various cuts of beef, pork, veal, lamb and poultry
Knowledge of preparation of various cuts and types of meats and poultry
Food safety certification preferred
Proficient communication and interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and listening skills
Proficient selling skills, including the ability to ask questions, listen and make product recommendations
Proficient merchandising skills to ensure fresh and appealing service and self-service displays
Proficient cleaning abilities to meet sanitation and visual standards

Responsibilities

Build department sales by answering questions and assisting guests with purchases
Make recommendations to guests on types of cuts, methods of preparation and meal suggestions
Determine cutting needs based on guest demands
Custom cut meat products according to guest requests
Cut and process all fresh meat products according to quality specifications
Receive, verify and store department deliveries
Package and price product
Rotate and cull product to ensure freshness
Scan waste to ensure accurate shrink recording
Grind meats following prescribed procedures
Promote various products by preparing and offering samples
Set and maintain service and self-service cases
Clean and sanitize department, equipment, work areas, service areas, containers and utensils
Follow safe food handling and personal hygiene practices
Follow safety practices, including Lockout/Tagout of equipment
Ensure all product, ready to heat items and special orders are prepared to specifications
Adhere to all Busch’s policies, practices and procedures
Build strong working relationships with guests, vendors and associates
Exemplify key concepts of hospitality when interacting with guests