21745 Meat Cutter I / FT - Elyria, OH

Save A Lot • Elyria, OH

108d • $16 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Cutter ensures the store’s meat department operates according to company standards, driving sales and maximizing profitability. The role delivers a high level of customer service by following the company’s meat merchandising plan and trimming and preparing standard meat cuts as outlined in the Meat Cutter Resource Manual. The Meat Cutter demonstrates teamwork, interpersonal skills, and commitment to team success.

The position leads meat department performance, including ordering, merchandising, productivity, shrink control, coaching and training, task assignment, and enforcement of department policies. It also involves cutting and packaging meat, maintaining attractive displays and accurate signs, rotating products, receiving and storing deliveries while maintaining the cold chain, and ensuring sanitation and quality standards. The role requires compliance with company procedures and may include other perishable or non-perishable duties, work in other store areas, or assignment to more than one store.

Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled environment of 38–45 degrees. The role includes frequent standing and movement, handling products, and extended periods of pushing, pulling, grasping, and using sawing motions.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Proficiency in basic math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English and demonstrate effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be dependable and flexible, including willingness to work in other store areas as needed with little or no advance notice.
• Excellent customer service, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
• Must adhere to the uniform dress code.
• Ability to demonstrate, understand, and apply workplace values.
• Ability to reach, bend, twist, balance, lift, and transport objects weighing up to 30 pounds repeatedly throughout a shift; product may occasionally weigh up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to move heavy product with assistance.
• Ability to stand, walk, and/or move about for extended periods.
• Ability to push, pull, grasp, and use sawing motions for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

• One year of previous meat-cutting experience, including use of hand tools and power equipment such as knives, slicers, grinders, cubing machines, and power saws.
• Spanish or other language proficiency is a plus.
• Company work history, including attendance, work performance, safety, policy compliance, and performance management, will be strongly considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead meat department performance to achieve and exceed metric goals.
• Order products, merchandise them, manage productivity, and control shrink to meet company and business unit goals.
• Coach and train others who perform meat-related tasks in the department.
• Set and execute work priorities and direct assignment of individual tasks within the meat department.
• Enforce meat policies and procedures in the assigned store.
• Use knives and power equipment to cut and package authorized beef, pork, and poultry items in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Update displays and case signs appropriately and present meat to maximize sales.
• Maintain proper date rotation for dated and undated products in display cases and storage coolers.
• Prepare and arrange meat cuts and products in display counters so they appear attractive to customers.
• Wrap, weigh, and price cuts of meat.
• Label packages according to COOL, USDA, and company standards.
• Receive, inspect, and store meat deliveries to maintain the cold chain and ensure meat quality.
• Meet and maintain daily sanitation and quality standards in accordance with company policy.
• Follow and execute company policies and procedures, including those for COOL, food safety, sanitation, meat/produce scale operation, markdowns, inventory processes, meat POGs, the Meat Cutter Resource Manual, Daily Manager Signoff, and the Meat Cutting List.
• Perform other perishable and non-perishable duties as needed to maintain store performance.
• Protect company property, funds, and merchandise.
• Work in more than one store or in other store areas when assigned.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits for eligible full-time team members or team members averaging 30 or more hours per week.
• Paid Time Off
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Team Member Referral Program
• Wellbeing Program
• Career development opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED