30223 Meat Cutter I FT- Florissant, MO

Save A Lot•Florissant, MO

108d•$20 - $25

About The Position

The Meat Cutter ensures the store’s meat department operates to company standards, drives sales, and maximizes profitability. The role delivers excellent customer service by following the company’s meat merchandising plan and trimming and preparing standard cuts of meat according to the Meat Cutter Resource Manual. The Meat Cutter demonstrates teamwork, interpersonal skills, and commitment to the team’s success. The Meat Cutter leads meat department performance, including ordering, merchandising, productivity, and shrink control. The role also coaches and trains team members, sets work priorities, assigns tasks, and enforces department policies and procedures. Duties may include other perishable and non-perishable work needed to maintain store performance, and assignments may involve more than one store or other store areas. The position requires work in a temperature-controlled environment, generally 38–45 degrees. Employees must be able to perform sustained standing, walking, reaching, bending, twisting, lifting, transporting, pushing, pulling, grasping, and sawing motions. The job requires following company policies and applicable laws.

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.
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 reach, bend, twist, balance, lift, and transport objects weighing up to 30 pounds repeatedly; product may weigh up to 100 pounds at times.
Ability to move heavy product with assistance.
Ability to stand, walk, 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 will be strongly considered, including attendance, work performance, safety, policy compliance, and performance management.

Responsibilities

Lead meat department performance to achieve and exceed metric goals.
Order product, merchandise the department, support 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 the assignment of individual meat department tasks.
Enforce meat policies and procedures in the assigned store.
Use knives and power equipment to cut and/or package authorized beef, pork, and poultry according to company policies and procedures.
Ensure displays and case signs are appropriately updated and meat is presented to maximize sales.
Maintain proper date rotation for dated and undated products in display cases and storage coolers.
Prepare and place meat cuts and products in the display counter according to company procedures 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 while maintaining the cold chain and meat quality.
Meet daily sanitation and quality standards and follow 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 areas of the store when assigned.
Demonstrate and apply workplace values of simplicity, heart, performance excellence, and respect.