Meat Cutter

Albertsons Companies•Gilbert, AZ

About The Position

The Meat Cutter maintains the desired level of fresh meat production while ensuring customer service and product quality, freshness, safety, and selection. The role also maintains the cleanliness and organization of the meat department, including its equipment, work areas, coolers, freezers, and retail cases. The position includes receiving and breaking down loads; checking product quality and quantity; cutting, grinding, weighing, wrapping, and merchandising meat; and following company procedures and applicable food-handling, labeling, storage, and temperature regulations. The Meat Cutter assists customers with special orders and product suggestions, completes required records, helps control shrink and expenses, and performs work safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity. This is a safety-sensitive role involving cutting equipment and other work aids. It is performed in a temperature-controlled store environment, with frequent exposure to cold display cases and work in refrigerated and freezer areas. Scheduled hours vary, and the employee may be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

Ability to be friendly, courteous, and tactful, and to maintain composure when dealing with customers and coworkers.
Working knowledge of meat department duties, including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing, and customer service.
Ability to communicate orally and read and follow written work assignments.
Understanding of company practices and meat department policies and procedures, and ability to judge and react to business activity.
Knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, food safety, sanitation, labeling, and department procedures.
Ability to frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects weighing up to approximately 80 pounds; frequently bend, stoop, and reach; occasionally climb ladders; push and pull fully loaded hand trucks, high boys, and pallet jacks; and perform repetitive arm movements.
Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination.
Mental alertness to complete work activities safely and accurately.
Knowledge of basic mathematics, weights and measures, product taste and content, perishability, and safety and sanitation procedures.
Ability to operate computer software and electronic ordering devices to enter orders and inventory and print labels.
Ability to use saws, cutters, grinders, other cutting and wrapping equipment, cleaning supplies and equipment, safety cutters, and safety gloves.
Ability to work in cold conditions, including prolonged periods at 40–50°F and exposure to colder display cases, coolers, and freezers.
Good attendance.

Responsibilities

Follow company and division customer service programs, handle customer relations positively, resolve complaints effectively, and promote personalized service.
Receive and break down deliveries; check product quality and quantity; and maintain product quality in accordance with company policies and applicable storage and temperature regulations.
Cut, grind, weigh, and wrap fresh meat according to procedures; control shrink and expenses; and prevent the sale of outdated or spoiled products.
Complete and monitor daily log sheets, paperwork, and other required records accurately.
Maintain and organize the meat department cooler and freezer, and keep the sales floor, work areas, equipment, and retail cases clean and sanitary.
Meet product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping standards.
Merchandise products appropriately by implementing schematics, displaying advertised items, following signing procedures, and monitoring product flow.
Comply with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, company policies, and health, food-handling, and safety standards.
Follow company policies when pricing and handling reworked and reduced-to-clear items.
Assist customers by taking and filling special orders, making product suggestions, and engaging in suggestive selling.
Answer and respond to incoming calls appropriately.
Perform all job duties safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity.
Perform other necessary and required duties.