Meat Cutter

Albertsons•Scottsdale, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Cutter position is responsible for maintaining the desired level of fresh meat production, ensuring the cleanliness of the department and equipment, and providing excellent customer service. This role focuses on product quality, freshness, safety, and selection, adhering to company policies and regulations.

Requirements

Ability to be friendly, courteous, tactful, and maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Meat Department including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing, and customer service.
Ability to communicate orally and read and follow written work assignments.
Requires a good understanding of overall company practices and Meat Department policies and procedures.
Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity.
Must have knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, food safety, sanitation, labeling, and department policies and procedures.
Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks, and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs.
Bends, stoops, and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders.
Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, high boys, and pallet jacks.
Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products.
Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary.
Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities.
Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures.
Must have knowledge of taste, content, and perishability of products, safety and sanitation procedures, and department policies and procedures.
Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to input order and inventory and print labels.
Utilizes saws, cutters, grinders, and other cutting and wrapping equipment.
Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment.
Utilizes safety cutters.
Requires use of safety gloves.

Responsibilities

Adheres to Company and Division customer service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals.
Handles customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints and reporting to the Meat Manager or Store Director as appropriate.
Promotes Albertson's philosophy of personalized service.
Receives and breaks down loads, checking for quality and quantity.
Maintains product quality by ensuring compliance with Company policies and federal and state regulations on storage and temperatures.
Cuts, grinds, weighs, and wraps fresh meat products according to proper procedure to ensure product quality.
Controls shrink and expenses.
Prevents the sale of out-of-date or spoiled product.
Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheet and other required paperwork and logs.
Maintains and organizes meat department cooler and freezer.
Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor, work area, cooler, freezer, equipment, and retail cases.
Ensures that product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping standards are met.
Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures, and monitoring product flow.
Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, and Company policies.
Follows Company policies in pricing and handling re-worked and reduced-to-clear items.
Complies with all federal, state, and local health, food handling, and safety standards.
Assists customers by taking and filling special orders.
Makes product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling.
Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately.
Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity.
Other necessary and required duties.