Meat Cutter

Albertsons Companies•Phoenix, AZ

6h•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Cutter maintains the desired level of fresh meat production and ensures customer service, product quality, freshness, safety, and selection. The role maintains the cleanliness of the department and its equipment and follows company policies and applicable federal, state, and local regulations for meat handling, storage, labeling, sanitation, and food safety. The Meat Cutter serves customers, handles special orders, makes product suggestions, and responds to customer concerns and incoming calls. The position requires working knowledge of meat department duties and products, the ability to follow written assignments, basic mathematics and weights-and-measures knowledge, and the judgment and alertness needed to complete work safely and accurately. Work takes place in a temperature-controlled store, including prolonged work in areas ranging from 40°F to 50°F and exposure to colder cases, coolers, and freezers. The job involves frequent lifting, reaching, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, repetitive arm movements, and occasional ladder climbing. It is safety-sensitive due to potential hazards from cutting equipment and other work aids.

Requirements

Working knowledge of meat department duties, including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing, and customer service.
Ability to be friendly, courteous, tactful, and composed when dealing with customers and coworkers.
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 policies and procedures.
Knowledge of basic mathematics, weights and measures, product taste and content, and safety and sanitation procedures.
Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination; mental alertness to complete work safely and accurately.
Ability to frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects weighing up to approximately 80 pounds; bend and stoop frequently; occasionally climb ladders; push and pull fully loaded hand trucks, high boys, and pallet jacks; and perform repetitive arm movements.
Ability to work for prolonged periods in temperatures of 40°F to 50°F and handle products in colder display cases, coolers, and freezers.
Ability to use safety gloves and safety cutters and work around cutting equipment and other job-related hazards.
Good attendance is required.

Responsibilities

Meet or exceed customer service goals, handle customer relations positively, resolve complaints effectively, and promote personalized service.
Receive and break down deliveries; check product quality and quantity and maintain safe storage and temperatures.
Cut, grind, weigh, and wrap fresh meat according to procedures; control shrink and expenses and prevent sale of spoiled or out-of-date products.
Complete and monitor daily logs, paperwork, orders, inventory, and labels as required.
Maintain and organize the meat department cooler and freezer, and clean and sanitize the sales floor, work areas, equipment, and retail cases.
Meet standards for product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping.
Merchandise products according to schematics, advertise items appropriately, follow signing procedures, and monitor product flow.
Comply with retail labeling laws, company policies, and federal, state, and local health, food-handling, and safety standards.
Follow company pricing and handling policies for re-worked and reduced-to-clear items.
Assist customers with special orders, product suggestions, and suggestive selling; answer incoming calls appropriately.
Perform all duties safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity, along with other necessary duties.