Meat Cutter

Albertsons Companies•Prescott, 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 includes receiving and breaking down deliveries; preparing, packaging, labeling, merchandising, and maintaining meat products; and keeping department areas and equipment clean and sanitary. The Meat Cutter follows company policies and applicable health, food-handling, labeling, and safety regulations, supports customers with special orders and product suggestions, and completes required logs and paperwork. The job involves frequent physical activity and work in refrigerated and freezer environments. It is designated as safety-sensitive.

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.
Good understanding of company practices and Meat Department policies and procedures, with the 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 activities 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 operate computer software and electronic ordering devices to enter orders and inventory and print labels.
Ability to use saws, cutters, grinders, cutting and wrapping equipment, cleaning supplies and equipment, safety cutters, and safety gloves.
Ability to work for prolonged periods in temperatures ranging from 40°F to 50°F, with exposure to 30°F display cases, 35°F cold cases, a 28°F cooler, and a -20°F freezer.
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 and check products for quality and quantity.
Maintain product quality by following company storage and temperature requirements and applicable regulations.
Cut, grind, weigh, and wrap fresh meat according to proper procedures; control shrink and expenses; and prevent the sale of spoiled or out-of-date products.
Complete and monitor daily log sheets, paperwork, and other required records.
Organize and maintain the meat department cooler and freezer, and clean and sanitize the sales floor, work area, cooler, freezer, equipment, and retail cases.
Meet product standards for quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping.
Merchandise products according to schematics, promote advertised items, follow signing procedures, and monitor product flow.
Comply with retail labeling laws, applicable regulations, and company policies.
Follow company policies for pricing and handling reworked and reduced-to-clear items.
Follow federal, state, and local health, food-handling, and safety standards.
Assist customers with special orders, suggest products, and engage in suggestive selling.
Answer and respond appropriately to incoming calls.
Perform job duties safely, accurately, honestly, and with integrity.
Perform other necessary and required duties.