Meat Cutter

Albertsons Companies•Phoenix, AZ

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 also maintains cleanliness and sanitation throughout the meat department, including its work areas, equipment, coolers, freezers, and retail cases. The position involves receiving and preparing meat products, supporting merchandising and inventory practices, and assisting customers. It is safety-sensitive and requires compliance with company policies and applicable food-handling, health, and safety requirements.

Requirements

Be friendly, courteous, and tactful, and maintain composure with customers and co-workers.
Have working knowledge of meat department duties, including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing, and customer service.
Communicate orally and read and follow written work assignments.
Understand company practices and meat department policies and procedures, and be able to judge and react to business activity.
Know product varieties, standards, perishability, food safety, sanitation, labeling, and department policies and procedures.
Frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 pounds; bend, stoop, and reach frequently; occasionally climb ladders; push and pull fully loaded hand trucks, high boys, and pallet jacks; and perform repetitive arm movements.
Have manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination, and remain mentally alert to complete work safely and accurately.
Know basic mathematics, weights and measures, product taste, content and perishability, and safety and sanitation procedures.
Operate computer software and electronic ordering devices to enter orders and inventory and print labels.
Work scheduled hours that may vary; good attendance is required. Nights, weekends, and holidays may be required.
Work safely around potential hazards from cutting equipment and other work aids.

Responsibilities

Follow company and division customer-service programs, handle customer relations positively, resolve complaints effectively, and refer matters to the Meat Manager or Store Director as appropriate.
Receive and break down deliveries; check product quality and quantity; and follow company policies and federal and state requirements for storage and temperatures.
Cut, grind, weigh, and wrap fresh meat products according to procedures; control shrink and expenses; and prevent sale of out-of-date 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 clean and sanitize the sales floor, work area, cooler, freezer, equipment, and retail cases.
Meet standards for product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping.
Merchandise products according to schematics, promote advertised items, follow signing procedures, and monitor product flow while complying with labeling laws, regulations, and company policies.
Follow company policies for pricing and handling re-worked and reduced-to-clear items.
Comply with federal, state, and local health, food-handling, and safety standards.
Assist customers with special orders, make product suggestions, and engage in suggestive selling.
Answer and respond appropriately to incoming calls.
Perform job duties safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity, as well as other necessary and required duties.