Meat Cutter / Full Time, Floater - Lakeland, FL

Save A Lot • Lakeland, FL

146d • $19 - $24

About The Position

The Meat Cutter ensures the store’s meat department operates according to company standards, driving sales and maximizing profitability. The role provides a high level of customer service by following the company’s meat merchandising plan and trimming and preparing standard meat cuts as outlined in the Meat Cutter Resource Manual. The Meat Cutter demonstrates teamwork, interpersonal skills, and commitment to team success.

The position leads meat department performance, supports ordering and merchandising, manages productivity and shrink, and coaches and trains team members. It also includes cutting, packaging, labeling, receiving, inspecting, storing, and displaying meat products while following company policies, food safety, sanitation, quality, and merchandising requirements. The role may involve working in more than one store or other areas of a store.

Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled environment at 38–45 degrees. The job requires extended periods of standing, walking, or moving, frequent handling of objects up to 30 pounds, occasional product weighing up to 100 pounds, moving heavy product with assistance, and extended periods of pushing, pulling, grasping, and sawing motions.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Basic math proficiency, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
• Effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Dependability and flexibility, including willingness to work in other store areas as needed with little or no advance notice.
• Customer service, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
• Must adhere to the uniform dress code.
• Ability to reach, bend, twist, balance, lift, and transport objects weighing up to 30 pounds repeatedly; product may weigh up to 100 pounds at times.
• Ability to move heavy product with assistance.
• Ability to stand, walk, or move about for extended periods.
• Ability to push, pull, grasp, and use sawing motions for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

• One year of previous experience cutting meat, including use of hand tools and power equipment such as knives, slicers, grinders, cubing machines, and power saws.
• Spanish or other language proficiency.
• Company work history will be strongly considered, including attendance, work performance, safety, policy compliance, and performance management.

Responsibilities

• Lead meat department performance to achieve and exceed metric goals.
• Order products, merchandise them, manage productivity, and control shrink to meet company and business unit goals.
• Coach and train others who perform meat-related tasks within the department.
• Set and execute work priorities and direct the assignment of individual tasks in the meat department.
• Enforce meat policies and procedures within the assigned store.
• Use knives and power equipment to cut and package authorized beef, pork, and poultry items according to company policies and procedures.
• Update displays and case signs appropriately and present meat to maximize sales.
• Maintain proper date rotation for dated and undated products in display cases and storage coolers.
• Prepare and place meat cuts and products in display counters so they appear attractive to customers.
• Wrap, weigh, and price cuts of meat.
• Label packages according to COOL, USDA, and company standards.
• Receive, inspect, and store meat deliveries while maintaining the cold chain and ensuring product quality.
• Meet and maintain daily sanitation and quality standards according to company policy.
• Follow and execute company policies and procedures, including COOL, food safety, sanitation, meat/produce scale operation, markdowns, inventory processes, meat POGs, the Meat Cutter Resource Manual, Daily Manager Signoff, and the Meat Cutting List.
• Perform other perishable or non-perishable duties as needed to maintain store performance.
• Protect company property, funds, and merchandise.
• Work in more than one store or in other areas of the store as assigned.
• Deliver customer service and satisfaction while following the company meat merchandising plan.
• Comply with the uniform dress code and company policies and applicable laws.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Team Member Referral Program
• Wellbeing Program
• Career development opportunities
• Health and welfare benefits for team members who are full-time or average 30 or more hours per week

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED