(USA) Senior Meat Cutter

Walmart•Chattanooga, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Meat Cutter at Sam's Club, you will be instrumental in driving sales within your department, ensuring members receive high-quality products at competitive prices. This role requires a collaborative approach, working with other associates to meet and exceed member expectations across the club. Key aspects of the position include maintaining an in-depth knowledge of various meat products, their seasonality, and proper equipment usage, alongside efficient backroom operations. You will be responsible for processing meat according to specifications, including cutting, slicing, grinding, and wrapping, while strictly adhering to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, and inventory management practices. The role also involves operating, maintaining, and sanitizing equipment. You are expected to leverage digital tools to enhance sales, improve the shopping experience, and boost associate engagement, using handheld technology for real-time business decisions related to production, training, and product quality. As an owner, you will drive business results by committing to operational excellence, planning for profitability, maintaining a clean and organized work area, ensuring product quality for high-volume meat items, minimizing waste, and securing merchandise. You will also assist members with purchasing decisions and ensure proper packaging, labeling, and storage of products. Furthermore, you will act as a talent ambassador, advocating for the department and club by prioritizing the member's experience, modeling high-quality service, and assisting in training other associates on job-related duties. The role also encompasses complying with company policies, upholding ethical standards, fostering a culture of belonging, and continuously striving for excellence and improvement.

Requirements

6 months’ experience working in a fresh production department
Successfully complete all job required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if I receive the position
Must be 18 years of age or older

Responsibilities

Collaborates with cross functional teams and helps educate other associates on tools tasks and resources communicating effectively and developing interpersonal skills for providing customer service being flexible to the needs of the business tracking goods maintaining instock levels and controlling shrinkage
Maintains an indepth knowledge of the various types and seasonality of different meat products equipment usage and backroom operations providing meat products to members by processing meat according to specifications for example cutting slicing grinding and wrapping meat products ensuring compliance with food safety standards sanitation guidelines and inventory management operating maintaining and sanitizing equipment
Leverages digital tools to drive sales improve the shopping experience and elevate associate engagement utilizing hand held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production training and product quality with the member in mind adapting to new tools and encouraging others to use them
Drives the business results ensuring commitment to operational excellence planning for profitability maintaining a work area according to company policies and procedures ensuring quality and standards for high volume meat products eliminating waste securing fragile and highshrink merchandise assisting members with purchasing decisions and ensuring merchandise is properly packaged labeled and stored
Being an advocate for the department and the club by valuing the members experience in the meat area and modeling high quality service and products executing the basics at highest possible level of quality interacting with associates to understand the roadblocks and assists in training them to perform jobrelated duties as assigned
Complies with company policies procedures and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans using the Open Door Policy: and applying these in executing business processes and practices
Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies data and resources collaborating with managers coworkers customers and other business partners identifying priorities deadlines and expectations carrying out tasks communicating progress and information determining and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities and adapting to and learning from change difficulties and feedback
Embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where associates feel seen supported and connected through a culture of belonging creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform helps to attract the best talent
Works as a team builds strong and trusting relationships communicates with impact energy and positivity to motivate and influence
Strengthens the team by helping developing and mentoring others recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture holds oneself and others accountable supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers members and the world around us
Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble selfaware honest fair and transparent
Delivers results while putting the customer first
Makes decisions based reliable information balances short and longterm priorities and considers how own work impacts the teams ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders
Displays curiosity and a desire to learn takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience
Drives continuous improvements is open to and uses new technologies and skills and supports others through change

Benefits

Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.