Job Details
POSITION TITLE: Meat Cutter
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Meat Manager
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
To provide cutting, preparation and stocking for the meat and seafood department and to ensure a positive shopping experience for customers.
NATURE AND SCOPE
Primary emphasis in position is to meet daily production needs and quality standards in meat and seafood cutting and preparation to ensure maximum department sales, product availability and provide high level of customer service. This position requires ongoing customer interaction, providing prompt, courteous service, knowledge of retail cutting techniques, food safety regulations, ongoing heavy lifting, standing, operation of meat equipment, exposure to cold temperatures and wet surfaces, judgment/decision making, memorization, and reading. Position functions and work hours may vary according to business needs. Assignments and work direction provided by Meat Manager or person in charge
ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS
1. Assist customers and ensure proper service levels and courtesy from all associates
- Greet customers
- Answer customer questions; provides product sampling and suggestive selling
- Answer meat and seafood telephone calls promptly
- Perform price checks
- Exchange product when necessary
- Bring customers to location of item, when needed
- Assists with special orders
Functional Requirements
Frequent: Physical - lifting/carrying to 50 lbs., equipment operation (meat slicer and scale, intercom, telephone) reaching, standing, walking, and turning
Mental
Occasional: - judgment/decision making, social skills/verbal interaction, memorization, reading, writing and math
Physical
squatting, stooping/bending and walking - lifting/carrying over 50 lbs., equipment operation (calculator)
2. Maintain meat and seafood cases
- Pull outdated product and properly rotates
- Restocks as needed to maintain maximum selection
- Follows merchandising plan
- Clean cases and sales floor
Functional Requirements
Frequent: Physical - lifting/carrying over 50 lbs., pushing/pulling over 50 force lbs., turning, standing, walking, squatting, reaching, stooping, bending, equipment operation (racks)
Mental - reading, judgment/decision making, memorization
Environmental - extended exposure to cold temperatures and wet surfaces
Occasional: Physical - equipment operation (forklift)
Mental - math
3. Perform meat and seafood cutting and preparation
- Follow safe food handling and preparation processes
- Follow daily cutting lists and completes work in allotted time
- Demonstrate proficiency in sawing, boning, cutting, trimming, grinding, weighing, traying
and wrapping techniques and equipment
- Maintain store's quality and trim standards
- Clean and sanitize all equipment used
Functional Requirements
Frequent: Physical - lifting/carrying over 50 lbs., pushing/pulling over 50 force lbs.,
turning, standing, squatting, reaching, stooping/bending, equipment
operation (racks)
Mental - reading, judgment/decision making, memorization
Environmental
Occasional:
- exposure to cold temperatures and wet surfaces
Physical
grinder, cuber, bulker, meat mixer, patty machine, tenderizer, pressure
- equipment operation (forklift) equipment operation (meat
washer) and climbing ladders
Mental - math
4. Clean and sanitize equipment, cases, work area and sales floor
- Break down equipment according to procedures
- Continuously monitor area and sales floor for cleanliness
- Utilize personal protective devices (rain suit, over boots, chemical splash goggles, metal
mesh gloves, chemical resistant gloves) as instructed
Functional Requirements
Frequent: Physical - lifting/carrying over 50 lbs., pushing/pulling over 50 force lbs.,
turning, standing, squatting, reaching, stooping/bending, equipment
operation (racks)
Mental - reading, judgment/decision making, memorization
Environmental
Occasional:
- exposure to cold temperatures and wet surfaces
Physical
grinder, cuber, bulker, meat mixer, patty machine, tenderizer, pressure
- equipment operation (forklift) equipment operation (meat
washer) and climbing ladders
Mental - math
5. Assist in ordering and receiving meat and seafood shipments
- Order to maintain appropriate stock levels as assigned
- Ensure orders are placed within allotted time
- Maintain familiarity with movement of key items to ensure a minimum of over or under
stock
- Verify product with invoice
- Ensure product meets quality standards; checks product for freshness and damage
- Ensure receiving record and drop sheet book are properly maintained
- Keeps cooler properly rotated and organized
- Ensure processing of shop back, damaged goods and maintaining damage records
- Ensure product properly dated
Functional Requirements
Frequent: Physical - lifting/carrying over 50 lbs., pushing/pulling over 50 force lbs.,
reaching, turning, squatting, stooping, bending, equipment operation (forklift,
pallet jack, flatbed)
Mental - judgment/decision making, reading, writing, memorization
6. Follow all store and department policies and procedures.
Functional Requirements
Frequent: Physical - walking
Mental
Interaction and memorization
- judgment/decision making, reading, writing, social skills/verbal
7. Perform other duties as assigned or delegated
Note: *Within each essential functional requirement, "Frequent" represents approximately 15% of
the work shift or at least ten repetitions per work shift. "Occasional" represents
approximately less than 15% of the work shift or fewer than 10 repetitions per work shift
*Management retains the discretion to add or to change the position functions at any time.
*Position functions may vary by store location
My Cub. My Way.
We provide our customers the best grocery experience period by personalizing our customers' evolving needs with innovation, convenience and by supporting the communities we serve through delivering quality, variety and fresh groceries.
At Cub, employment is built on a foundation of diversity and inclusion that enhances and enables our associates' career development through education and training. We pride ourselves in having a strong team of passionate employees who provide exceptional service. Every employee has the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our customers.
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status