Meat Cutter

The Meat Cutter is responsible for cutting and wrapping meat, poultry, and seafood in accordance with department expectations. The Meat Cutter follows all food safety and Co-op policies in performing these duties. The Meat Cutter works closely with the Meat Department Manager to ensure that product is ordered and received, cut correctly to minimize shrink, and wrapped for retail readiness while upholding sanitation standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Preparing raw meat for cutting and wrapping

• Ensures that all meat, poultry, and seafood is cut and wrapped with minimal shrink
• Follows all safety and sanitation procedures
• Cuts and prepares meat to ensure adequate product to stock and sell
• Works with Meat Department Manager to determine profitable product mix

Inventory

• Assists in ordering and oversees receiving of product within department’s budget
• Constant awareness of expiration dates and best practices for reducing food waste
• Consistently evaluates department shrink to meet goals set forth by management

Customer service

• Provides excellent customer service by assisting customers in finding what they are looking for
• Dynamically sells products by providing customers with information to make good product-related decisions
• Demonstrates outgoing and friendly behavior and an ability to interact with different types of customers
• Interacts with customers positively all the time, including taking preorders, showing them products elsewhere in the store, etc

Food safety and handling

• Meets all food safety guidelines set forth by management and the state
• Performs routine sanitation of all equipment and retail cases
• Ensures all food is consistently kept at appropriate temperatures
• Follows policies on personal hygiene and dress code

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL WORKERS

Essential Functions of all Positions:

• Provides exceptional customer service to internal & external customers, both in person & via phone:
• Responds promptly and honestly to customer inquiries
• Greets customers with a smile and friendly demeanor
• Communicates respectfully
• Wears any required uniform (nametag, apron, chef coat, etc.) so as to be easily identifiable to customers and able to work safely (hair covering, closed toed shoes, etc.)
• Asks for help from co-workers and provides help to customers and co-workers as needed.
• Works efficiently and safely
• Takes initiative and works as a part of a team
• Approaches work with a positive attitude
• Collaborates with others to find solutions and accepts solutions once determined
• Continues to learn and develop knowledge as it relates to the position, co-op, and industry
• Demonstrates regular and dependable attendance
• Follows department procedures and SOPs

QUALIFICATIONS (knowledge, skills, and abilities)

Preferred:

• Experience with different types of cuts and different types of meats
• Knowledge of food safety guidelines
• Experience working in cold environments

Minimum:

• Retail Grocery Experience
• Knife skills
• Ability to communicate effectively

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT (in a usual workday)

This position stands, bends, and lifts up to 8 hours per day. This position works in a cold, damp, and occasionally subfreezing environment. This position requires ability to work with sanitation equipment and chemicals. Frequent walking and climbing up and down stairs is necessary. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle, feel, and for fine manipulation. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. This position requires frequent interaction with the public, in person and over the telephone.

Note:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than the “at will” relationship.

The Belfast Community Co-op is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.