Description

Essential Functions and Duties:

• Provide      quality service to customers by cutting fresh meat in a professional      manner to meet their expectations
• Rotate      product and make sure counters are always well stocked
• Ensure      that all tools, equipment, tables, rooms and coolers are kept clean and      sanitary
• Make      sure all advertised products are available to customers
• Wrap      product, fill displays, rotate inventory, control back-up
• Train      new employees on safe and proper techniques of cutting, grinding and      wrapping of product to meet Save-a-Lot’s specifications
• May occasionally      be required to do the following: adjust meat orders, discount meat to ensure freshness, receive meat      deliveries
• Perform      other duties and tasks as required by management

Requirements

Required Skills, Education and Experience:

• High      school diploma or equivalent preferred 
• Previous      retail experience preferred 
• Must      be able to communicate verbally with vendors, customers, employees and      upper management
• Must      be proficient in basic math skills 
• Ability      to properly and safely use knives, meat saw, meat grinder, cuber, baler,      scales, electric jack, trash compactor, and any other cutting tools and      mechanical equipment necessary to the position

Physical Requirements and Environmental Conditions:

Employee must regularly:

• Lift      up to 90 lbs to a height of 4’
• Carry      up to 90 lbs a distance of approximately 20’ on a concrete or tile surface
• Walk a      distance of approximately 30’ on a concrete or tile surface several times      daily
• Stand      for long periods of time on a concrete surface while cutting and wrapping      meat, while in cold temperatures 
• Push      and pull product during cutting process and running lunchmeat carts 
• Bend      and twist when organizing product in display cases, coolers and freezer,      and when unloading delivery trucks
• Speak      and hear (in person and on the telephone) when communicating with vendors,      customers, employees and management
• See to      cut, trim, or grind meat, to complete paperwork and maintain display cases

While performing this job, employee is regularly exposed to inside temperatures of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, with concrete or tile flooring and a moderate noise level. Chemicals are used regularly to clean the meat department to health and safety specifications.