Experienced Meat Cutter

ZippyApp - Recruitment Marketing; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

ZippyApp - Recruitment Marketing is seeking a Meat Cutter to ensure the Meat Department is clean, fresh, and inviting. You will assist customers, trim and display cuts, and help manage stock and pricing in a fast-paced retail setting.

Ideal candidates have at least two years of meat-cutting experience or completed an Apprentice Meat Cutter program, plus fluency in English. Ability to work in cool environments and lift up to 50 lbs is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Two years meat cutter experience or completion of a Cutting Test.
• Apprentice Meat Cutter training program and on-the-job training.
• Fluency in English; Spanish desired.

Responsibilities

• Trim and cut beef, pork, poultry and related products for display and sale.
• Wrap, weigh and price products with attention to tare weights and shrink.
• Greet customers and assist in locating products; suggest related items.
• Stock displays and rotate perishable items; remove damaged products as needed.
• Assist in receiving merchandise and verifying quantities and quality.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Teamwork

English fluency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Apprentice Meat Cutter training program

Tools

Meat cutting tools

Weighing scales

Job description

Job description:Job SummaryThe position of Meat Cutter has the responsibility of ensuring that the Meat Department is a clean, safe, well stocked, inviting part of the store. The Meat Cutter demonstrates an intermediate knowledge of meat cuts and processing. The Meat Cutter is to assist the customers with information and location of products as well as suggest other items that may be of benefit to the shopper.

Essential Functions

• Properly trim the common as well as specialty cuts of beef, pork, poultry and other types of merchandise sold daily, ensuring that all displayed cases/shelves are adequately stocked at all times
• Wrap, Weigh and Price all meat and related products following approved procedures ensuring that product pricing makes adequate allowances for Tare Weights and Shrink if applicable
• Greet customers and provide them with prompt, professional service as needed and assist in locating and/or retrieving merchandise
• Stock fresh product, rotate dated and/or perishable merchandise, pulling any out of date or damaged merchandise from the shelf and condition store shelves, cases, etc. when instructed
• Assist in receiving and unloading of merchandise, including checking the merchandise received to ensure proper count, quality and conditions

Requirements/Responsibilities

QualificationsTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Education and Work Experience

• A high school diploma or GED equivalent is preferred
• One of the two qualifications listed below must be met:1. A minimum of two years of experience as a Meat Cutter and successful completion of a Standard Competencies “Cutting” Test2. Successful completion of The Apprentice Meat Cutter training program and subsequent on the job training

Language Skills

• Ability to read, write and speak English fluently (Spanish Desired)
• Ability to speak clearly

Mathematical Skills

• Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

Reasoning Ability

• The ability to discern when a customer is in need of some sort of assistance
• The ability to estimate within an accepted range the amount of any given product needed for a particular time period

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to bend, stoop and reach
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours or more)
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in cool to cold temperatures for long periods of time (up to 8 hours or more)
• Ability to work around potentially dangerous equipment safely