Meat Cutter - Apprentice

Save A Lot Grocery; Ashtabula (OH); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery store in Ashtabula seeks a Meat Manager who will oversee meat preparation and sales. The role involves cutting, packaging, and merchandising meat products while ensuring high standards of customer service and product quality. Candidates must have strong knife skills and the ability to work in refrigerated environments. Responsibilities also include inventory control and maintaining sanitation standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and stack up to 100 pounds.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Experience in maintaining sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Cutting and trimming meat for retail sales.
• Preparing, weighing, and packaging meat items.
• Maintaining product freshness and stock levels.

Skills

Customer Assistance

Inventory Control

Knife Skills

Tools

Meat Saws

Slicers

Grinders

Labeling Machines

Job description

Position

Meat Manager

Overview

A meat apprentice learns the skills of cutting meat for retail sales. The apprentice will learn knife skills for cutting fresh beef, pork, and packaging chicken, as well as production, sales, and merchandising objectives. Responsibilities include unloading products from trucks, cutting and trimming meat, dating, weighing, packaging, merchandising, and stocking products on racks and shelves up to 6 feet high. They operate meat saws, cubers, stock dollies, grinding machines, slicers, scales, price marking devices, labeling machines, and use knives, cleavers, and case cutters. The role involves working shifts, typically up to 8 hours a day, in refrigerated environments with temperatures from 0 to 55 degrees. Tasks include preparing, weighing, and wrapping meat items such as steaks, ground meat, roasts, and pork, assisting customers, making cuts to order, controlling inventory and stock levels, checking in vendors, logging spoilage and sales, maintaining product freshness, stocking pre-packaged meat, rotating stock, checking code dates, and performing cleaning functions.

Job Requirements

• Pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Work shifts.
• Read & write.
• Add, subtract, multiply & divide.
• Lift & stack up to 100 pounds.
• Reach & stock product up to 6 feet high.
• Travel to & from work.
• Give and follow verbal & written instructions.
• Pull or push wheeled vehicles weighing up to 1000 pounds.
• Operate saws, cubers, slicers, scales, grinders, and labeling machines.
• Normally work a maximum 8-hour shift.
• Provide assistance to customers and employees.
• Prepare, weigh, package, and price product to maximize gross profit, stock, merchandise, and rotate product.
• Write work schedules and supervise employees.
• Maintain sales and other written records.
• Perform freshness checks and re-condition product.
• Perform sweeping, cleaning, and mopping functions.
• Operate telephones and intercoms.
• Maintain sanitation standards.

Experience

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