Meat Cutter - Apprentice

Save A Lot Grocery; Ashtabula (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery store is seeking a Meat Manager to oversee meat preparation and customer service. This role involves skills in cutting and packaging both beef and pork, and maintaining product display standards. As a Meat Manager, you'll be crucial in ensuring freshness and quality in the meat department, while also managing inventory and assisting customers. Strong knife skills and basic math proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform basic math: add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Work shifts of up to 8 hours.

Responsibilities

• Cutting and packaging fresh meat items.
• Stocking shelves and ensuring product freshness.
• Maintaining sanitation standards in the working environment.

Skills

Knife skills

Customer assistance

Basic math

Product handling

Tools

Meat saws

Slicers

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 product from trucks, cutting and trimming, 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 work involves shifts of up to 8 hours, reading and writing, basic math, lifting and stacking up to 100 pounds, and working in refrigerated environments with temperatures from 0 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Tasks include preparing, weighing, and wrapping meat items such as steaks, ground meat, roasts, and pork. The role also involves assisting customers, making cuts to order, controlling inventory and stock levels, checking in vendors, logging spoilage and item sales, maintaining product freshness, stocking pre-packaged meat, rotating products, checking code dates, and performing cleaning functions.

Job Requirements:

• Pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Work shifts.
• Read and write.
• Perform basic math: add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Lift and stack up to 100 pounds.
• Reach and stock items up to 6 feet high.
• Travel to and from work.
• Follow verbal and written instructions.
• Pull or push wheeled vehicles weighing up to 1000 pounds.
• Operate saws, cubers, slicers, scales, grinders, and labeling machines.
• Work a maximum of 8 hours per shift.
• Assist customers and employees as needed.
• Prepare, weigh, package, and price products to maximize gross profit, and stock, merchandise, and rotate products.
• Write work schedules and supervise employees.
• Maintain sales and other records.
• Perform freshness checks and recondition products.
• Perform cleaning duties including sweeping, mopping, and case cleaning.
• Operate telephones and intercoms.
• Maintain sanitation standards.

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