Meat/Cutter Clerk

About This Role

The Meat/Cutter Clerk is responsible for providing exceptional customer service, maintaining a safe and clean environment, and assisting with department sales goals. This role involves cutting and preparing meats to customer specifications and ensuring product quality.

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products
• Cut meats to customer’s requests using proper cutting equipment
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about
• Inform customers of meat specials
• Provide customers with fresh/frozen products that they have ordered and the correct portion size (or as close as possible to the amount ordered) to prevent shrink
• Recommend meat items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need
• Use all equipment in meat department such as the refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens according to company guidelines
• Prepare food to company standards
• Adequately prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients in merchandise
• Check product quality to ensure freshness and review “sell by” dates
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines

Requirements

• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)
• Possess adequate knife handling skills and knife speed
• Must be at least 18 years of age

Nice to Have

• Meat experience
• Retail experience
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing)

Benefits

Certifications