Meat Cutter Position

Job Summary

As a Meat Cutter Position at Cosentino's Food Stores, you will be responsible for assisting customers in their shopping experience by providing high-quality meat products in an efficient, friendly, and courteous manner. You will also be responsible for following all guidelines on the proper techniques of cutting and/or preparing items for placement in the display cases. Additionally, you will monitor all product expiration dates and ensure that all items are properly rotated.

Key Responsibilities

• Follow all guidelines on the proper techniques of cutting and/or preparing items for placement in the display cases.
• Monitor all product expiration dates and ensure that all items are properly rotated.
• Monitor products for any damaged, un-saleable, or returnable products that should be removed and follow proper procedures for damage claims.
• Accurately count and record merchandise as part of the inventory process.
• Quickly and accurately change shelf tags, change price markers on displays, and label/price mark merchandise.
• Be knowledgeable about department items, procedures and policies so customer questions can be answered accurately and courteously.
• Resolve customer complaints in a professional manner and recognize when it is appropriate to involve a member of the store management team.
• Assist customers at the counter by weighing, wrapping and pricing selected items.
• Know and implement the Cosentino Customer Service Standards.
• Actively work to keep your work area and your department as a whole clean and safe for customers and coworkers.
• Know, comply with, and encourage other team members to comply with all health regulations, sanitation guidelines and safety procedures for your department and your store.
• Able to operate, clean and maintain all equipment safely and competently.
• Meet or exceed productivity standards to produce desired team and individual results.
• Demonstrates the strong verbal and interpersonal skills necessary for positive customer and peer interactions.
• Demonstrates the basic math and reading skills required for the position.

Physical Requirements

• Reaching overhead with both arms up to a maximum of 75 inches, twisting at the waist and lifting objects with both hands weighing up to 20 lbs.
• Pushing and pulling grocery items/carts to the proper locations as needed, up to a peak force of 40 lbs.
• Standing and walking for long periods of time on tile, asphalt, concrete or other hard surfaces.
• Occasionally lifting and carrying up to 80 lbs.
• Bending, squatting and crouching, at times all the way to floor level.
• Able to work in colder conditions of the grocery coolers and freezers.