Meat Cutter Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Meat Cutter to join our team at Harps Food Stores, Inc. As a Meat Cutter, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional customer service and ensuring that our meat department meets the highest standards of quality and freshness.

• Meat Department Operations: Supervise and manage the daily operations of the meat department, including department readiness, staffing, supervision, price maintenance, policies and procedures, inventory preparation, department financial goals and objectives, department cleanliness, and safe use of equipment and tools.
• Meat Department Replenishment and Inventory: Assist in ordering, replenishment, receiving, invoicing and accounting, back stock, reclamation and returns, damages and reworks, supply use and inventory preparation.
• Merchandising and Sales Floor Standards: Maintain proper stocking, rotation, signing, setting and maintaining displays, sampling and overall department procedures.
• Food Safety and Quality Control: Follow all company and food safety production guidelines for fresh food preparation, production and processing. Ensure all product produced for consumption is properly packaged/wrapped, weighted and/or priced, and labeled according to company and regulatory requirements.
• Equipment Maintenance and Safety: Adhere to all proper equipment procedures, including cleaning and maintenance requirements.
• Customer Service and Relations: Deliver exceptional customer service, remove any barriers impeding customer service, and actively look for ways to help others by following our SMILE Program guidelines.
• Leadership and Teamwork: Demonstrate responsible behavior, thoroughness of work, and dependability. Foster relationships with others, take a personal interest in the interests and ideas of others, and treat others fairly, respectfully, and sincerely.

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent preferred.
• Three years previous experience working in meat market or retail grocery store preferred.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Adaptable to different situations and the ability to respond with flexibility to shifting priorities and rapid change.
• Ability to interpret, understand and follow instructions.
• Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Moves, lifts, carries and places merchandise and supplies weighing less than or equal to 100 pounds without assistance.
• Frequently reaches overhead and below the knee, including pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, crouching and twisting with or without bearing weight. Occasionally required to squat, kneel and climb.
• Continuous repetitive motion with hand(s) and arm(s), such as grasping, gripping and turning.
• Stands and/or walks continuously throughout shift.
• Visually locates merchandise and other objects, as well as verifies information, often in small print.
• May be exposed to all weather conditions (hot, cold, rain, snow, ice and wind) as well as, inside work with variations in heat, cold, dust and humidity.
• May be exposed to cleaning solvents or other chemicals.
• May be exposed to latex, eggs, nuts, soy and wheat.
• Employment at Harps may be contingent upon completion and our evaluation of a PEP survey, drug screen, employment reference check and criminal background check.