Meat Cutters - Full-time / Part-time

strongCompany Description:/strongpShaw’s and Star Market is working to become the favorite food and drug retailer in every state it operates and is a proud member of the Albertson’s family of stores. Shaw’s is one of the oldest continuously operated supermarkets in the United States with its roots dating to 1860. Throughout five New England states, there are 155 store locations employing approximately 18,000 associates. For more information about Shaw’s, please visit www.shaws.com or connect with us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Shaws./pstrongJob Description:/strongpPURPOSE OF POSITION:/ppbr / /ppspanThe Meat Cutter is responsible for assisting and servicing customers at the Meat/span/ppDepartment. He/she must have excellent customer service skills, as they may work one/ppon one with customers. He/she is responsible for following the customer satisfaction/ppbehaviors, to include being friendly, responsive, knowledgeable and passionate. He/she/ppcuts (with a knife and/or saw), bones, and trims meat product, places finished product/ppinto trays to be wrapped. The cutter may also weigh and price product. He/she must fill/ppproducts into the service case, self-service cases, and other display areas and may also/pptake down product at night. Meat Cutters may also do preparation of food products and/ppwork with cooked and uncooked foods. He/she must maintain product quality by/ppreviewing appearance, codes, and rotating product. He/she must maintain the Meat prep/pparea in a clean/sanitary and visually appealing manner./pp/ppORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:/pp/ppspanThis position reports to: Meat Manager, Assistant Meat Manager/span/ppspanPosition(s) that report directly to this position: Full time Meat Cutters may supervise,/span/pptrain, and develop part time clerks when assigned./pp/ppESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:/pp/ppbr /spanWork in a courteous manner in a fast paced multi functional environment alone or with/span/ppspanother people in a cool/cold environment./spanspanAssist in increasing sales by utilizing the five steps of selling – /span/pulullispanConnect with the customer; qualify the customer; present solutions; closing the sale and create a customer for life./span/lilispanCut meat products with a knife and/or band saw including boning and trimming; this /spanspanrequires repetitive motion./span/lilispanOperate meat department equipment such as band saw, meat grinder, meat blender, cuber, auto wrapper, scale, and slicer./span/lilispanAssist customers, process verbal orders (including weighing and pricing), and deliver /spanspanorders to customer from across the counter./spanspanMust work quickly and carefully while cutting/stocking/wrapping items at a reasonable expectancy (R/E)./spanspanVisually identify product and PLU code; manually enter into the scale for pricing./spanspanHandle various raw meat products to cut, prepare, wrap, price, and stock into meat cases. /spanspanRead display terminal and other documents when necessary./spanspanLift and load product weighing up to 60 lbs./spanspanRetrieve product weighing up to 60 lbs. from the cooler to the prep room. Lif/spanspant and load 5-40 lb trays/cases onto stock carts and push or pull cart to stocking area./spanspanTake verbal orders over the telephone and write down pertinent information./span/liliInteract and communicate with others in a courteous and professional manner including greeting and thanking customers./li/ul/ulp/ppspanDeal with some potentially difficult situations (such as dissatisfied customers)./span/pp/ppADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS:/pp/ppspanPrepare special customer requests./span/pp/ppspanLift and load product weighing up to 80 lbs./span/pp/ppspanSweep, clean up, and sanitize workstation as assigned by supervisor./span/pp/ppspanCleaning, maintaining, and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and other supply items./span/pp/ppspanClean display cases and fill supplies when needed./span/pp/ppspanOther duties as assigned./span/pp/ppASSIGNMENT, REVIEW, AND APPROVAL OF WORK:/pp/ppspanThe Meat Manager generally assigns the work./span/pp/ppspanMeat Cutter should review and get approval from his/her supervisor prior to performing/span/ppany work that was not previously assigned./pp/ppspanThe Meat Manager generally prepares work schedules on a weekly basis./span/pp/ppRESPONSIBILITY AND DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY:/pp/ppspanMeat Cutter is responsible to wait on the customer and provide good customer service/span/ppincluding suggestive selling./pp/ppspanMeat Cutters are not to leave their assignment without notifying the supervisor on duty./span/pp/ppspanMeat Cutters are responsible for knowing and understanding all Meat specific policies/span/ppand procedures./pp/ppspanResponsible for performing their work in a safe and ergonomically correct manner./span/pp/ppspanAny unsafe working conditions must be reported to the supervisor on duty immediately./span/pp/ppRELATIONS WITH OTHERS:/pp/ppspanMust be able to relate to the following in a courteous and professional manner:/span/ppspanCustomers/span/ppspanSupervisors/span/ppspanCo-workers/span/ppspanStore Management/span/ppspanOther people with whom they have contact while on duty/span/pp/ppspan/span /pp/pp /pstrongQualifications:/strongpKNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND REQUIRED:/ppbrnbsp;/ppspanMust be at least 18 years old./span/ppspanPrior meat cutting experience./span/ppspanExcellent customer service skills./span/ppspanSome on the job training is provided./span/ppbr/ppKNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND DESIRED:/ppbrnbsp;/ppspanPrior food handling experience./span/ppspanAbility to work quickly and accurately./span/ppspanHigh school graduate or currently enrolled in school. bspan/span/b/span/ppspan/span/ppWORKING CONDITIONS/ppbr/ppspanStores are usually open 7 days a week./span/ppbr/ppspanPart time associates usually work between 8 and 36 hours a week./span/ppbr/ppspanFull time associates usually work 40 hours a week./span/ppbr/ppspanRetail store conditions are generally dry with moderate temperature./span/ppbr/ppspanMeat Cutter requires the performance of repetitive tasks./span/ppbr/ppspanMeat Cutters work with knives, saws, and other potentially hazardous equipment./span/ppbr/ppspanMeat Cutters work with raw meat products./span/ppbr/ppspanMeat workstations are cool/cold and may be wet./span/ppbr/ppspanCooler conditions may be wet or dry, and usually cold./span/ppbr/ppspanFreezer conditions are usually very cold./span/ppbr/ppspanA hair restraint must be worn at all times./span/ppbr/ppspanAssociates in the Meat Dept. are usually scheduled according to peak customer times./span/ppspan/span/ppGENERAL:/ppbr/ppspanThis may be a part time or full time position./span/ppbr/ppspanThis is not considered an entry-level position./span/ppspan/span/ppspanSignificant Food safety awareness is required in this position./span/ppspan/span/ppMISCELLANEOUS:/ppbr/ppspanIt is important to understand that all Meat Cutters must have the ability to deal with some/span/pppotentially difficult situations (such as dissatisfied customers) to perform this position in/ppa satisfactory manner./pp/ppEOE/pstrongAdditional Information:/strongpPlease apply online at www.shaws.com and email resume to karyn.watts@shaws.com/p