Meat Cutter

Mission Statement: Through skilled and devoted team members, Broulim's will provide the highest levels of Guest Service, Quality, and Value in a clean, enjoyable environment, thereby ensuring profitability and growth.

Vision Statement: Broulim’s Fresh Foods will always strive to be the best Independent Grocer in our communities.

Broulim’s Absolutes: fundamental practices that align our actions to our Mission and Vision Statements

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

1 - Skilled and Devoted Team Members

• Participate in setting and achieving goals to further your skills and engagement at time of your Evaluation.
• Assists in the training and development of other Meat Department team members to prepare them to become a Journeyperson Meat Cutter.
• Comply with all company policies, programs, and directives as specified by your manager and in the Team Member Manual.
• Takes advantage to participate in all the training and development of other Meat Department team members.

2 - Guest Service / Team Work

• Deliver excellent guest service through a friendly and courteous behavior by greeting, assisting, and responding to guest’s needs in order to promote Broulim’s image and increase guest confidence and loyalty.
• Maintain a high level of coordination and communication with other departments to ensure a smooth flow of products and service throughout the store and within the meat department.

3 - Quality and Value

• Capable of properly identifying, cutting and processing, rotating and merchandising all types of meat and seafood products according to company standards and guidelines. Demonstrates knowledge of and maintains all grinds as per company standards.
• Oversees, and demonstrates knowledge of and maintains strict adherence to all company and governmental regulatory agency standards and guidelines for the entire meat department including but not limited to COOL, acceptable temperature ranges of cases and processing areas, sanitation, and maintaining temperature logs and grinding logs.
• Assists in identifying, selecting and purchasing meat products so that inventories can be maintained at optimum levels. Pays proper attention to: outdated product, proper stock rotations, pricing is accurate and legible, and eye-appealing displays that are full and faced.
• Assists in maintaining adequate and appropriate department records at all times.
• Has and demonstrates knowledge of seafood and meat products and responds to questions from guests regarding ingredients, preparation, related products and equipment required for preparation.
• Required to function as a Seafood Merchandiser as needed. Must be capable of handling, gutting, boning, filleting, rotating and merchandising seafood products.

4 – Environment

• Promote a high level of morale and respect within department and store, utilizing friendly professional methods of honest and open communication, thereby being a positive example to others.
• Maintain a clean environment inside and outside the department by limiting clutter in department around cases, keeping display equipment, chrome, and cutting equipment clean, and keeping refrigeration clean and organized.

5 - Profitability and Growth

• Assist in maintaining effective department security in compliance with company policy and directives.
• Ensure company standards for safety are maintained and safety equipment is utilized.
• Ensure company standards for sanitation are maintained.
• Ensure company standards for productivity are maintained.

Position Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty with accuracy and maintain a high level of productivity and guest service. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Desired knowledge, skills and abilities

1. Ability to read, interpret and apply common sense understanding to instructions, policies and procedures either written or oral.

2. Must possess solid communication skills, including verbal and listening skills in order to effectively and efficiently communicate with guests and team members.

3. Ability to accept constructive review and be accountable for one’s own success.

4. Must have ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays.

5. Must possess integrity, a positive attitude, be mission driven, and be self-directed with a shared passion for Broulim’s Mission.

6. Education: High School diploma or general education degree (GED); or related job experience and / or training are required.

7. Certificates / Licenses: Food Handlers Certificate

8. Minimum Age: 21

9. Experience: Must have previous meat cutting experience.

10. Math: Basic math skills required. Basic math skills using units of money, weight, measurement, volume addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages required. An understanding of gross projections, invoices, transfers, labor goals, inventory, and other paperwork as assigned by store management is required.

11. Computer: Basic computer skills required.

12. Equipment: meat saw, knives, grinder, cubing machine, wrapping machine, slices, scales, pallet jack, power saw, hand truck, box cutters, 6 wheeler, Apod, etc.

13. Physical / Sensory Demands: the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associated encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Work is generally performed in a safe and comfortable store environment with the possibility of frequent exposure to cold.