Wholefoods Careers – Experienced Meat Cutter Full Time

Job Description:

Performs duties relating to the cutting, preparation, display, and selling of meat products. All Whole Foods Market Retail jobs require ensuring a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and Team Members at all times. All positions must be performed in accordance with team and store Standard Operating Procedures. Further, Team Members must be prepared and able to perform the duties inherent in other Team Member job descriptions. All positions must strive to support WFM core values and goals, promote national, regional, and store programs and initiatives, and ensure adherence to all applicable health and safety regulations including Food Safety and regulatory duties required in the department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
• Prepares specialty meat merchandise (i.e. sausage, oven ready products, and cured meats).
• Monitors and assists in preventing spoilage.
• Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Maintains sampling program.
• Cuts, platters, and merchandises products (beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry).
• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.
• Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment; maintains equipment in accordance with WFM cleanliness and safety standards.
• Mentors and supports assigned Meat Cutter Trainee(s).
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
• Checks product to make sure it meets WFM quality standards.

Job Requirements:

• Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members.
• Working understanding of Meat team processes and procedures.
• Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.
• Understanding of and compliance with WFM quality goals.
• Capable of accessing information about market conditions and communicating this information to customers.
• Ability to visually examine products for quality and freshness.
• Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Excellent cutting skills with the ability to bread product down into sub-primal and retail cuts.
• Extensive knowledge of different cuts and cooking techniques of meat and seafood.
• Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills.
• Ability to deliver information in a clear and respectable manner to fellow Team Members, customers, and vendors.

Qualification & Experience:

• Ability to use tools and equipment, including box cutters, electric pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to handle knives and other cutting equipment.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• In an 8-hour work day: standing/walking 6-8 hours.
• Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals.
• Hand use: single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling.
• Exposure to temperatures: <32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing), 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (refrigerators), >90 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Work requires the following motions: bending, twisting, squatting and reaching.
• Ability to work in a wet and cold environment.

Job Details:

Company: Whole Foods Market

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: Management Manufacturing

Job Location: Cincinnati, OH, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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