Meat Cutter Floater

Location

Chippewa Falls

Full-Time

Festival Foods is a Wisconsin grocer committed to giving back to the communities it serves and providing guests with exceptional service and value. We operate more than 40 full-service supermarkets across the state of Wisconsin.

At Festival, people are at the top of our list. You’ll see it in everything from our daily interactions to how we treat our guests – even in our extensive associate benefits and programs.

Job Title:

Meat Cutter
- Floater

Reports To:

Meat Manager

The Meat Cutter
- Floater will assist in any and all tasks performed within the Meat Department in order to provide our guest with exceptional products and services. The Meat Cutter
- Floater fills in at various stores to ensure the store’s meat department provides positive earnings and the department operates at standards set by Festival Foods. Delivers the highest level of customer service and satisfaction, by trimming and preparing standard cuts of meat. Demonstrates excellent teamwork, interpersonal skills, and commitment to the success of the team.

• Responsible for traveling to multiple stores to ensure department standards are achieved by cutting meat, working service counter, filling processed or frozen meat/seafood and training meat department associates.
• While in an assigned store, assists Meat Manager to achieve business metric goals. Additional responsibilities may include product ordering, merchandising, productivity and maintaining control of shrink to meet company goals.
• Ensure all quality standards are being met, including quantity expectations at 100% by 10 am and 4 PM. This will include the need to assist in filling of all cases as needed. (Service/self-service fresh, frozen and processed cases).
• Contributes to overall department goals and objectives by assisting other areas of the department as available and requested.
• Responsible for all non-case ready meat production including cutting, trimming, grinding, wrapping, marinating, sausage making, etc.
• Increases sales by being fussy about the details ensuring visually appealing products.
• Reduces shrink by following production planning tools/cutting lists, recipes, following accurate trim standards, not pre-trimming primals, and minimizing waste.
• Maintains an adequate level of supplies in the Meat department by replenishing items as needed.
• Collaborating daily with the Meat Manager and Assistant Meat Manager on proper par levels for fresh meat cuts/grinds including fresh meat backstock in freezers and coolers.
• Assist in the writing/placing of meat orders and meat supplies.
• Assists in training of our Utility team members including grinding, cutting product for the service counter, cutting special orders, wrapping, properly labeling and filling product.
• Contributes to overall cleanliness of the department by performing daily department sanitation, picking up, organizing, and cleaning work areas, shelving, and sales floor as needed.
• Required to maintain food safety and grind logs.
• Complete periodic cutting yield tests with meat manager and assistant manager.
• Verify meat deliveries for accuracy.
• Inspect displayed products for close or expired dates and remove when necessary. Maintain markdown policy.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences.

• Provides customer service to guests including assisting Guests at the service counter.
• Assists guests with finding items they are looking for, answers questions regarding types, cuts, and suggested preparation of meats.
• Takes special orders and other special requests and completes them in a timely manner.
• Answers the telephone and assists callers using proper phone etiquette.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

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