Butcher

Position Overview

This role involves various meat-related tasks including cutting, preparing, displaying, and selling meat products. The employee must always present a positive company image, delivering courteous, friendly, and efficient service to both customers and team members. All duties should follow team and store protocols, support company values, promote programs, and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations relevant to the meat department.

Primary Duties

• Cutting, platting, and merchandising different meats such as beef, pork, lamb, veal, and poultry.
• Preparing specialty meat products like sausages, oven-ready items, and cured meats.
• Ensuring products meet quality standards.
• Managing the sampling program.
• Monitoring to prevent product spoilage.
• Providing mentorship and support to assigned Meat Cutter Trainees.
• Arriving on time, dressed appropriately, attending scheduled shifts, training, and meetings.
• Delivering excellent customer service and responding promptly to customer and phone inquiries while using suggestive selling methods.
• Maximizing sales through proper product handling including prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising.
• Following all procedures relating to weights and measures, health, sanitation, and safety.
• Maintaining a clean and sanitary workplace and shopping area, including equipment maintenance.
• Performing assigned opening, mid, and closing duties ensuring signage and pricing accuracy.
• Reporting safety hazards and violations immediately.
• Carrying out additional duties assigned by leadership teams.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Solid understanding of meat team processes and procedures.
• Strong cutting skills to break down meat into sub-primal and retail cuts.
• Extensive knowledge of various meat cuts and cooking styles for meat and seafood.
• Ability to assess product quality and freshness visually.
• Ability to provide market condition insights to customers.
• Effective communication skills and team collaboration.
• Capability to deliver clear and respectful information to colleagues, customers, and vendors.
• Customer service skills that meet expectations in all interactions.
• Ability to follow directions, organize tasks, and manage time well.
• A passion for natural foods and company mission alignment.
• Strong work ethic with capability to work in fast-paced, urgent environments.
• Compliance with company quality standards.

Experience & Training

• Minimum of 14 months retail experience.
• Completion of the company's Butcher Apprentice Program or similar training.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Must be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Requires standing or walking for 6 to 8 hours during an 8-hour shift.
• Usage of hands for grasping, fine manipulation, pushing, and pulling.
• Physical movements include bending, twisting, squatting, and reaching.
• Exposure to FDA-approved cleaning chemicals.
• Working in temperature ranges below freezing, refrigerated, and above 90°F conditions.
• Ability to work in wet and cold environments.
• Safe handling of knives and cutting tools.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Operation of tools and machinery such as box cutters and electric pallet jacks.

Additional Information

This summary outlines the critical responsibilities but is not exhaustive. Job requirements may evolve with progression through company levels. Promotion is contingent upon successful performance, business need, and qualifications. Certain milestones or time in position do not guarantee advancement.

Compensation and Benefits

The hourly pay ranges from $18 to $30.20, depending on experience. Full-time employees are eligible for "Whole Benefits," which include store discounts, paid time off, financial wellness, health and wellness support programs, and additional perks. Eligibility varies based on hire date, location, tenure, and job type.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

The company offers equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or other protected characteristics. Hiring and promotions are based solely on qualifications and business needs.