Assistant - Meat & Seafood

Description

Department: Meat & Seafood

Job Title: Meat and Seafood Assistant

Status: Reports to Meat Manager

Why work for us?

We are 50 years strong in the community.

We give back to organizations with shared values.

We offer great benefits and competitive compensation.

We are continually innovating and investing in the future.

We offer opportunities for personal and professional growth; about half of our managers were promoted from within.

Tired of working for a company that leaves you feeling like you’re not appreciated? Would you like to join a team that actually enjoys what they do and believes in making a difference?

The Brattleboro Food Co-op is owned by thousands of local shareholders and is committed to improving the quality of life for our community, one meal at a time. We offer competitive wages, great benefits, and an excellent work-life balance.

Purpose: Practicing safe food handling procedures, Meat Assistants attend to wrapping, displaying meat

and seafood products as well as maintaining product displays, all while providing a high level of

customer service.

Customer Service:

• Assist customers with product questions in prompt, courteous & friendly manner, referring questions to other staff if necessary.
• Answers questions accurately.
• Developing and maintaining strong customer relations.

Product Knowledge:

• Knowledgeable about most products. Continues to learn about new products.

Product Presentation and Quality:

• Wrap, tag, and display fresh and frozen meat, poultry, and seafood.
• Use correct tare weights and code dates on all products.
• Perform daily culls and rewraps.
• Display and maintain in-stock conditions with a fresh and appealing appearance throughout the department.
• Fill and rotate the fresh meat case.
• Maintain proper rotation of product and remove products that are unsaleable for any reason.
• Clean the meat display cases.

Maintenance and Conditioning:

• Help maintain clean, sanitized work areas in accordance with company standards and health department regulations.
• Assist in keeping the meat processing room and walk-in cooler clean and orderly.

Safety:

• Handle hazardous equipment carefully. Aware of presence of others when using such equipment. Equipment typically used includes the following:

Heat wrap machine

Electronic scales

Cutlery

Computer

Electric Stove

Rice Cooker

Food processor

• Use proper lifting techniques. Wear appropriate shoes.
• Mindful of potential hazards to customers and other employees and takes actions to correct hazards.

Teamwork:

• Continue to work while greeting customers in a courteous manner.
• Does own share of grungy tasks as requested by manager.
• Looks at whole department when prioritizing tasks and completes these tasks in a timely fashion.
• Always conscientious about co-workers and works with the team for department efficiency. Give verbal communication to next shift if necessary or written notes if urgent.
• Comes to work on time.
• Takes breaks when appropriate and comes back from break on time.
• Follow the direction of the meat department manager.

Accountability:

• Accepts responsibility for own actions. Exemplifies honesty, integrity and ethics.

Job Specific Functions:

• Be aware of the company's key points of difference.
• Limited receiving duties.
• Limited elementary meat cutting.

Requirements

• Experience in or willingness to learn safe operation of a heat-wrap machine.
• Experience in or willingness to learn safe operation of a vacuum packaging machine.
• Experience in or willingness to learn operation of electronic scales.
• Ability to learn computer operation as it applies to the department.
• Ability or willingness to learn identification of all cuts of meat by sight.
• Excellent customer relation skills.
• Basic knowledge of meat and seafood preparation.
• Team player attitude.
• Ability to lift 45-50 lbs. employing safe lifting procedures.
• Desire and ability to maintain a clean, safe working area.
• Following directions of the department manager.

At Brattleboro Food Co-op, we do not just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Brattleboro Food Co-op is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.