Central Market is a specialty grocery that started in Austin, Texas in 1994, and has grown to multiple locations across the state. What makes Central Market one of the freshest markets in the country - Try a sumptuous selection of everything edible, for starters. We go straight to the source to bring you the finest food and drink the world has to offer. With hundreds of cheeses, thousands of wines, acres of produce, and aisles of experts, Central Market is a foodie’s wonderland. Our commitment beyond the plate is another reason we’re a cut above. We believe food is a way of uniting families and communities, of preserving cultures, and of starting new traditions. Each of our stores is a market in the truest sense and is a place to exchange goods, services, and ideas for those really into food.

Summary/Responsibilities of this position:
Central Market is seeking a Meat Cutter with availability to include days, evenings, and weekends to handle the freshest quality ingredients.

 

Business Unit/Department Mission: Receives, stores, grinds, cuts, wraps, and sells meat for new and existing retail customers by performing the following duties:

Duties of this position include:
- Unloading product from truck and transporting to storage area
- Ensures quality control of all product before sending to sales floor
- Maintains sanitation in the department
- Maintains organization of back storage, freezer, walk-in and production area
- Reads and executes daily production list
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as weights, discounts, percentages and volumes
- Provides customer service as required such as answering questions, taking orders on the phone
- Assists in monitoring the quality of goods and monitors shrink
- Orders and receives products and supplies
- Maintains transfer records
- Preps, wraps, prices, sells, and stocks products continuously
- Demos, or prepares customer samples for self-serve
- Provides superlative customers service
- Uses suggestive selling techniques to maximize sales

Requirements:
- Must be familiar with over 100 cuts of meats.

- Unloads fresh, cured, and boxed meats and poultry from delivery truck and transports them to storage room.

- Counts and weighs incoming product and compares results against invoice.

- Examines meats in storage and rotates meats to avoid aging.

- Cuts meat into small pieces suitable for grinding, and grinds for use as hamburgers, meat loaf, and sausage.

- Also cuts specialty fresh cuts according to standards.

- Cleans grinder, meat containers, and storage room with water hose and broom.

- Provides internal customer service.

- Maintains sanitation in the department. 
- Typically requires 2-5 years of related experience.

- One year related experience or training required. 

-Function in a fast-paced, retail environment

- Lift 20 lbs or more on an occasional basis