Butchery Specialist

Job Description:

This position entails the handling of Butchery Specialist including cutting, preparing, displaying, and selling, while ensuring a favorable image of Whole Foods Market. A critical aspect of the job is providing pleasant, welcoming and expedited assistance to customers and Team Members in adherence to team and store Standard Operating Procedures. Job responsibilities may overlap other job descriptions; therefore, Team Members must demonstrate proficiency in other relevant duties. More importantly, they must embody WFM's core values and goals, support national, regional, and local programs and initiatives, and maintain compliance with relevant health and safety requirements, including departmental specific regulatory duties.

Job Responsibilities:

• The butcher expertly breaks down the animal to create a range of meat products that are both attractive and enticing.
• Develops unique meat products such as oven-ready items, sausages, and cured meats.
• Checking for conformity to WFM's quality criteria, a review of the product is conducted.
• Maintains sampling program.
• Observes and prevents spoilage from occurring.
• Offers guidance and advice to the Meat Cutter Trainee(s) under their supervision.
• Reaches the work station promptly, suitably attired, well-groomed and primed to begin work. Maintains consistent attendance at scheduled work shifts, mandatory training and meetings.
• Being able to provide top-notch customer service involves responding to customer needs in a timely manner while also demonstrating up-selling techniques. Additionally, answering phone calls and pages in a prompt and respectful manner is important.
• Optimizes sales capacity by employing efficacious and accurate methods to arrange, preserve, alternate, furnish, and exhibit items.
• Ensures that Weights and Measures, sanitation and hygiene norms, and secure working rules are adhered to as per established procedures.
• Sustains a healthy and neat working and shopping milieu; follows WFM safety and cleanliness guidelines for equipment preservation.
• Performs the designated duties for the opening, midshift, and closing periods, ensuring precise pricing and signage.
• Prompt reporting of any safety violations or hazards is necessary.
• Accomplishes supplementary duties as directed by store, regional, or national management.

Job Skills:

• An insightful understanding of the meat team processes and standards facilitates effective communication among meat handlers, administrators, and quality control personnel.
• Possessing exceptional cutting abilities, proficient at dividing products into sub-primal and retail portions.
• Profound expertise in the different cuts and cooking approaches used for meat and seafood.
• Capability to examine products for quality and freshness by visual means.
• Skilled in gathering intelligence on market conditions and effectively communicating this information to clients.
• Strong communication skills paired with a team-oriented disposition.
• The capability to present information in a lucid and dignified manner to co-workers, customers, and suppliers.
• As an organization, it is imperative to establish and maintain high levels of customer service in every interaction.
• Proficiency in heeding guidance and adhering to formal procedures; competent management of time and skillful organization of work.
• Whole Foods Market's commitment to sourcing local, non-toxic, and environmentally-friendly products has fueled a passion for natural eating among its supporters.
• With an unwavering work ethic and the capability to operate swiftly in a fast-paced atmosphere, one can succeed with a sense of urgency.
• Understanding and complying with WFM quality objectives is a fundamental aspect of maintaining a culture of quality in a workforce management setting.

Experience:

• Over a year's worth of experience in the world of retail.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:

• The job mandates the capability to lift weights as heavy as 50 pounds.
• Those who work 8-hour shifts are likely to spend 6-8 hours standing or walking.
• Single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing, and pulling are all types of hand use that require different levels of dexterity and skill.
• To carry out work tasks successfully, individuals need to engage in actions that involve bending, twisting, squatting, and reaching.
• The use of FDA-approved cleaning products and their possible effects on health.
• The temperature gauge shows a record of 90 degrees Fahrenheit which denotes a scorching hot environment.
• Capability to operate competently in a moist and icy milieu.
• Skilled in handling sharp objects like knives and cutting tools.
• Aptitude to adjust working hours to meet the operational demands including weekends, night shifts and holidays.
• Capability to competently operate and manage a range of tools and equipment, including box cutters, electric pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery.

This document serves as a basic guide to the core duties of the position and is not meant to be an all-inclusive list. Responsibilities will increase as individuals attain higher job positions. Tasks necessary for a lower-level position may also be crucial to a higher-level job. Job assignments may be determined based on factors like departmental or geographic location, business status, or particular position needs.

Whole Foods Market firmly stands by its belief that impartiality is paramount in maintaining a fair and supportive work environment. We do not discriminate against potential candidates based on their ethnicity, religion, age, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. Our employment and promotion decisions rely entirely on merits and business needs.

We strongly advise all interested job seekers to submit their applications through our official website.