Retail Butcher

Job Vacancy:Retail Butcher (scope for progression) Reporting to: Retail Area Manager

Location: Kensington Salary: £16.83 per hour

Hours: 40 hours per week, 5 out of 7 days Holidays: 31 days, inclusive of bank holidays after probation

(Weekend working and providing cover for our neighbouring stores in line with business needs)

Are you looking for the next step in your career and think this is the job for you! Then why are you waiting??

Apply today and you could be part of a dynamic new team with Kepak, McIntosh Donald.

Due to our new venture with a major supermarket chain, we are now recruiting Retail Butchers to join our exciting and innovative business in the London region.

We pride ourselves on our award winning, dry-aged beef, pork, poultry, lamb, bacon and ham as well as our innovative meal solutions, prepared using the finest ingredients.

Our customers are at the forefront of everything we do the roles offer real potential for advancement in our growing Company.

Job Purpose: Responsible for the day-to-day management of the retail counter. Ensuring consistency and compliance to boning, butchery, trimming and finishing requirements for sale and consumption, that is in accordance with specifications and Company SOP’s. Responsible for the preparation to produce safe, quality products to agreed quantities and deadlines in a clean and hygienic environment.

Some Key Responsibilities:

• Perform boning, butchering, trimming and demonstrating excellent knife skills.
• Preparing and presenting our exemplary counter displays
• Adhering to instore specs and planograms
• Involvement in designing seasonal planograms with store and area manager
• Providing excellent customer service
• Producing value add range of products
• Stocktaking and rotation of product
• Demonstrate and monitor compliance to Company’s PPE requirements, knife safety requirements, hygiene and quality standards, department SOP’s and customer specifications
• Ensure product is of the highest standard and reporting any issues to the Area Manager

• Complying with quality specifications, understanding yield values and reporting of waste appropriately
• Identifying and/or reporting any accidents or near misses
• Reporting all breakages, damages or defaults of equipment immediately to the Area Manager, and only using equipment when safe to do so
• Cooperate and assist with Internal and External audits as required, implementing any corrective and preventative actions

Requirements

Skills/ Experience

• Previous experience working in retail (Supermarket meat counter or Butchers shop)
• Excellent communications skills and exceptional Customer Service Skills
• A passion for high quality food
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Team player with a can-do attitude
• Meticulous attention to detail
• People management and influencing skills
• Consistent approach and strong work ethic
• Able to work under own initiative and as part of a team
• Adaptable to change and demands

Benefits

• Pension Plan
• Training & Development
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Staff Discount

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