Local Manager Butchery

About this role

Pick n Pay is looking for a Local Manager Butchery for its store in Willowbridge, Western Cape. You will run the butchery department day to day, making sure it meets sales targets, food safety rules and the wider company goals.

What you’ll do

• Lead, mentor and coach your butchery team, and manage their performance and discipline.
• Look after customers at the counter by giving them full attention and recommending the right products.
• Follow recipes and cutting plans, and break carcasses into primal cuts to keep production efficient and waste low.
• Keep the butchery display neat, stocked and merchandised according to the company plan, and fix gaps and overstock quickly.
• Enforce hygiene, cleaning and temperature controls, including deep cleaning after production, and report equipment faults.
• Handle admin, including stock takes, gross profit calculations, stock orders and staff rosters for busy and quiet periods.
• Rotate stock and manage cutting yields to protect margins and cut waste.

What you need

• Matric / Grade 12.
• At least 5 years’ experience as a blockman, butchery supervisor or butchery manager.
• Knowledge of food safety and its procedures.
• Knowledge of food retail.
• Strong customer focus and good communication skills.
• A business mindset and strong leadership qualities.

Is this job for you?

This role suits an experienced butchery leader who likes running a team and a department. You should be comfortable with numbers, stock and food safety, and enjoy working closely with customers.

Tips before you apply

• Have your matric certificate and a current CV ready, with dates for each butchery role you have held.
• Show your 5 years of experience with specific examples, such as the size of teams you led, stock targets you met or waste you reduced.
• Mention your food safety training and any experience with stock takes, rosters or cutting yields.

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