Butchery Manager

Butchery Manager Up to £45K Retail Shop Days Only – Shop opening hours: Mon-Sun Circa (Apply online only) * Are you an experienced “hands-on” Butchery Manager or Senior Butcher with a passion for high-quality meat and exceptional customer service? * Are you proactive, highly motivated and driven, with a desire to progress your career with an ambitious and growing business? * Are you looking for the next step in your career? This could be the role that you have been looking for: We are recruiting for a talented and enthusiastic Butchery Manager, with exceptional standards, to lead the small team at this established location in Cambridgeshire. You will be joining an award-winning multi-site food retailer with an enviable reputation for exceptional quality products and staff development. The Role * Manage a small team of Butchers and Butchery Assistants - leading by example and providing ongoing training and motivation to staff. * Responsible for butchery sales & profit * Deliver an outstanding experience to all customers. * Creating inspiring, innovative, seasonally changing displays * Ensuring self-serve displays in chillers are attractive and shoppable * Proactively sharing product information with the team and with customers * All due diligence – health and safety, food safety etc. * Monitoring sales and margin performance and taking action to ensure targets are met * Stock control * Play an active role in store set up and closedown. * Participating in stocktakes, meetings and training as required. The Candidate * Strong knife skills * Previous Management Experience – ideally gained as owner or manager of a Butchery Shop or as Butchery Manager, Assistant Butchery Manager, Head Butcher or similar * Commercial awareness and the understanding of yields and costs * Proven ability to manage profit and loss margins. * Excellent customer service and sales skills * Commercial awareness and the understanding of yields and costs * Be a good communicator at all levels * Be honest, reliable and dedicated * This is a full-time position, DAYS ONLY. Circa 45 Hour Week. Flexible Working Days. You will work 5 days from 7 (including weekends on rotation). The successful candidate will be joining an established, multi-site retail business with an excellent reputation in their sector. In return for meeting the above criteria the successful candidate will be rewarded with a competitive basic salary of between £40-45,000 (dependant on skills and experience) plus benefits. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award-winning business, with ambitious plans for the future. Commutable from: Huntingdon, St Neots, Cambridge, Bedford, Sandy, Biggleswade To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Elevate Recruitment & Training Consultants Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy