Company: Pick n Pay Stores Limited
Industry: Sales / Retail
Deadline: Sep 21, 2025
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: Matric
Experience: 3 years
Location: Free State
City: Bloemfontein
Field: Manufacturing
Job Title: Butchery Manager
- To assist in preparing products, meat cutting and manufacturing in accordance with the specifications, as well as assisting in all admin functions and staff supervision.
Minimum requirements
- Matric/ Grade 12
- Minimum of 3 years butchery experience
Competencies
- Ability to cut, pack, manufacture and merchandise all butchery products
- Ability to operate all the butchery equipment
- Ability to offer friendly customer service
- Passion and have product knowledge for butchery products
- Good intrapersonal skills
- High energy levels
- Excellent personal hygiene
- Excellent work environment hygiene standards
- Ability to grasp new information with speed and ease
- Learning ability to absorb new information readily
- Pick ‘n Pay values and culture
- Customer service ethos
- Food safety
- Safe work procedures
- House rules
- Butchery equipment
- Specification manual
- SOP’s
- Health and Safety Act
Key responsibilities
- Customer Service
- Give customers undivided attention when serving them to maximise customer satisfaction
- Demonstrate product knowledge when assisting customers with butchery queries and/or determining their needs to recommend products that fits their needs and desires
Product Preparations
- Adhere to ingredient selection and method in strict accordance with the recipe manual
- Break the carcass into primal form to enhance efficiency during the final cutting of products in preparation for trade
Merchandising
- Adhere to the butchery merchandising flow
- Keep categories together when merchandising according to the plano-guide
- Clean and maintain the merchandise area to ensure its always neat, hygienic, and appealing to customers
- Monitor on shelve availability and take corrective actions to address any possible overs and out of stocks
Hygiene and Housekeeping
- Maintain clean as you go during production to avoid food safety risks
- Deep clean post-production to avoid contamination and pest infestation
- Ensure equipment is kept clean and in a good working condition
- Adhere to safety procedure when operating equipment to avoid any occupational risks
- Communicate any equipment faults and abnormalities to the relevant manager
- Ensure correct temperature control are adhered to preserve the product, avoid contamination and waste
Administration
- Assist with all administration processed to ensure smooth running of the butchery
- Conduct stock take to calculate gross profit
- Give input and maintain staff scheduling rosters to ensure adequate coverage during business peaks and valleys
- Place stock orders and ensure stock holding is sufficient to meet customer needs and reduce waste
Sales and profitability
- Ensure product is available to promote sales and the achievement of budget
- Oversee the cutting of the carcass according to block test margin to ensure maximum profitability and good butchering standards are adhered to
- Perform stock rotation to reduce and control waste
- Apply the cutting plan to minimize waste resulting from over ordering and over producing
Leading Teams
- Lead, monitor and coach direct reports and ensure effective management and utilization of employees
- Provide employees with regular feedback and handle issues of discipline accordingly
- Keep team updated on any new initiatives and changes pertaining to the department
Closing date: 19 September 2025
