Company: Pick n Pay Stores Limited
Industry: Sales / Retail
Deadline: Sep 19, 2025
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: Matric
Experience: 1 year
Location: KwaZulu-Natal
City: Durban
Field: Catering / Confectionery
Job Title: Chef Sushi
- To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to within the Sushi Department.
Minimum requirements
- Matric Grade 12.
- Experience / training in foods retail and management of resources
- At least 1 year of Sushi experience
- Experience in cutting a filleting fish as well as a demonstrated ability in:
- Preparing of all fish related products
- Broad knowledge of fish
Competencies
- Achieving results through others
- Plan, organize and follow up on activities and plans
- Adhere to standards and policies
- Customer Orientation
- Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening
- Business mindedness
- Be ambitious, self-disciplined and have an eye for detail.
- Be able to handle pressure and work long, irregular hours
- Be a self-starter, energetic and show lots of initiative
- A passion to delight customers and enjoy working in a pressurized retail environment.
- Ingredient knowledge
- Food Safety compliance
- Good knowledge of different sushi recipes
- Understanding of production cards and production plan
- Understanding of relevant SOP
- Food Safety Training
- Recipe Specifications
- Food Safety Standards
Key responsibilities
- Accept overall responsibility for product and related product preparation, display, promotion and development
- Store product in a safe and tidy manner – hygiene and housekeeping
- Prepare and wrap products according to specifications
- Accept full overall responsibility for the department
- Ensure that hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards are maintained (floor and back-up)
- Ensure that security procedures are adhered to
- Ensure that merchandise/display standards are adhered to
- Conduct regular quality checks, ensure that stock is rotated. Damaged/expired stock is removed
- Prevent wastage/shrinkage/damages
- Complete all relevant administration/documentation
- Plan and implement sales promotions
- Approach and advise customers on the product, listen to customers’ requests, provide the required product or services and handle customers in a courteous and businesslike manner
- Monitor budgets (expenses, turnover, gross) and take required action
- Optimise stock levels e.g. always in stock, never overstocked through effective ordering and efficient handling of returns
- Plan daily/weekly production of products (if applicable)
- Communicate effectively with employees, management, customers and suppliers
- Ensure that all equipment is maintained in effective working order and operated in accordance with laid down standards
- Manage employees to ensure standards are maintained by competent, motivated employees
Closing date: 15 September 2025
