Weetons West Park
About Us
At Weetons West Park, our founding store of more that 20 years, we strive to create a unique experience. A destination like no other - stretching the boundaries in what is created, sourced, and served.
At the heart of our ethos is a commitment to creating a space that brings the local community together, offering the perfect blend of a vibrant Food Hall featuring a delightful deli and butchery counter serving local and fresh, an inspiring Home collection, and an intimate and inviting cafe.
Food is more than just sustenance, it’s the thread that connects us, a shared experience to be savoured and celebrated. Whether you are dining in our cafe, planning a memorable home dinner party or simply cooking for family and friends you will find Weetons has the finest quality produce on offer.
Our Home area showcases pieces to inspire as we believe the secret to living positively and enjoying life is rooted in beautiful home living.
We are a passionate and community focused group, working tirelessly to establish long term relationships with our farmers, growers, and suppliers. Wherever possible we source and support high-quality local producers and makers - the finest provenance, quality, and value.
Our friendly and experienced team are always on hand to ensure you get the finest possible produce, the best advice and ‘Exceptional Everyday’ service.
Weetons West Park Butchery Department:
Our expert Butchery Team meticulously prepares all seasonal produce on-site, ensuring the highest standards of quality and freshness. To achieve unmatched tenderness and flavour, our in-house dry-ager carefully matures meat for up to 50 days, delivering exceptional results.
We proudly source all our meat locally, including our exquisite free-range chickens from Nidderdale. These birds are raised in open environments and fed a natural diet, resulting in richer, more tender meat.
Our ethos goes beyond just delivering exceptional meat, we are proud to support local farmers and suppliers, investing within our community and backing their commitment to animal quality and welfare.
The role
We are seeking a customer and sales centric Butcher with proven exceptional retail and butchery skills , to join our successful Butchery department.
Duties and responsibilities:
Exceptional meat preparation to drive sales & margin & reduce costs: Careful and accurate meat preparation to increase sales, promoting high-margin cuts and offering value-added, high-quality products. Minimising waste and unnecessary cost to meet department targets.
Customer Service Excellence: Assisting customers with selecting produce, providing recommendations, and ensuring Exceptional Everyday customer service is achieved.
Leading by example: Displaying excellent butchery and customer skills for more junior members to emulate, providing guidance on proper techniques, food safety, and exceptional customer service.
Stock Management: Supporting with the ordering and managing stock, ensuring stock quality control and proper storage.
Meat Preparation: Ensuring meat is properly butchered, cut, and prepared according to our specification, maintain high product quality.
Safety & Compliance: Ensuring the butchery department is clean and meets health and safety standards in line with EHO requirements at all times.
Merchandising & Visual Standards: Ensuring all stock is merchandised in line with VM guidance to maximise sales and maintain brand consistency. Monitor multi-deck and counter stock levels and coordinate / communicate timely replenishment.
Quality Control: Inspecting meat for quality, freshness, and safety, including supporting the proper handling and storage to reduce spoilage and maintain high product standards.
Maintaining Equipment: Ensuring knives, saws, and all other butcher tools are sharp, cleaned, and properly maintained to avoid unnecessary downtime or additional costs.
Butchery Operations & Compliance: Contribute in the day-to-day operational tasks including opening, closing and department cleaning to ensure the butchery environment remains clean, safe, and compliant
Skills Required:
- PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY CANDIDATE MUST HAVE SIGNIFICANT BUTCHERY & RETAIL SKILL & EXPERIENCE (1 or the other will not suffice)
- Outstanding customer service approach
- Proven commercial success gained within a retail butchery environment
- Strong oral & written communication skills
- Superb organisational and operational skills
- Collaborative working style
- Able to remain calm under pressure
- Excellent attention to detail
- A positive can-do & solution orientated attitude, with the ability to embrace change
- Excellent work ethic and able to physically work at a sustained pace
Qualifications / Experience:
- Ideally a minimum of 5 years’ experience in butchery
- Minimum of 3 years retail butchery experience.
Package:
- Competitive salary /rate per hour
- Generous team member discount
- Sociable hours of work: circa 7am - 3pm
Days/Hours of work:
- 5 days of 7 to include weekend work
- 37 - 40 hours per week, circa 8 hours per day
If you have the necessary skills, experience and passion for premium butchery and produce and would relish a fantastic opportunity in a fast paced and ever changing entrepreneurial butchery retail environment, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Harrogate HG1 1BJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Butchery: 5 years (required)
- Retail Butchery Counter: 3 years (required)
Work Location: In person
