The Person
Gloagburn Farm Shop
We have an opportunity for a fully qualified, experienced and highly skilled butcher to head the team in our in house butchery at Gloagburn Farm shop. The successful applicant will be managing and mentoring a small team including apprentices, and should have several years experience, excellent butchery skills and enthusiasm to develop the team and the business. You will be working in a customer focused role and should enjoy creating an attractive and innovative counter and providing an excellent standard of customer service.
The Job
Head Butcher / Butchery manager
- Butchering and presenting lamb, pork, chicken, game, and our own home grown beef.
- Preparing value added products to Gloagburn recipes
- Working with the team to develop new products and seasonal items.
- Manufacturing sausages, pies, sausage rolls, black pudding and haggis
- Managing motivating and developing the team.
- Ensuring all products are labelled correctly and include all ingredient and allergen information.
- Serving at the butchery counter and providing an excellent standard of customer care and product knowledge
- Working alongside the Farm shop team to provide a consistent customer experience.
- Preparing meat for the kitchen for production of menu items and dishes for retail in the farm shop.
- Preparing phone and online customer orders for collection or delivery.
- Adhering to an excellent standard of hygiene and cleanliness throughout the butchery and completing all daily check lists and cleaning schedules.
- Processing orders and deliveries ensuring they are accurate, of the required quality and are received and stored correctly.
The person
- Will have a genuine enthusiasm for food, local produce and the Gloagburn product.
- Will be a good leader with excellent man management and team building skills
- Will be a good communicator, working with customers, suppliers, owners, directors, Head chef and retail manager.
- Will be cheerful, customer focused and enthusiastic
- Will have an excellent work ethic and thrive in a busy environment.
- Will be fully qualified.
- Due to our rural location it is necessary for applicants to have access to their own transport.
Benefits
- share of restaurant tips around £1,000 per year
- shop and restaurant discount 20%
- Uniform provided
- Free and discounted meals
- Free parking onsite
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to £42,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Due to our rural location you must have access to your own transport. Bus service is not reliable.
- Please provide some dates and times you are available for interview.
Experience:
- Butchering: 5 years (required)
Work Location: In person
