South Africa: Butcher (Hospitality) posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

Our client in the Hospitality Industry is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Butcher to join their team. As a Butcher, you will be responsible for cutting, grinding, and preparing meats for sale, while also maintaining high standards of cleanliness and sanitation. You will work closely with other departments to design marketing plans and ensure profitable operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Cutting, grinding, and preparing meats for sale.

• Cleaning and maintaining tools and equipment and ensuring displays and signage are accurate and attractive.

• Weighing, packaging and preparation of carcasses.

• Performing quality inspections on meats and other products.

• Adhering to food safety and sanitation controls.

• Coordinating deliveries or order pickups.

• Schedule meat associates engage in specialized skills training, and delegate work to use talents and abilities to increase profits.

• Receive and unload incoming shipments and price product to ensure product quality, protection, and rotation in cases and cooler.

• Ensure compliance with safety and sanitation standards mandated by state, federal and OSHA regulations.

• Ensure associates run equipment safely.

• Comply with state, local and government weight, measures, and labelling.

• Communicate with departments to design marketing plans to meet meat store’s profits.

• Welcome and receive orders from customers.

• Determine Meat Department areas for improvement and institute changes to address concerns.

• Manage department records on associate performance, discipline, and sales plans.

• Handle staff duty like trimming and cutting.

• Sharpen and adjust cutting equipment.

• Receive, inspect, and store meat upon delivery.

• Cut, bone, or grind pieces of meat.

• Cut a variety of meat species in the most cost-effective way De-boning.

• De-boning skills Meat processing skills Process / manufacture a variety of processed meat products including sausages, minces, etc.

• Weigh, wrap, and display cuts of meat.

• Cut or prepare meats to specification or customer’s orders.

• Store meats in refrigerators or freezers at the required temperature.

• Keep inventory of meat sales and order meat supplies.

• Clean equipment and work areas to maintain health and sanitation standards.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years management experience within the Meat industry inclusive of butchery operations.

• Minimum of 5 years’ Experience in Butchery and Production in a retail environment resilient individual with excellent interpersonal and clear communication skills.

• Minimum 5 years meat cutting experience.

• Knowledge of meat cuts/ products.

• Ability to use hand tools, stand or walk for extending periods, lift heavy items, and work in cold environments.

• Knowledge of meat market operations & hygiene and safety standards.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Excellent computer literacy.

• Must have excellent numerical/financial skills.

• Problem solving skills.

• Must have a valid driver’s license.

• Customer oriented, assertive with problem-solving skills.

• Result driven, innovative with good decision-making skills.

• Accurate and attention to detail.

• Operational Agility.

• Ensure Vision, Mission and Values underpin all activities.

Qualifications

Matric or relevant qualification. Tertiary Qualification will be to the applicants Advantage.

Salary & Benefits

Salary information is not available at this time.

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