Butchery Manager

Elevate Recruitment and Training Consultants Ltd; Stoke Mandeville; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevate Recruitment and Training Consultants Ltd in Buckinghamshire is seeking a hands-on Butchery Manager to lead a small team at a high‑quality meat retailer near Aylesbury. You will manage staff, drive sales and margins, create appealing displays and ensure food safety, while delivering outstanding customer service.

This full-time role is days only, ~45 hours per week, with a salary between £45k and £50k depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Strong knife skills
• Previous Management Experience - ideally gained as owner or manager of a Butchery Shop or as Butchery Manager, Assistant Butchery Manager, Head Butcher or similar
• Commercial awareness and the understanding of yields and costs
• Proven ability to manage profit and loss margins
• Excellent customer service and sales skills
• Be a good communicator at all levels
• Be honest, reliable and dedicated

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of butchers and butchery assistants - leading by example and providing ongoing training and motivation to staff.
• Responsible for butchery sales & profit.
• Deliver an outstanding experience to all customers.
• Creating inspiring, innovative, seasonally changing displays.
• Ensuring self-serve displays in chillers are attractive and shoppable.
• Proactively sharing product information with the team and with customers.
• All due diligence - health and safety, food safety etc.
• Monitoring sales and margin performance and taking action to ensure targets are met.
• Stock control.
• Play an active role in store set up and closedown.
• Participating in stocktakes, meetings and training as required.

Skills

Knife skills

Management experience

Commercial awareness

Profit & loss understanding

Customer service

Communication

Honesty

Reliability

Job description

Butchery Manager

Up to £50K

Retail Shop

Days Only - Shop opening hours: Mon-Sun Circa (Apply online only)

• Are you an experienced "hands-on" Butchery Manager or Senior Butcher with a passion for high-quality meat and exceptional customer service?
• Are you proactive, highly motivated and driven, with a desire to progress your career with an ambitious and growing business?
• Are you looking for the next step in your career?

This could be the role that you have been looking for:

We are recruiting for a talented and enthusiastic Butchery Manager, with exceptional standards, to lead the small team at this established location near Aylesbury. You will be joining an award-winning multi-site food retailer with an enviable reputation for exceptional quality products and staff development.

The Role

• Manage a small team of Butchers and Butchery Assistants - leading by example and providing ongoing training and motivation to staff.
• Responsible for butchery sales & profit
• Deliver an outstanding experience to all customers.
• Creating inspiring, innovative, seasonally changing displays
• Ensuring self-serve displays in chillers are attractive and shoppable
• Proactively sharing product information with the team and with customers
• All due diligence - health and safety, food safety etc.
• Monitoring sales and margin performance and taking action to ensure targets are met
• Stock control
• Play an active role in store set up and closedown.
• Participating in stocktakes, meetings and training as required.

The Candidate

• Strong knife skills
• Previous Management Experience - ideally gained as owner or manager of a Butchery Shop or as Butchery Manager, Assistant Butchery Manager, Head Butcher or similar
• Commercial awareness and the understanding of yields and costs
• Proven ability to manage profit and loss margins.
• Excellent customer service and sales skills
• Commercial awareness and the understanding of yields and costs
• Be a good communicator at all levels
• Be honest, reliable and dedicated

This is a full-time position, DAYS ONLY. Circa 45 Hour Week. Flexible Working Days. You will work 5 days from 7 (including weekends on rotation).

The successful candidate will be joining an established, multi-site retail business with an excellent reputation in their sector. In return for meeting the above criteria the successful candidate will be rewarded with a competitive basic salary of between £45-50,000 (dependant on skills and experience) plus benefits.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award-winning business, with ambitious plans for the future.

Commutable from: Aylesbury, Princes Risborough, Tring, Chesham, Great Missenden, Thame

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Elevate Recruitment & Training Consultants Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy