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Butchery Manager

Job in Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1, England, UK
Listing for: Elevate Recruitment & Training Consultants Ltd
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-02
Job specializations:
  • Retail
    Retail & Store Manager
  • Management
    Retail & Store Manager
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 35000 - 38000 GBP Yearly GBP 35000.00 38000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Butchery Manager

Retail Shop

Northants

Days 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 team at an independent, family run farm shop near Wellingborough. You will be joining an award-winning 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. 47.5 Hour Week. Flexible Working Days. You will work 5 days from 7 (including 1 day at the weekend).

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 £35-38,000 (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:
Wellingborough, Great Doddington, Earls Barton, Moulton, Northampton, Kettering

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

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