Meat Market Manager – Swartruggens

📝 About the role

Shoprite is recruiting a Meat Market Manager for its Swartruggens store. The manager runs the butchery department, supervising cutting, processing and wors production while controlling stock, waste and hygiene standards. Leadership and solid butchery skills are essential.

✅ Key duties

• Manage the day-to-day operation of the Meat Market
• Perform and supervise meat cutting, portioning, processing and wors production
• Ensure products meet quality and presentation standards and stay fresh and available
• Achieve sales, GP%, waste, shrinkage and profitability targets
• Control stock ordering, receiving, storage and rotation
• Ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene standards
• Lead, motivate and manage the Meat Market team
• Deliver excellent customer service and product knowledge

🎓 Requirements

• Strong meat cutting and butchery skills
• Ability to manufacture and quality-check wors and value-added products
• Sound knowledge of meat specifications, yields and product quality
• Strong leadership and people management abilities
• Good planning, organising and problem-solving skills
• Financial and commercial awareness to manage stock, waste and profitability
• Good communication and customer service skills
• Hands-on management style; able to work under pressure