Butchery Team Leader
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Leads the butchery team in a food processing facility, checking quality of primals and steaks against specifications, training staff on inspection and rejection procedures, verifying claims and rejections, investigating yield issues, and working with production and operational managers to implement corrective actions.
About this role
Overview
We are actively seeking applications from individuals keen to take up a career within one of Europe’s leading food processing companies. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established team, who have a desire to produce better food naturally.
The successful candidate will have experience or a good understanding of butchery at a primary and retail level.
Responsibilities
- Check quality of primals and steaks against specifications
- Train and monitor the relevant people on:
- How to carry out checks against specifications,
- Rectify/reject primals/steaks/joints
- Segregate potential claims/rejections
- Verify the claims/rejections making sure that:
- Claim/rejection is correct against specification
- Weights claimed/rejected are matching Hellenic weights
- Gather photographic evidence against the above
- To review all the claims/rejections prior to sending to the supplier,
- Check and challenge the trim, off cuts and overs generated at each production run.
- Investigate why generated, establish RC and corrective actions in order to prevent repeat mistakes.
- Work with production Operational managers to analyse yields that do not meet target :
- Carry out RC and implement corrective actions
Qualifications
- Previous experience in butchery and or butchery management
- Good understanding of cutting from carcass
- Strong attention to detail and manual dexterity
- Ability to work in a cold environment and stand for extended periods
- Commitment to health and safety standards
No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.
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