We are looking for a butcher to join our friendly team!

We are an Award-Winning Butchery that has been serving the Taranaki for over 50 years. We have succeeded so far because we pride ourselves on our customer service and the quality, consistency and range of our offerings. 

You will be joining our friendly, hard working team, in a fast paced and ever changing environment - We make our own award-winning small goods, cure and smoke our own award-winning bacons, work with carcass as well as carton meats and have three divisions, Retail, Wholesale and Online.

This position will be mainly focussed on breaking and boning carcasses down to cuts for the retail shop, preparing wholesale orders using the dicer and bandsaw. This position could lead into a supervisory or management role for the right candidate.

Whether you are a qualified butcher or nearing the end of your apprenticeship, we have a work environment that can cater for all skill sets and abilities.

We are looking for a butcher and team member who wants to help our brand and services continue to flourish and that can offer the following:

• Excellent time management skills - Between the wholesale, Retail and the Online store, orders need to be prepared correctly in a timely manner ready for couriers and deliveries. We also offer a lot of value added products, and many of these need to be made daily - efficiency is essential.

• Great work ethic - reliability, integrity and a willingness to learn and fulfil daily expectations with our company values in mind regardless of the job at hand.

• An eye for detail - We offer portion cutting to our wholesale customers and margins rely on cutting as close to these as possible. We try to keep wastage to a minimum. Consistency is also key for our products people buy with their eyes so everything needs to look good, cook well and taste good always.

• Communcation skills - as we are such a diverse business and there are constant changes happening it is important that you are able to communicate well with all members of the team.

• Cleanliness - We strive to maintain a clean, tidy and aesthetically pleasing shop for our customers as well as a clean and tidy working environment. Clean as you go.

• Ability to interact well with customers - great customer service is an integral part of this role and it essential that you can greet, communicate and assist customers and take phone orders.

• Ability to adapt - as well as working well with a team, we also need you to be able to work independently at times as well depending on the job at hand.

• Flexibility - you may be required to work extra hours at busier times such as Christmas and Promotions.

• A clean bill of health - you will be on your feet and walking around the butchery all day and you will be required to lift cartons, carcasses, boxes and trays of meat, this position is a physically active one.

• Someone who is well presented and personable - Even though your work day may be out the back of the butchery there will be timese you are required in the retail store and you need to represent The Kiwi Butcher Shop accordingly.

This is a permanent full time position (approx 45 hours) Mon to Fri 6am-3.30pm and one Saturday a month 7.30am-4pm.

Each day you will be required to cut meat for the wholesale orders and the retail shop, make value added products, rotate stock throughout the chiller and freezers, and assist with the end of day clean up in the butchery.

Previous experience in all aspects of butchery is a bonus but not a must. As long as you are willing to learn, we can teach you all you need to know, just bring yourself and a can-do attitude along with you!

Remuneration will be negotiatied based on experience and skills of the successful candidate.

Please write us a cover letter and tell us a bit about yourself, including your strengths in the butchery and what value you believe you can bring to The Kiwi Butcher Shop and why you would like to join our team.

We will not be looking at applications that don't include a cover letter.