Skills
37 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
3 skills
Essential skills / competences
28 skills
Optional knowledge
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Overview
Meat and meat products shop managers are responsible for daily shop activities, staff, stock, customer service and safe handling of sensitive meat products.
In job descriptions, look for meat industry knowledge, inventory, goods labelling, purchasing, contracting, health and safety, customer advice, staff schedules, product storage and preparation for sale.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
This work combines shop management with a perishable food category. The manager keeps staff, stock, labelling, customer service and handling routines aligned during daily trading.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes meat industry knowledge, sales activities, inventory control, goods labelling, purchasing rules, health and safety, customer orientation, storage advice and preparation of meat for sale.
Salary context
Salary context depends on shop size, staff responsibility, opening hours, turnover responsibility, product range, waste control, supplier purchasing and whether the manager also handles cutting or product preparation.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward area retail management, fresh-food department management, purchasing, specialist meat retail, store ownership or broader shop operations leadership.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name staffing, stock control, supplier contact, product labelling, knives or preparation tasks, food handling routines and customer advice. That clarifies the management and craft mix.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Alternative labels
meat trader
meat shop manager
senior retail butcher
butchery department manager
meat and meat products purveyor
purveyor of meats
shop manager butchery department
meat store manager
meat market shop manager
meat purveyor
retail butcher
pie shop manager
shop manager butchery
meat counter manager
butchers shop manager
meat and meat products store manager
meat products shop manager
meat pie shop manager
purveyor of meat and meat products
butchery store manager
Occupation group
shop manager (1420.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5779aa3b-b32f-42f7-9581-ef5ce2092621 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 1420.4.29 |
| ISCO group | 1420 |
| Concept type | Occupation |