Fresh Food Trainer – Cork
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Fresh Food Trainer to join a leading grocery retail business based in Cork.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate fresh food professional who thrives on developing people, improving standards and driving operational excellence across multiple retail locations.
This role offers a Competitive Salary, Excellent benefits package and the chance to make a real impact.
What’s on Offer?
- Competitive salary
- Company vehicle or travel expenses
- Discretionary Bonus
- Phone and Laptop
- Company Pension scheme
- Opportunity to work with a successful and expanding retail business
- Autonomy to make a real impact across multiple stores
- Excellent long-term career progression opportunities
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver practical, hands-on training across deli, bakery, hot food, café and fresh food departments
- Coach and develop Fresh Food Managers, Supervisors and team members to maximise performance
- Drive consistency in food quality, presentation and customer service across all stores
- Support new store openings, refits and fresh food launches
- Carry out fresh food audits and identify opportunities for improvement
- Ensure full compliance with HACCP, food safety legislation and company procedures
- Develop and implement training plans tailored to individual store requirements
- Monitor departmental performance and provide coaching to improve sales, waste and profitability
- Support stores in achieving excellence in fresh food standards and operational compliance
- Work closely with Area Managers and Store Managers to deliver continuous operational improvements
- Promote innovation and identify opportunities to enhance the fresh food offering
- Maintain accurate training records and provide regular progress updates to senior management
About You:
- Minimum 3 year’s experience in fresh food retail, deli, bakery, convenience, or food service.
- Strong knowledge of deli, bakery, hot food and fresh food operations
- Excellent understanding of HACCP, food safety and quality standards
- Experience coaching, mentoring or training retail teams
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Passionate about developing people and driving operational excellence
- Commercially aware with experience improving sales, margins and reducing waste
- Organised, self-motivated and able to manage multiple priorities
- Full clean driving licence with flexibility to travel across Cork and surrounding areas
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to move into a specialist role where you’ll have the opportunity to influence fresh food standards across multiple locations while developing future retail leaders.
All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence.
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