Market Street Fishmonger

Morrisons; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket is seeking a skilled Fishmonger to join their team in Southampton. In this role, you will prepare and present fish to a high standard while ensuring customer satisfaction through outstanding service. Responsibilities include maintaining attractive displays and providing expert advice on fish preparation. The position offers various perks, including flexible shifts, competitive discounts, and career development opportunities, making it an excellent chance to join a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Flexible shift patterns

Six weeks holiday

15% discount in supermarkets

Additional discount card for a friend or family member

Career progression opportunities

Subsidised in-store café

Competitive pension and life assurance

Healthcare/well-being benefits

MyPerks discounts

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain high standards of Health & Safety.
• Enjoys meeting new people and providing excellent customer service.
• Flexibility to work across different fresh counters.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and present fish to an impressive standard.
• Ensure fresh and attractive displays of fish throughout the day.
• Provide specialist advice on fish preparation and cooking methods.

Skills

Fishmongery skills/experience

Friendly and supportive attitude

Ability to use a range of equipment

Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment

Job description

Are you a skilled fishmonger, someone with fishmonger skills either behind a fish counter or in a professional kitchen?

Do you have a passion for preparing, filleting, flavouring and presenting all kinds of fish to an impressive standard?

Do you have a naturally helpful and friendly style, enjoy meeting new people and going above and beyond for customers? If so, Morrisons is the ‘plaice’ for you?

As a Market Street Fishmonger you are the face of our fresh fish counter and as part of your role you will:

• Ensure customer confidence in availability of fresh fish products
• Maintain quality, fresh and attractive displays of food throughout the trading day to promote sales
• Give specialist advice on fish preparation and cooking methods
• Prepare fish products for sale to company specification and customer specification, this includes cutting, pricing, weighing, filleting, scaling, skinning, pin boning and gutting, and using the appropriate equipment (e.g. knives, chainmail gloves)
• Produce fish products based on customer requirements, inclusive of our online customers
• Deliver outstanding, friendly and helpful service, helping remove barriers and creating moments that matter for our customers, highlighting the traditional skills and fresh products we offer

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Fully flexible shift patterns

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)

• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us

• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member

• Career progression and development opportunities

• Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges

• Competitive pension and life assurance

• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP

• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more

• Optional Payroll charity donations

• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

We want to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed in their role and career with us. It’s one of our main ambitions here at Morrisons, so this could just be the start of your Morrisons journey.

About you

You’ll be the kind of person who:

• Is friendly and supportive, loves meeting new people and going above and beyond for our customers
• Enjoys being active and working in a fast paced varied environment
• Likes to use your own initiative to help support and resolve customer queries
• Has the ability to use a range of equipment whilst maintaining high standards of Health & Safety
• Have fishmongery skills/experience
• Enjoys working flexibly across other fresh counters to ensure our customers are catered for across Market Street

What happens next?

Click apply today to join our team - it only takes a couple of minutes! We’ll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly.

Please note: We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age please visit the following link

At Morrisons, we are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. You can find answers to common questions on our FAQs page, including how to request reasonable adjustments. Should you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please let us know and we'd be happy to support you.

About us

We love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else. We are one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket.

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or serve our customers, we’d love to meet you... We're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. What we make, makes us who we are