Area Manager

Mitchells & Butlers plc; Narborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous bonus scheme

Flexible working

Extra holiday up to 2 weeks

Structured development and support

Awards nights and socials

Private medical and dental plans

Pension

26 days paid holiday & bank holidays

High-street shopping discounts

Free shares

Job summary

Miller & Carter is seeking an Area Manager to lead 12 distinct Steakhouses across the East Midlands. You’ll drive performance, guest experience, and team development while inspiring high standards of service and food quality across multiple sites.

Expect a dynamic role with a focus on coaching, recruitment, and strategic district leadership. This opportunity offers generous benefits and long-term career progression within the Miller & Carter brand.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience across multiple sites.
• Strong ability to coach and develop teams to meet targets.
• Track record in recruitment and staff engagement.
• Experience driving sales and profitability in a multi-site environment.
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure teams deliver high standards of food, drink and service with passion.
• Drive succession planning and coaching across the district.
• Support teams to achieve district targets and collaborate for results.
• Foster a commercial culture focused on sales and profitability.
• Maintain safe, clean and compliant work environments.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching & mentoring

Recruitment

Sales & Profit

Multi-site management

Analytical thinking

Job description

As an Area Manager with Miller & Carter, you’ll lead 12beautiful bespoke Steakhouses in our East Midlands district, where one thing isfor certain, no two days are the same.

This fantastic district winds its way through the best ofthis part of the country, with sites in Aylesbury, Bedford, Burton, Coventry,Enderby, Hinkley, Kettering, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Rothley, Milton Keynesand Nottingham.

Through your passion, experience, and leadership, you’llinspire your teams to grow and develop, serve up our famous M&C guestexperiences and smash targets each and every day. But most importantly - you'llknow how to have fun and celebrate success as a team when all the hard workpays off.

When you join us here in the Miller & Carter team, it'smore than a career - you'll become one of our resident steak geeks, passionateabout beef from field to fork, excited about premium service with rewards andrecognition along the way. For us, it's a labour of love and the promise of afuture with flavour.

What’s in it for me…

• Generous Bonus Scheme – We’re all about rewarding the hardwork everybody puts in
• Flexible working – to fit around the other important thingsin life
• Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday – life is for livingafter all
• Structured development and support- so you can get to whereyou want to go
• Celebrating success– award nights, away days, and teamsocials
• Private medical and Dental Plans - to keep you safe, secure,and always smiling
• On top of all this, we offer a pension, 26dayspaidholiday,bank holidays, high‑street shopping discounts and we even give you free shares!

What will I be doing…?

Your job will be so varied and rewarding that this littletaster will never do it justice, but we'll give it our best shot.

• Making sure your teams bring their ‘A’ game when it comes tofood, drink, and service quality, always delivered with passion and pride
• Driving people succession through your district throughcoaching and mentoring
• You’ll spend time across your district supporting yourteams, making sure they’re the best they can be and working together to deliverresults to be proud of
• Driving a commercial culture- where delivering consistenthigh standards, sales and profit are at the heart of everything we do
• You’ll ensure your teams maintain a safe, clean, andrisk‑free environment

What do I need…?

Just like our brands, our teams are diverse.You’ll...

• Be able to recruit, retain and engage the best of the best
• Be an inspiring leader that demonstrates drive, energy, andcommitment
• Share the bigger picture to inspire and empower yourteam
• Have a good grasp of our Miller & Carter estate offerand guest profile
• Have proven track record of delivering sales and profitbuilding in a multi-site environment
• Have strong analytical, problem solving and decision-makingskills

Life is made up of many key ingredients, we know that workis just one of them. It’s our aim that you and your teams love what you do,because we’re all about creating moments to remember. We knowitscliché, but here atM&B it really is the people that make it so worthwhile. When you join us,you become part of our work family, not only with the team you work with everyday, but 48,000 of us up and down the country.

You don’t have to take our word for it, why not take a lookonsocial @LifeatMAB andfind out what it’s really like to work with us.

At M&B we value the unique perspectives each personbrings. We believe that by fostering a culture of inclusion, respect, andallyship, we create a sense of belonging, engagement and teamwork which areessential to delivering great guest experiences. Join us and be a part of agreat team.

Closing date:Thursday 12th November, 23:59

Compensation: Competitive salary