Assistant Café Manager: Lead Team & World‑Class Service

Equipment Sales & Service Limited.; Northampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Career development / MyLearning

Digital GP & wider healthcare

Travel discounts (TUI/Expedia/Booking)

Shop discounts (Tesco/Sainsbury's/Morr

Cinema discounts

Cash rewards

Wellness and exercise classes

Friend/family discounts

Job summary

Compass Group UK&I is seeking an Assistant Cafe Manager for our Costa operation in Northampton. This full-time role focuses on delivering exceptional food experiences and world-class customer service across kitchens and service counters.

You will oversee team performance, inventories, budgets, tills, and training, while upholding our brand image. The ideal candidate has prior cafe/retail management experience, strong communication, and leadership abilities, and a drive to develop within a

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Experience leading teams.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ambitious and motivated to upskill.

Responsibilities

• Liaising between the team and manager to ensure expectations are exceeded.
• Motivating the team to stay on task.
• Assisting the manager with inventories, budgets and action plans.
• Managing tills and processing payments.
• Training and supporting teams, leading from the front to enable excellence.
• Assisting with paperwork when required.
• Representing Compass Group UK&I and maintaining a positive brand image.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Communication

Budgeting

Job description

Compass Group UK&I is seeking an Assistant Cafe Manager for our Costa operation in Northampton. This full-time role focuses on delivering exceptional food experiences and world-class customer service across kitchens and service counters.

You will oversee team performance, inventories, budgets, tills, and training, while upholding our brand image. The ideal candidate has prior cafe/retail management experience, strong communication, and leadership abilities, and a drive to develop within a