Assistant F&B Manager

Restaurant Associates UK; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Career Pathways and MyLearning

Digital GP and wider healthcare

Travel discounts (TUI, Expedia)

Discounts on groceries

Cinema tickets discounts

Cash rewards

Wellness and fitness classes

Discounts for friends & family

Job summary

Restaurant Associates UK is seeking a Food and Beverage Assistant Manager in Milton Keynes to support a large, high-volume site alongside the Operations Manager. You will ensure contractual specs are met, develop action plans from satisfaction surveys, and drive a professional, customer-focused team.

Key responsibilities include labour scheduling within budget, reducing agency usage, cost analysis, and seizing commercial opportunities.

Qualifications

• Previous retail or hospitality management experience.
• Strong people skills with excellent communication abilities.
• A proactive, reactive approach with the ability to think on your feet.
• Confident managing labour, costs, and service delivery in a high-volume environment.
• Organised, commercially aware, and customer-focused.
• Comfortable working in a large, dynamic site environment.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the delivery of all contractual specifications and client requirements.
• Developing action plans following customer and client satisfaction surveys.
• Ensuring the team are consistently polite, professional, and customer-focused.
• Completing and managing labour schedules within budget and adjusting in line with sales performance.
• Minimising agency usage and overtime spend.
• Analysing and managing all in-unit costs effectively.
• Ensuring company promotions are implemented correctly.
• Identifying additional commercial opportunities and discussing with your line manager.

Skills

People skills

Communication

Proactive mindset

Labour management

Cost management

Customer-focused

High-volume environment

Organisation

Job description

Food and Beverage Assistant Manager, Milton Keynes paying £39,000!

Join our team as an Food and Beverage Assistant Manager, supporting a team alongside the Operations Manager in the delivery of exceptional retail and hospitality services across a large, high-volume corporate site.

What you’ll be doing as a F&B Assistant Manager:

• Supporting the delivery of all contractual specifications and client requirements


• Developing action plans following customer and client satisfaction surveys


• Ensuring the team are consistently polite, professional, and customer-focused


• Completing and managing labour schedules within budget and adjusting in line with sales performance


• Minimising agency usage and overtime spend


• Analysing and managing all in-unit costs effectively


• Ensuring company promotions are implemented correctly


• Identifying additional commercial opportunities and discussing with your line manager

What we’re looking for as a F&B Assistant Manager:

• Previous retail or hospitality management experience


• Strong people skills with excellent communication abilities


• A proactive, reactive approach with the ability to think on your feet


• Confident managing labour, costs, and service delivery in a high-volume environment


• Organised, commercially aware, and customer-focused


• Comfortable working in a large, dynamic site environment

If you want to play a key role in driving customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and commercial performance across multiple retail outlet this is your chance!

Benefits

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme


• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes


• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits


• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more


• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more


• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster


• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands


• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes


• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

About Us

Restaurant Associates provides brilliant hospitality through our food, drink and services. We work with our partners and collaborate with our clients to achieve great things together.Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!