Assistant General Manager

Nando’s Group; Colchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free PERi-PERi meal per shift

Nandoca discount for you and up to 5

PERi+ discount platform

Job summary

Nando’s Group in Colchester is seeking an Assistant General Manager to help translate the restaurant’s business strategy into successful daily operations. You will work with the Patrão to lead Nandocas, deliver strong results, and uphold safety and compliance standards while creating an exceptional customer experience.

Join a fast-paced team with development programmes, a competitive bonus scheme, and a pension plan.

Qualifications

• Leading from the front: you’ll be a key part of the restaurant management team, partnering with your Patrão to lead your Nandocas, deliver great results, and create an amazing customer experience
• More passion, more energy: the drive to motivate, engage and inspire your team on every shift, while delivering an Extra Hot customer experience to all of our customers, every time
• See the big picture: use data, performance trends and commercial insight to drive sales, grow profitability and keep your restaurant performing at its best
• People-first: finding great people, helping them grow, and creating a culture where Nandocas feel valued, supported, and motivated to be their best
• Your experience: experience leading teams, running successful shifts, and delivering strong operational and commercial performance in a fast-paced environment
• Know your numbers: can balance the budgets, forecasting and labour
• Passion for our customers: live and breathe exceptional service, fired-up to serve the best PERi-PERi to all of our customers, every time
• Hungry for growth: keen to learn, develop and take on new challenges in a fast-paced restaurant environment
• Spot and nurture talent: actively develop your team, recognise potential and help to grow the next generation of leaders
• Owning the customer journey: lead the delivery of an outstanding customer experience across Eat-in, Collect and Delivery, making sure every visit lives up to the Nando's standard

Responsibilities

• Lead restaurant management team alongside your Patrão, delivering great results, ensuring compliance and safety standards, and inspiring your Nandocas
• Drive performance and customer experience across Eat-in, Collect and Delivery to meet Nando's standards
• Balance budgets, forecasting and labour to protect profitability and growth
• Recruit, develop and mentor talent to build a high-performing team
• Partner with the GM to implement business strategies and drive sustained results

Job description

Salary up to: £36,000.00

Know your way around a P&L, managing GP and protecting your bottom line? You could be our next Assistant General Manager. Working alongside your Patrão (what we call our General Managers), you'll help bring your restaurant's business strategy to life, delivering great results, maintaining exceptional compliance and safety standards and inspiring your team to be at their best every day.

Extra Hot perks

• Free PERi-PERi: a Hot (or a Lemon & Herb) free meal every shift you work
• Nandoca discount: 40% off for you and up to 5 friends or fam when you’re not working
• Our discount platform: save on your weekly shop, clothes, travel, gym memberships, cinema tickets and loads more with PERi+

Grow with us: we've got loads of development programmes to help you build skills for life and take your next step, wherever that may be. In fact, over 80% of our General Managers were promoted from an Assistant Manager

Prep for success: from day one, you’ll follow a three-month training plan designed to help you learn, grow, and thrive in your role

Wellbeing support: get free, confidential 24/7 help for healthcare and wellbeing support whenever you need it with WeCare

Sabbatical: every 5 years with us, you unlock a 4-week fully paid sabbatical to travel, recharge, or do whatever makes you happy

Once in a lifetime travel: explore our heritage and culture through unforgettable experiences

Get paid to work with your mates: refer your friends and earn a bonus when they join the Nando's family

Performance pays: our competitive bonus scheme rewards you for driving performance, developing your team and delivering great results

Saving for tomorrow: a contributory pension scheme if you’re based in the UK

What you’ll bring to the Managers table

• Leading from the front: you’ll be a key part of the restaurant management team, partnering with your Patrão to lead your Nandocas, deliver great results, and create an amazing customer experience
• More passion, more energy: the drive to motivate, engage and inspire your team on every shift, while delivering an Extra Hot customer experience to all of our customers, every time
• See the big picture: use data, performance trends and commercial insight to drive sales, grow profitability and keep your restaurant performing at its best
• People-first: finding great people, helping them grow, and creating a culture where Nandocas feel valued, supported, and motivated to be their best

Your experience: experience leading teams, running successful shifts, and delivering strong operational and commercial performance in a fast-paced environment

Know your numbers: can balance the budgets, forecasting and labour

Passion for our customers: live and breathe exceptional service, fired-up to serve the best PERi-PERi to all of our customers, every time

Hungry for growth: keen to learn, develop and take on new challenges in a fast-paced restaurant environment

Spot and nurture talent: actively develop your team, recognise potential and help to grow the next generation of leaders

Owning the customer journey: lead the delivery of an outstanding customer experience across Eat-in, Collect and Delivery, making sure every visit lives up to the Nando's standard

Heart and soul. Passion and personality. You may know us as the home of PERi-PERi goodness, but we’re actually a people-first, chicken-second kind of place.

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