Assistant Manager

The Lounges; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in hospitality is seeking an Assistant Manager to support the General Manager in delivering exceptional customer experiences. This role involves overseeing daily operations, training staff, and ensuring the Lounge remains a vibrant community hub. With a focus on sales growth and team retention, you'll play a vital role in creating a welcoming atmosphere. The company offers a range of perks, including overtime pay, staff discounts, and opportunities for personal development. If you're passionate about hospitality and ready to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Staff food

50% off staff discount

Paid breaks

28 days holiday

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Loungefest staff party

Company pension scheme

Tips shared equally

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Experience as an Assistant Manager or Supervisor in hospitality.
• Strong communication and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operations and team engagement.
• Drive sales and maintain high standards of service.

Skills

Team Management

Customer Service

Sales Building

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Education

Experience in Hospitality Management

Job description

Lounges are pretty special places, and what makes them so special are the brilliant people who run them. As Assistant Manager, you'll be supporting the General Manager to maintain that brilliance across the team,delivering 14 great shifts to make sure that every customer leaves happy. You'll support the day-to-day running of the Lounge from rotas and team engagement to customer feedback. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you. You'll be doing it your way. Brilliant!

It's all about the detail. You'll be involved with driving sales, team retention, training, customer service and maintaining high standards. You never settle for second best and you make it your mission for your Lounge to be the place to go for the local community. It's not a job for the faint hearted, but you know you've got this.

The Good Stuff

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one
• Paid breaks
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service
• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business
• Achievable bonuses
• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!

What you'll bring:

• You are probably an existing Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager or Supervisor with a background in restaurants, bars, café or coffee shops.
• You will have experience of working in a bar environment with serving freshly made food and drinks preparation.
• A natural talent and passion for hospitality and an amazing people manager with a flair for talent spotting.
• Extremely driven and relentless at overcoming challenges or obstacles.
• Good literacy skills alongside excellent attention to detail to support reporting on KPIs.
• Good communication skills with the ability to build rapport and trust.
• Self-motivator working at pace with limited supervision whilst adhering to pressure and timescales.
• Strong knowledge of best practice in the following areas: sales building, sales and labour forecasts, paperwork and reporting, recruitment and HR and NPS.

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