Assistant Manager

Lounges; St. Ives; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic hospitality group is seeking an Assistant Manager in St. Ives to drive sales and uphold service excellence. In this role, you will support the General Manager while managing a dedicated team and handling customer engagement. Competitive remuneration, personal development, and a vibrant work culture await you. Join us at Lounges for a rewarding career where you can showcase your passion for hospitality and leadership skills.

Benefits

Overtime pay for extra hours

Staff meals on every shift

50% staff discount from day one

28 days holiday pro rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years

Staff parties and competitions

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Power over pay with Wagestream

Emotional and practical support via charity

Tips shared across the team

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Existing Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, or Supervisor preferred.
• Experience in bar/restaurant settings with food and drinks preparation.
• Strong literacy skills and ability to report on KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Support the General Manager in maintaining service standards.
• Engage with team retention and training.
• Drive sales and maintain high customer satisfaction.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

People Management

Sales Building

Job description

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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
• 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
• 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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