Assistant Manager - Derby

Lounge Underwear Ltd.; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing hospitality business in Long Eaton is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Manager who can support the General Manager in delivering exceptional service. Responsibilities include driving sales, overseeing team retention and training, and ensuring high standards. The ideal candidate should have a background in hospitality management and a passion for customer service. This role offers exciting benefits such as overtime pay and personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Staff food on shift

50% off food and drinks

Paid breaks

28 days holiday

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Staff party - Loungefest

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Career progression opportunities

Tips shared equally

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Experience as Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager or Supervisor in a hospitality setting.
• Strong literacy and attention to detail for KPIs reporting.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support the General Manager in daily operations.
• Drive sales and maintain high standards.
• Manage team retention and training.

Skills

Talent for hospitality

People management

Sales building

Communication skills

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.,

Qualifications

• You are probably an existing Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager or Supervisor with a background in restaurants, bars, caf 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.

Benefits

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off food and drinks (including alcohol) from day one at all three of our brands - Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside
• 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!