Assistant Manager - Epping

Lounge Underwear Ltd.; Ivy Chimneys; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in the UK is seeking an Assistant Manager to support the General Manager and enhance customer experiences. You'll maintain high service standards and drive team engagement in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in hospitality management, a passion for people, and strong communication skills. Benefits include overtime pay, discounts on food and drinks, and career development opportunities within a growing business.

Benefits

Overtime pay for extra hours

Staff food on every shift

50% off food and drinks

Paid breaks

28 days holiday pro rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Staff party - Loungefest!

Competitions and incentives

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Wagestream pay management

Support via Licenced Trade Charity

Career development opportunities

Achievable bonuses

Tips shared across the team

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Experience as Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager or Supervisor in restaurant/bar settings.
• Strong talent in hospitality and people management.
• Driven individual who overcomes challenges effectively.
• Excellent literacy and attention to detail for reporting.
• Good communication and rapport-building skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure.
• Knowledge of sales forecasts and HR best practices.

Responsibilities

• Support the General Manager in day-to-day operations.
• Drive sales and team retention efforts.
• Maintain customer service standards.
• Involve in rotas and team engagement.
• Handle customer feedback to enhance experience.

Skills

Hospitality management

People management

Sales building

Communication

Attention to detail

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!