Assistant Manager - Manchester

Sticks'n'Sushi; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A unique sushi restaurant chain is seeking an Assistant Manager in Manchester. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in hospitality, leadership skills, and a commitment to guest satisfaction and team development. This role offers opportunities for personal and professional growth through bespoke training. Enjoy benefits such as discounts, career development, and even language lessons. Join a lively environment where every member is crucial to success.

Benefits

Staff food every shift

50% off across all restaurants

Employee assistance and wellbeing support

Genuine career and skills development

Team events and staff parties

Qualifications

• Previous experience as an Assistant Manager required.
• Strong leadership skills for team development.
• Ability to maintain high standards under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high hospitality standards are upheld.
• Coach and develop team members.
• Stay calm and flexible in challenges.

Skills

Confidence in hospitality

Leadership skills

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Commitment to guest satisfaction

Job description

Assistant Manager - Manchester

Calling Strange Fish of Assistant Managers!

Welcome to Sticks'n'Sushi - where Japan meets Denmark in the most deliciously, unexpected way.

Not a chain, but a family of restaurants, founded in Copenhagen over 30 years ago, by two Japanese-Danish brothers and their brother-in-law. With a unique blend of cultures and culinary traditions, they created something entirely new - and entirely unforgettable.

We serve a unique combination of classic and creative sushi alongside sticks from the grill. After all, we're a sushi restaurant - even for those who don't like fish.

We are known for exceptional food, thoughtful Danish design, and a total commitment to developing talented people.

Today, we are growing with restaurants in Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow and soon to be opening a restaurant in Manchester!

What you'll be doing at Sticks 'n' Sushi

• Have a track record of confidence and hospitality excellence under your belt in previous roles. Previous experience as an Assistant Manager
• Have an eye for detail; always upholding the highest standards and ensuring every shift is in the very safest pair of hands.
• Be a great leader who really cares about people. Your nurturing approach will make coaching and developing other members of the team a natural focus.
• Have a 'Ja Tak' attitude (Danish for "Yes, thank you") and embody our "Big smile, small ego" spirit.
• Have a genuine commitment to making people happy - guest and team alike - to ensure you have one of the happiest teams in the business and guests that turn into regulars and regulars into friends.
• Want to be part of a company that can help you flourish and become the best you can be.
• Yet you've got the adaptability of water, able to stay calm, flexible and quickly respond to challenges and change. You will always keep our standards high and costs under control.
• Alongside this, you bring respect, trust and generosity to your team, hearing their ideas and coaching them in their work
• You'll be the fiery spark that ignites the creativity of your team to make the restaurant something special in its own right. You will thrive on learning Japanese & Danish culture, ingredients and service style.
• You'll embrace our "big smile, small ego" and "Ja Tak" attitude.

How we will support your journey with us

We want you to grow with us, so through our Lead 'n' Learn academy, you can keep learning and developing your skills and challenge your responsibilities (and your healthy risk-taking). Our training is structured to both help you shine and create memories, in your role and beyond.

The goodies that go beyond the day to day

Yes, we work hard. But we also laugh, learn, and enjoy the ride. We want all our Strange Fish to be part of building something meaningful and to feel involved in making Sticks 'n' Sushi a little bit better every day. A place where everyone belongs and is represented.

You'll enjoy...

• You'll embrace our "big smile, small ego" and "Ja Tak" attitude.
• The opportunity to deeply immerse yourself in our Danish 'n' Japanese roots and rituals, and for six lucky Fish each year, we offer a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Japan.
• Sticks 'n' Sushi language lessons, so you can speak our (slightly odd) hosting lingo in no time.
• Genuine career and skills development
• Staff food every shift
• 50% off across all of our restaurant
• Employee assistance and wellbeing support
• Financial wellbeing support
• Employee discounts - retail and high street
• Team events, unforgettable staff parties and annual awards
• Discounts In high street restaurants through CODE app