Assistant Manager - New Opening

Lounge; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Lounge as an Assistant Manager and be part of a leading restaurant group in the UK! You'll handle day-to-day operations, drive sales, and support a brilliant team to ensure every customer leaves delighted. This role is perfect for a passionate hospitality professional looking for growth and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Staff food on every shift

50% off staff discount outside working hours

Paid breaks

28 days holiday (pro-rata)

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Opportunities for personal development

Achievable bonuses

Tips shared equally across the team

Qualifications

• Experience as an Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, or Supervisor in hospitality.
• Strong communication and team management skills.
• Self-motivated with good attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations and team engagement.
• Drive sales and maintain high service standards.
• Report on KPIs and manage customer feedback.

Skills

Hospitality

Team Management

Sales Building

Communication

Attention to Detail

Job description

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Job Type: Assistant Management, Assistant & Deputy Manager, Supervisor | Sector: Restaurants, Pubs and Bars | Contract Type: Full Time

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new opening and become part of one of the most successful restaurant groups in the UK.

Lounges are special places, and what makes them so are the brilliant people who run them. As an Assistant Manager, you'll support the General Manager to maintain that brilliance across the team, delivering 14 great shifts to ensure every customer leaves happy. You'll handle the day-to-day operations of the Lounge, including rotas, team engagement, and customer feedback. Your standards will be high, but how you achieve them will be unique to you. You'll do it your way. Brilliant!

It's all about the details. You'll be involved in driving sales, team retention, training, customer service, and maintaining high standards. You never settle for second best and aim for your Lounge to be the place to go for the local community. It's a challenging role, 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 outside working hours from day one
• Paid breaks
• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), pro-rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service
• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives, like an all-expenses-paid trip with our suppliers
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Support via the Licensed Trade Charity
• Opportunities for personal development and career progression
• Achievable bonuses
• Tips shared equally across the team based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off

What you'll bring

• Experience as an Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, or Supervisor in restaurants, bars, cafes, or coffee shops
• Experience working in a bar environment with food and drinks service
• A passion for hospitality and talent for managing people
• Driven and resilient in overcoming challenges
• Good literacy and attention to detail for reporting KPIs
• Excellent communication skills to build rapport and trust
• Self-motivated, able to work at pace with limited supervision
• Knowledge of sales building, forecasting, HR, recruitment, and NPS best practices

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