Assistant Restaurant Manager

Dobbies Clyde Valley; Carluke; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Restaurant Manager to oversee operations and deliver outstanding customer experiences. In this pivotal role, you will manage both kitchen and front-of-house operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations while leading a passionate team. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a thriving environment that values teamwork and continuous improvement. Join a company with a rich history and a commitment to providing a great workplace, where your contributions will help shape the dining experience for customers in a vibrant garden center setting.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Generous uncapped discount across stores

Access to Wagestream for financial wellbeing support

Access to Retail Trust for confidential support

Access to Dobbies Academy for continued development

Thriving culture with a passionate team

Qualifications

• Proven experience in restaurant management with a passion for hospitality.
• Ability to manage stock controls and adhere to health & safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee restaurant operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety.
• Lead a team focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Skills

Restaurant Management

Commercial Awareness

Stock Management

Health & Safety Compliance

Coaching and Training

Adaptability

Job description

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Our Assistant Restaurant Managers play an essential role in delivering an exceptional experience across our Restaurants - delivering tasty food, maintaining operational standards, smashing commercial targets and ensuring food hygiene, whilst assisting the Restaurant Manager.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the fast-paced restaurant operation, taking responsibility for both the kitchen and front of house operation
• Lead an engaged team, focused on delivering a great customer experience
• Ensure strict compliance with health and safety regulations at all times
• Effective stock management controls, to ensure wastage is minimized
• Support the delivery of instore events, including seasonal highlights
• Communicate effectively with our central support teams to maintain smooth operations
• Work as part of the overall Garden Centre Management team to deliver a safe working environment and a great place to work for our colleagues

Who we are looking for

• You'll bring passion for hospitality with proven experience of restaurant management
• Commercial awareness and understanding of budgets and profitability
• A proven ability to manage stock controls and strict adherence to health & safety regulations
• Ability to identify training needs and effectively coach all levels
• Adaptability to changing priorities, workload and new regulations
• Positivity managing change, leading the team through each session
• Can demonstrate our values at all times - we're one team, getting better every day.

What we offer

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Generous uncapped discount across our stores
• Access to Wagestream for financial wellbeing support
• Access to Retail Trust for confidential support and services
• Access to Dobbies Academy for continued development
• Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate and diverse

About Us

At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK.

Our passion for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services.

Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed environment.

We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves every day.