Bar Manager

Compass Group UK & Ireland; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality organization is seeking a Bar Manager in London. The ideal candidate will lead a bar staff team, ensure high-quality beverage service, and create a welcoming atmosphere for customers. Experience in managing bar operations and a passion for cocktails are required. The company offers training, life assurance, and private medical eligibility among other benefits.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Private medical eligibility

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy

Family friendly support

Regular social events

Holiday purchase scheme

Volunteering days

Professional subscriptions

Recognition schemes

Long service awards

High street discount vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience leading a bar or pub team.
• Ability to meet sales and profitability targets.
• Competence in maintaining a clean and safe bar area.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of bar staff.
• Ensure staffing is adequate during peak times.
• Provide solutions to customer complaints.
• Monitor inventory of beverages for adequate stock.

Skills

Passion for cocktails

Leadership skills

Customer service

Job description

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Job Introduction

We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we've been part of some of the UK's most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.

Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you'll feel right at home here.

Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we're looking for a Bar Manager to work with us in London.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading a small team of bar or pub staff
• Ensuring that the front-of-house is fully staffed, particularly during peak times
• Meeting sales and profitability targets
• Creating a welcoming environment for customers
• Ensuring consistent, high quality beverages are served to customers
• Dealing with customer feedback and providing adequate solutions to customer complaints
• Creating a positive work environment for staff and encouraging their career development
• Monitoring inventory of beverages to ensure adequate stock
• Overseeing the cleanliness of staff and the physical bar area and paying attention to possible health hazards and regulation violations

Our Ideal Candidate:

* We are looking for candidates who are super passionate about all things cocktails

What's in it for you?

Working with Company of Cooks has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Private medical eligibility
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support

• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers