Cafe Manager

Adnams Plc; Southwold; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known hospitality company in Southwold is seeking an enthusiastic Café Manager to lead their front of house and kitchen team. The ideal candidate will manage daily operations, drive performance, and deliver exceptional customer experiences. Strong leadership skills and a passion for hospitality are essential. This role includes competitive salary, pension, and other great benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Share Incentive Plan

33 days holiday

Career Development Opportunities

Wellbeing Programmes

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a managerial role within the hospitality sector is essential.
• Ability to lead and inspire a high-performing team.
• Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the café.
• Drive performance and lead the front of house and kitchen team.
• Ensure exceptional customer experiences.

Skills

Leadership skills

Strong communication

Food safety knowledge

Team engagement

Job description

Café Manager

Southwold Cafe

We are looking for an enthusiastic Café Manager with strong leadership skills to lead our front of house and kitchen team. The successful candidate will deliver exceptional customer experiences and showcase our love for great food and drink in the heart of Southwold.

As our Café Manager, you'll be responsible for the day‑to‑day operations of the café, working alongside the Store Manager. You'll drive performance, lead a motivated team, and ensure our café continues to reflect the quality, warmth and values that define the Adnams brand.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Share Incentive Plan
• 33 days holiday
• Career Development Opportunities
• Wellbeing Programmes
• Fabulous employee discounts!

We encourage each member of our team to grow, develop and progress within Adnams and so we are committed to providing you with continual training and development to support you with your career goals and progression within the store and wider business.

About Adnams and Our Team

We make amazing award‑winning beers and spirits from our home in Southwold, have some great shops across the region and operate some stunning pubs and hotels. We understand the value of every customer and work hard to deliver amazing service in a time of exciting innovation and digital transformation.

We do all of this while caring passionately about the environment, our local communities and our wider social responsibilities.

At Adnams we really care about diversity and are proud of our culture where everyone is respected, valued and treated with kindness.

What Are We Looking For?

We are looking for an experienced and hands‑on Café Manager who will lead, inspire and develop a large, high‑performing team, while delivering an exceptional hospitality experience for every customer.

The Café Manager will have strong communication skills, enabling clear direction, motivation, and effective team engagement. You'll have a strong understanding of food safety, hygiene and compliance and know how to balance high standards with a welcoming atmosphere.

If you have experience of leading, inspiring and developing a team, love our products as much as we do, enjoy engaging with customers and have a passion for doing the right thing then we want to hear from you.

This role requires the successful candidate to be flexible, working weekends and must hold a full UK driving licence.

What's in it for you?

Hopefully, a sense of pride that you are working for a business that cares about the important stuff and a lot of fun working with an amazing bunch of people.

Enthusiastic and hard‑working people who join Adnams tend to stay around so we must get quite a lot of things right. We really admire innovation and are not afraid to try something new, so you get to put new ideas into practice to deliver even better results for everyone.