Duty Manager – Birmingham, UK

K1Speed Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Duty Manager to lead operations at their Birmingham location. This role involves overseeing staff, ensuring compliance with cash handling procedures, and maintaining high standards of customer service. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a knack for critical thinking, and a commitment to enhancing guest experiences. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will shape the success of the center and foster a positive environment for both employees and guests. If you're ready to take on a rewarding challenge in a vibrant setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years of age with experience in hospitality or business preferred.
• Strong leadership and customer service skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing staff, ensuring adherence to cash handling procedures.
• Oversee daily operations and maintain facility standards.
• Promote a positive guest experience and manage inventory.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Cash Handling

Teamwork

Communication

Critical Thinking

Decision Making

Adaptability

Education

High School Diploma

Experience in Hospitality or Business

Job description

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB: The Duty Manager is responsible for ensuring that the centre is run according to the required K1 standards. The Manager holds their Salaried and Hourly Staff accountable, coaching and developing them to be ready for the next level.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assisting the General Manager in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, disciplining, and terminating
• Cash handling duties including preparation of tills, change fund maintenance, and preparation of deposits.
• Ensuring that cashier personnel adhere to correct cash handling procedures.
• Ensure cashier personnel are meeting the minimum selling standards set forth by K1 Speed
• Monitor inventory, supporting the General Manager each month to complete an accurate account of the items on hand.
• Ensuring that track personnel run races safely, efficiently, and professionally.
• Ensuring that mechanic personnel maintain our karts in peak working condition.
• Ensuring that all staff are strictly adhering to company policies and providing outstanding customer service.
• Corresponding with and providing regular reports to head office personnel
• Maintaining the highest standard of facility appearance
• Oversees the day- to-day operations within the policies and guidelines set forth by K1 Speed.
• Identify on a regular basis their opportunities and creates an action plan to increase the performance level to the required K1 standard.
• Ensures that their location has the proper staffing level to maximise the employee and guest experience.
• Oversees weekly inventories of each location per company standards.
• Maintain a professional K1 image including the Paddock lounge cleanliness, proper uniforms, and appearance standards.
• Ensures their location is keeping food cost, part costs and labour costs (hours) at or below K1 acceptable standards.
• Ensures their location is consistently following the guidelines for private party events and catering including food service and quality standards, greet procedures, POS, and payout procedures, set up and décor standards, party rental and supply storage and rebooking all repeatable parties.
• Understands and makes sure that each team member follows all cash handling procedures including safe maintenance, deposits, and all banking functions.
• Works with their team to promote a positive social media response.
• Works with their team to ensure that each employee understands the importance of treating guests the K1-Way, so the guests continue to return, providing an exceptional guest experience.
• Responds to customer service needs to provide the highest standards of service within 24hours.
• Maintains great relationships with all vendors and notifies the General Manager of any vendor issue.
• Ensures their Team is providing a safe working and guest environment to reduce the risk of injury and accidents.
• Represents the K1 image at all company and community events (local businesses, organisations, and media).
• Ensures their Team is engaging in preventative maintenance, daily cleaning, and repairs.
• Practice the K1 Speed open door policy at all times.
• Ensures their Team is developing employees for promotional opportunities.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Job Knowledge –Able to learn new skills and maintain up-to-date job-related information. Applies technical and procedural knowledge to get the job done; understands job duties and responsibilities.

Initiative– Takes initiative versus waiting for direction. Results and goal oriented. Desires to excel on the job. Demonstrates self-confidence and positive attitude.

Professionalism– Consistently treats individuals with dignity and respect, recognising the importance of cultural differences. Has and maintains a positive sense of humour and uses humour appropriately. Embraces, communicates, and demonstrates company values and ethics. Maintains reasonable expectations of self and others when balancing time and performance demands with personal and professional needs.

Planning and Organising– Develops realistic plans, setting reasonable completing times. Effectively uses time and resources. Prioritizes duties in a manner consistent with organisational objectives and emergencies.

Teamwork/Cooperation– Successfully works with others to achieve desired results. Helps prevent/resolve conflicts. Develops positive working relationship with all people. Promotes mutual respect. Being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured cooperative attitude to bring teams of people together. Is flexible/open minded.

Critical Thinking– Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. Overcomes obstacles. Helps team solve problems.

Productivity– Takes on additional responsibilities as needed. Manages priorities. Develops and follows work procedures.

Active Learning– Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision making. The ability to accept criticism and stay calm under pressure.

Communication– Communicating in a professional and empathetic way so employees understand what is expected of them. Effectively conveys and receives ideas, information, and directions. Demonstrates good verbal and written communication. Paying attention to what people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Customer Orientation– Listens, identifies, and responds, quickly and effectively to internal and external customers’ needs and sets work activities accordingly. Goes beyond what is expected and follows up to ensure customer satisfaction.

Work Quality– Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail.

Decision Making– Take calculated risks, make timely/responsive decisions. Modifies decisions based on new information and takes ownership of the outcomes of each decision made.

Adaptability/Flexibility– Demonstrates judgment and willingness to make exceptions. Initiates or accepts changes in the process, while maintaining focus on the task/issue. Transitions effectively between multiple tasks on priorities. Meeting the needs of each customer without compromising the brand/business.

AGE REQUIRMENT: Must be at least 18 years of age

EXPERIENCE: Experience in business or hospitality or food and beverage or karting centre is preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: This position requires that weight be lifted, pushed, pulled, safely for extended periods of time.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment for this job typically has a high level of noise. The work will be performed predominantly indoors, however, things such as marketing events can be exposed to the outdoor elements.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for managing several salaried and hourly employees.