Floor Manager - Catering

BaxterStorey; Southampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Apprenticeships

Pension & life insurance

Perkbox discounts

Wellbeing hub

Cycle to work

Holiday entitlement

Birthday leave

Volunteering days

Grandparent leave

Maternity leave

Carers leave

Free meals on shift

Employee assistance

Job summary

BaxterStorey is seeking a Floor Manager for its catering operations in the UK. The role leads the team across restaurant and coffee outlets, ensuring smooth daily operations and strong service standards.

You will manage direct reports, monitor KPIs, and help drive reports, budgeting, and training initiatives. An inclusive, development-focused environment supports your growth and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• You thrive on getting the best out of people and maximising commercial opportunities.
• You demonstrate a genuine passion for food & service, with a strong eye for detail in service standards, innovation and merchandising.
• You provide a professional catering service, ensuring that company standards are maintained and that Client expectations are met.
• Have experience commensurate with role.
• Thrive on delivering a great customer experience and leading by example.
• Able to demonstrate your analytical approach to problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the smooth and efficient running of all retail spaces including restaurant and the coffee outlets.
• Manages direct reports to ensure day-to-day operations standards are meet.
• Assist in producing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on service analysis and marketing effectiveness as required: Adhere to KPIs and manage non-compliance.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritise and delegate when required, organise own workload.
• Make a continuous assessment of the performance of all staff under supervision to establish training needs and development potential.
• Control cost and work towards/exceeding budget and achieving financial targets/forecasts constant monitoring of performance.
• Ensure all legal compliance is followed within the departments, such as Health & Safety procedures and finance.
• Drive constant innovation with regards to product, staying up to date with trends in industry driving sustainability and provenance.
• Develop coordinated annual marketing plan with outlets and ensure signage is displayed correctly.
• Ensure excellent customer service, regularly assess customer experience and recommend improvements.
• Monitoring customer feedback, handling customer complaints and resolving issues with action plans in a timely manner.
• Compile training and development plans for department heads with areas of responsibility and ensure all training is completed to a high standard for all team members

Skills

People management

Food & service passion

Catering service professionalism

Experience commensurate with role

Customer experience orientation

Analytical problem solving

Job description

• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Company Description

Title: Floor Manager - Catering

Salary: £33.5k

Benefits

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 3 volunteering days
• 3 days grandparent leave
• 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
• Secondary carer leave
• Wedding/commitment day leave
• Free meals on shift
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Do you have a passion for leading the way in providing genuine hospitality and impeccable service? Can you motivate a team? Are you friendly, professional and efficient? Yes? Then this is the role for you. At BaxterStorey, we believe that every interaction is an opportunity to create a lasting impression, that’s why we’re looking for a Floor Manager who motivates their team to exceed expectations at every turn. As a trailblazer in the hospitality industry, we are excited to open our doors to individuals who share our passion for delivering exceptional experiences and creating unforgettable moments.

We believe that it is our people that set us apart, that’s why as a member of our team, you will be supported in an inclusive environment that encourages growth and celebrates diversity. We will invest in your development with ongoing training, to ensure that you have the skills and knowledge to thrive in your role, and we guarantee a good work-life balance, because we believe that people excel when they are given the space to take care of themselves.

If you are a Catering, Department or Floor Manager who thrives on delivering extraordinary experiences, and loves to inspire a harmonious and collaborative team, we would love to hear from you!

Job Description

• Take responsibility for the smooth and efficient running of all retail spaces including restaurant and the coffee outlets.
• Manages direct reports to ensure day-to-day operations standards are meet.
• Assist in producing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on service analysis and marketing effectiveness as required: Adhere to KPIs and manage non-compliance.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritise and delegate when required, organise own workload.
• Make a continuous assessment of the performance of all staff under supervision to establish training needs and development potential.
• Control cost and work towards/exceeding budget and achieving financial targets/forecasts constant monitoring of performance.
• Ensure all legal compliance is followed within the departments, such as Health & Safety procedures and finance.
• Drive constant innovation with regards to product, staying up to date with trends in industry driving sustainability and provenance.
• Develop coordinated annual marketing plan with outlets and ensure signage is displayed correctly.
• Ensure excellent customer service, regularly assess customer experience and recommend improvements.
• Monitoring customer feedback, handling customer complaints and resolving issues with action plans in a timely manner.
• Compile training and development plans for department heads with areas of responsibility and ensure all training is completed to a high standard for all team members

Qualifications

• You thrive on getting the best out of people and maximising commercial opportunities. You draw satisfaction from managing, training and supporting a team
• You demonstrate a genuine passion for food & service, with a strong eye for detail in service standards, innovation and merchandising
• You provide a professional catering service, ensuring that company standards are maintained and that Client expectations are met
• Have experience commensurate with role
• Thrive on delivering a great customer experience and leading by example
• Able to demonstrate your analytical approach to problem solving

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

BaxterStorey Values

ALWAYS VISIONARY

We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.

Wholeheartedly Positive

We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.

CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE

We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.

FOREVER CONSCIOUS

We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

Interested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we’d like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.

Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.