General Manager

Pizza Pilgrims; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A vibrant pizza restaurant chain in Glasgow is looking for a General Manager to lead operations and create a great environment for both team members and customers. The ideal candidate will earn up to £67,000 with a strong focus on team culture and exceptional pizza quality. Responsibilities include managing P&L, recruitment, training, and ensuring customer satisfaction. This role offers career advancement opportunities in an inclusive workplace. If you love pizza and hospitality, this is the position for you!

Benefits

1 extra day holiday as Happiness Day

Free food & espresso every day

Team trips to Naples

Free pizza for you & friends when visiting

Company-wide parties

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a managerial role within a restaurant.
• Strong understanding of profit and loss management.
• Ability to adapt and lead effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team and manage the overall restaurant operations.
• Drive business planning and reporting.
• Ensure high customer satisfaction.

Skills

Restaurant Experience

Hospitality Experience

Management Experience

P&L Management

Leadership Experience

Job description

GLASGOW WERE COMING!

We cant wait to open our second Pizza Pilgrims in Scotland right here in Glasgow a city full of energy great music and the warmest people!

We’re looking for a General Manager to lead the way someone who loves great pizza great people and fancies earning up to 67000 while making people happier one pizza at a time

Heres how that breaks down:

Basic Salary Tronc Bonus (up to 30% of your annual salary)

Opening early 2026 come be part of it!

14 years ago Thom & James drove a Piaggio ape Tuk Tuk all the way from Sicily to London on a Pizza Pilgrimage to learn the secrets of perfect Italian pizza. They went on to set up a market stall in Soho with an oven in the back of the van before opening their first actual pizzeria on Dean Street. If you think that sounds as ridiculously cool as we do and you love pizza then read on

Nowadays we have over 20 award-winning pizzerias across the UK weve got our own Pizza Academy where we run training workshops every day and were also a BCORP - something were extremely proud about achieving. We pride ourselves on using the best ingredients from Naples including Caputo flour fresh fior di latte salsiccia e friarielle to make the best Neapolitan pizza every day.

At Pizza Pilgrims we aspire to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves feel genuinely cared for and have equal opportunities for growth and progression. We are committed to building a diverse team that includes and respects a variety of voices identities backgrounds experiences and perspectives; which creates proper happiness just like our pizzas do!

We work hard because we think pizza makes people happier. As a Restaurant General Manager youll be a specialist in creating lasting pizza memories amazing pizzeria vibes for every guest to leave with a full belly and already planning their next visit. Your responsibilities will also include;

• P&L Management.
• Recruitment and Internal Development
• Stock management.
• Team training.
• H&S Food quality & audit management
• Customer feedback.
• Business planning & reporting.

Whilst skills are important representing our values is just as important too. These shape our team culture.

• Push Yourself because we believe learning new skills and coming out of your comfort zone will help us improve as a team.
• Be Yourself means you can bring your own personality to work. Your hair colour is yours not ours. We think tattoos are cool. And we love hearing about your interests outside of work.
• Respect Others because everyone is welcome at Pilgrims and were committed to creating an inclusive environment where people feel they belong.
• Enjoy Yourself because hospitality is an industry we love and we want every Pilgrim to create happiness for each other and to have fun at work.

Dont take our word for our most recent happiness survey (team feedback survey)

• Over 200 people said the thing they love most about working at Pilgrims is their team.
• Over 100 people said their favourite pizza perk was the amount of free pizza they get.
• And nearly 150 people said they love the culture development opportunities and pizza quality at Pilgrims.
  

Whats in it for you

• Salary up to 46500 tronc bonus
• 45hr week over 5 days
• Serious career development - We are opening 4 pizzerias this year & next.
• On top of the standard 28 days holiday you will get an extra day for every year you work for us (up to 5 Years).

Some of our favourite Pizza Perks include...

• 1 extra day holiday as Happiness Day so you can do something that you love and makes you happy about outside of work.
• Team trips to Naples & beyond to meet suppliers & try new pizzerias
• A tasty bonus every time you refer a friend to join.
• Free food & espresso every day - whole menu available & also deals with other restaurants
• A free after-work drinks (soft beer or gin)
• 2 huge company-wide parties every year to celebrate Christmas and Ferragosto (We close all the pizzerias for these!)
• Free pizza when you visit any Pizza Pilgrims when you are not at work for you & up to 3 friends.

So if youve got this far down the job advert it might mean that were a perfect match. Click the apply button and one of the team will reach out to you soon.

Ciao!

Key Skills Restaurant Experience,Hospitality Experience,Interviewing,Management Experience,Profit & Loss,Employment & Labor Law,Sanitation,Leadership Experience,P&L Management,Restaurant Management,Retail Management,Recruiting

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Yearly Salary Salary: 40000 - 46500