Labour Analyst

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company is seeking a Labour Analyst to enhance workforce planning across leisure sites in London and surrounding areas. You will play a crucial role in optimizing staffing levels, collaborating closely with operational teams and financial managers. With a hands-on approach, you'll ensure efficient labour management, providing training and insights for best practices. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of catering operations and a commercial mindset.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Private medical eligibility

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy including Employee Assistance Programme

Family friendly support

Regular social events

Professional subscriptions

Recognition schemes

Long service awards

High street discount vouchers

Qualifications

• Experienced operator or finance professional with deep workforce planning knowledge.
• Hands-on approach and experience in catering environments.
• Commercially savvy, balancing labour efficiency with service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Observe staffing levels and identify inefficiencies at various locations.
• Develop smarter staffing solutions with General Managers.
• Ensure rotas align with sales forecasts and demand fluctuations.

Skills

Workforce Planning

Commercial Mindset

Collaboration

Job description

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Craft, Creativity and Community – we are Company of Cooks! These are our values, and they go far beyond corporate waffle. In fact, they set the tone for everything we do. Company of Cooks have been working with some of the UK’s most cherished venues since 1996, delighting customers and clients alike with great food and drinks, brilliant service and an absolute focus on the details that make good restaurants, cafes and bars, great ones. In October 2019 the company was brought into the CH&CO family. The completion of the deal saw Company of Cooks become the group’s go-to operators in heritage and performance venues, art galleries and destinations. We are excited to be recruiting for a Labour Analyst to work at Leisure sites across London and surrounding areas.

Location: 3 days a week site based (Leisure sites which are mostly London based sites plus a few

outside London including Peterborough and Wisley in Surrey) and 2 days WFH

Shift Pattern: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday

Key Responsibilities:

• Work on-site at various catering locations, observing staffing levels and identifying inefficiencies
• Collaborate with General Managers and operational teams to develop smarter staffing solutions
• Ensure rotas are aligned with sales forecasts, adjusting for demand fluctuations.
• Support teams in understanding and implementing best practices for workforce planning
• Collaborate with Finance Managers and Location Accountants to ensure accurate labour reporting and accountability
• Provide ongoing training and guidance to operations teams on effective labour management

The Ideal Candidate:

• Experienced operator or finance professional with a deep understanding of workforce planning in catering environments
• Strong commercial mindset - able to balance labour efficiency with service delivery
• Hands-on approach, willing to spend time on-site working directly with teams
• Comfortable working with finance teams, commercial teams, and operational
• leadership

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
• 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
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers