Merkur Slots - Venue Manager Designate - Manchester Area

Merkur Slots UK Limited; Farnworth; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the gaming sector seeks a Venue Manager Designate for the Manchester Area. This full-time role involves overseeing venue operations, maximizing sales through effective management, and ensuring a top-notch customer experience. The ideal candidate will have management experience in retail, hospitality, or the gambling sector and possess excellent leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)

Monthly Bonus Scheme

Excellent Career Progression Opportunities

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Discounts with high street retailers and restaurants

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of management experience required.
• Experience with budgeting and Profit & Loss reports.
• Ability to manage a team and create staff rotas.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall performance and profitability of the venue.
• Champion company standards and best practice within the venue.
• Ensure excellent customer service and staff management.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Leadership

Flexibility and adaptability

Education

Management experience

Experience in retail, hospitality or gambling sector

Job description

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Merkur Slots - Venue Manager Designate - Manchester Area

Apply locations Farnworth Manchester Salford time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: July 16, 2025 (4 days left to apply) job requisition id JR1002020

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Position: Venue Manager Designate - Manchester Area

Salary: £35,146.80 per annum

Hours per week: 45

This is a flexible role that involves supporting and providing coverage across various venues within the Manchester region .

At MERKUR Slots we are passionate about our customers, we just love giving them a warm welcome. Giving customers a great experience comes with ensuring we give them the best service that keeps them coming back to us time after time.

Our colleagues are the heart of our venues that’s why we invest in training (ours is 1st class!) and support you to be the best you can be – don’t worry if you are not an expert within our industry – we will take care of that.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who thrive on a challenge and want to learn. If you are looking for something new and have experience of being a great leader within a similar industry, retail or hospitality, then we would love to hear from you.

Who Are Merkur?

MERKUR Slots are part of the Gauselmann Group, a family-owned German company that trades in over 40 European countries and is regarded as the foremost provider of gaming machines in Europe. In the UK, we currently operate over 220 high street Adult Gaming Centres under our MERKUR Slots Brand.

Have we got your attention? Want to know what’s in it for you?

About you:

As well as maximizing sales in the venue through a range of marketing and promotional activity you'll also ensure the very highest standards of presentation and customer services – your aim will be to make your venue the best in town, for customers to visit and for your colleagues to work in.

• Ability to work to budgeted targets

• Management experience within retail, hospitality or the gambling sector is desired

• Experience with management reporting and administration

• Experienced managing a team

• Experience with creating staff rotas

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable

• Understanding of budgeting as well as Profit and Loss reports

• Flexibility to work both day and night shifts (if your venue is a 24-hour operation)

Benefits:

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)

• Monthly Bonus Scheme

• Excellent Career Progression Opportunities

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Life Assurance

• Discounts with high street retailers and restaurants through our benefits portal

• Employee assistance programme

Duties include but not limited to:

• Overall responsibility for the performance and profitability of a licensed gaming centre

• Champion company standards and best practice within venue.

• Marketing, promotional activities and events are delivered correctly.

• Physical and personal security is maintained.

• Cash/assets are controlled, and any risk of loss is minimised

• Excellent customer service at all times, building and maintaining relationships with regular customers.

• Operate in accordance with LCCP.

• Development of your team and training to be completed in line with launches, refreshed and in line with company policy.

• Ensure that staff are being properly managed and any instances of poor performance or misconduct are dealt with in a timely and professional manner

• Recruitment and training of any new team members for your venue

• Market and competitor awareness

• To ensure venue cash collections are carried out in accordance with Company procedures.

• To monitor and analyse machine income levels.

• To achieve KPIs and audits; this includes international, compliance, etc.

• Adhere to all health and safety practices and procedures ensuring the venue operates in a safe manner.

• Ensure that all administration tasks are completed at the correct time and to the required standard.

• To actively manage and promote safeguarding and social responsibility measures.

• To respond positively, promptly and appropriately to all customer feedback / enquiries.

• To maintain a high standard of personal presentation and ensure that all employees always adhere to the brand dress code.

• To actively discourage harassment, bullying, victimisation or discrimination of any kind against employees, management or customers on the grounds of race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Want to know more? Apply today and our recruitment team will be in touch!

MERKUR Slots does not, under any circumstances, make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of any prohibited ground; including but not limited to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by law or prohibited by Company policy. MERKUR Slots is committed to a safe and welcoming work environment where harassment of any kind will not be tolerated.

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MERKUR Casino UK operates a number of venues throughout the UK with over 220 Adult Gaming Centres under the MERKUR Slots brand and a Merkur Casino, based in Aberdeen.

MERKUR Slots showcases the latest digital “slot gaming” products in convenient high street locations, providing a modern casino feel, whilst Merkur Casino in Aberdeen provides the traditional casino experience.

Our focus is on providing our customers excellent customer service, in a safe and modern environment, with teams that work together to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

Find out more about us and our brand by visiting our website