OPERATIONS MANAGER - LEADING RESTAURANT GROUP

COREcruitment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Travel

Job summary

COREcruitment Ltd is recruiting for an Operations Manager to lead a key South West region across a group of eight sites. You will report to the Operations Director and focus on developing General Managers, building strong teams and creating accountability for sales, labour and profitability.

The role is people-led, with a strong emphasis on delivering a consistently brilliant guest experience while raising standards across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experienced in multi-site operations within casual dining or branded restaurant environments.
• Commercially driven with proven P&L accountability.
• Strong coaching and people development skills for General Managers.
• Ability to build relationships quickly and drive performance across sites.

Responsibilities

• Oversee around eight sites in the South West region.
• Develop and coach General Managers and build strong teams.
• Monitor sales, labour, and profitability to drive regional performance.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality guest experience across all sites.

Skills

Multi-site experience

P&L management

People leadership

Guest experience focus

Job description

OPERATIONS MANAGER – LEADING RESTAURANT GROUP

South West

£60,000 – £65,000 + Bonus + Travel

I am working with a brilliant, well-established restaurant group who are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to take ownership of a key region across the South West.

This is a great opportunity to join a strong, recognised brand with a real focus on its people, guest experience and continuing to evolve the business.

THE ROLE

You’ll oversee around eight sites, working closely with your General Managers and reporting directly into the Operations Director.

This is very much a people-led role.You’ll be developing your GMs, building strong teams and creating real accountability across the region, while keeping a close eye on sales, labour, profitability and overall performance.

The business is already well established, so this isn’t about reinventing the wheel.It’s about challenging where needed, raising standards and making sure every site is delivering a consistently brilliant guest experience.

WHO I’M LOOKING FOR

• I’d love to speak to established multi-site operators from quality casual dining or a similar branded restaurant environment.


• You’ll need to be commercially strong, comfortable managing multiple P&Ls and, most importantly, genuinely good with people.Someone who can coach and develop their teams, build relationships quickly and get the best out of their GMs.


• There is plenty of opportunity to progress within the wider business, so this would really suit someone ambitious who wants to continue developing their career with a brilliant restaurant group.