Restaurant Manager - KFC

Moto Hospitality; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading restaurant chain is seeking a Restaurant Manager to oversee operations at Doncaster North Services. You will lead a team to deliver exceptional service and manage financial performance, striving to create a memorable customer experience. Ideal candidates will have a background in high-volume retail or catering and direct experience in team management. This role offers competitive salary and bonuses, along with enhanced benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

Annual bonus up to £7,400

60% colleague discount on various brands

Enhanced benefits including pension and life assurance

Development opportunities with funded qualifications

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing and leading teams in a high-volume environment.
• Experience with budgets, P&L, and labor costs.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure KFC unit achieves financial targets.
• Develop and support team members.
• Drive consistent high-quality customer service.
• Lead shifts and manage opening/closing.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial management

Customer service

Mentoring and training

Calm under pressure

Job description

New Store Opening!

Restaurant Manager - £33k to £36k - 40 hours per week

Address: Doncaster North Services, M18 Junction 5, Hatfield, Doncaster DN8 5GS

As a Restaurant Manager, you will understand that it is all about people; it’s where we look to create a memorable customer experience. We’ll empower you to treat your restaurant as your own and help shape the winning culture that we are aspiring to achieve.

As a Restaurant Manager, you’ll lead your team in delivering KFC’s world-famous fried chicken and exceptional customer service as we transform the UK’s rest stop experience.

What you will get in return as a Restaurant Manager

• Annual bonus up to £7,400pa
• Up to 60% colleague discount for you, family, and friends with brands such as Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger, M&S Simply Food, Burger King, Greggs, KFC, WHSmith and more
• Enhanced benefits, including pension, sick pay, maternity, paternity, and life assurance
• Fabulous development opportunities including funded qualifications, leading to the next step in your career being a Site Operations Manager

What You Will Be Doing As a Restaurant Manager

• Ensure that the KFC unit achieves, as a minimum, the financial targets agreed budget and P&L
• Support and develop your team, ensuring that each colleague feels valued, supported, and able to grow both personal and professionally
• Adhering to and ensuring delivery of brand standards
• Overall responsibility for driving consistent high quality customer service and sales
• Lead shifts including opening and closing the unit

What Skills & Knowledge You’ll Need

• A proven track record in managing and leading teams in a high volume, retail, or catering brand environment
• Previous experience working to and delivering against budgets, P&L, labour costs and ratios and cost saving initiatives
• An ability to build strong and positive relationships with stakeholders
• Previous experience motivating and increasing the performance of your team with mentoring, training, and succession planning
• An ability to remain calm under pressure in a pressurised environment

You may be an assistant general manager or deputy manager who is aspiring to grow their career into management, or you may be a restaurant manager, general manager or store manager looking for that next challenge. We want to hear from you!

Where our customer’s journey pauses, yours just begins.

Ready to start your journey with us, Apply today!

• Please note internally this role is called Department Manager
• Annual bonus of up to 20%, final value subject to location and performance