Restaurant Manager - KFC

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

Job summary

A prominent UK restaurant operator is seeking a Restaurant Manager for their new location in Doncaster. You will lead a dedicated team, manage financial performance, and ensure exceptional customer service. Ideal candidates have strong experience in retail or catering management and are focused on team development. This role offers a competitive salary with bonuses and extensive employee benefits.

Benefits

Annual bonus up to £7,400

Up to 60% colleague discount

Enhanced benefits including pension and sick pay

Fabulous development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing teams in a retail or catering environment.
• Experience in working with budgets, P&L, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial targets and unit performance.
• Support and develop team members for personal and professional growth.
• Ensure adherence to brand standards.
• Drive consistent high-quality customer service.

Skills

Team leadership

Budget management

Relationship building

Pressure management

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
• As a Restaurant Manager you will 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
• You will have previous experience work 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 you 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

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