Restaurant Operations Manager

Growth Kitchen; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic startup on a mission to revolutionize the food industry! As an Operations Manager, you'll work hands-on with various kitchens across the UK, ensuring they thrive while maintaining high cooking standards. This role offers a unique chance to transition from a single kitchen to overseeing multiple operations, providing strategic support and training to franchisees. With competitive salary and benefits, this is an exciting opportunity for those passionate about food and hospitality. If you're ready to make a real impact in a fast-paced environment, this role is for you!

Benefits

Predictable working hours, no weekends

Pension Scheme

Stock options

25 days of holiday + bank holidays

Work directly with top food delivery brands

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of experience in a restaurant/hospitality role as a GM or similar.
• Excited to learn, travel, and help kitchen partners succeed.

Responsibilities

• Onboard and train new franchisees on cooking standards.
• Run checks on-site to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Manage a cluster of 20 kitchen partners and their performance.

Skills

Restaurant Management

Communication Skills

Training and Development

Customer Engagement

Problem Solving

Job description

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Note: applicants welcome from across the UK!

Growth Kitchen is on a mission to make eating great food the norm. Our platform enables kitchen operators to sell well-known restaurant brands, such as The Athenian from their existing kitchens.

We are looking for talented individuals to help grow and oversee our operations across the UK, working closely with kitchens and brands to change the landscape of the restaurant industry. You will travel to our network of third party delivery kitchens to ensure that our franchisees are operating smoothly and cook our food to high standards, and well as helping our kitchen partners maximise their success through strategic support and management. We are looking for someone who is willing to get hands-on, train kitchens and able to communicate professionally with customers, as well as being interested in the commercial aspects of running a business and optimising for success. The role requires travelling nationally (paid) 80% of the time.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Onboard and train new franchisees: help them learn how to cook our brands
• Run regular checks on-site, help them cook more accurately and better
• Work with teams and managers in partner kitchens to help them do their job better, operationally and commercially
• Manage a cluster of 20 kitchen partners, owning their growth trajectory and week to week performance
• Support partners and solve site issues when they arise
• Talk to partners and share feedback with the broader team, propose new ideas to improve the partner experience
  
  

This is an incredible opportunity to join an exciting high growth start-up in the foodtech space, where you will be given a lot of responsibility early on, and a lot of autonomy to achieve your goals. and where progression opportunities will be exciting as the business grows. It is a great way to transition out of being hands-on in a single kitchen, perhaps running a small team, to working with many kitchens and helping them run smoothly.

Requirements

• 1-4 years of work experience in a restaurant/ hospitality role as a GM of a single site or similar
• Excited to learn and figure things out, asking great questions and being open to coaching
• Excited to travel and visit kitchens across the UK, talk to customers and help them cook our food well
• Friendly, positive, and clear communicator and enjoy meeting new people
• Fluent in English and right to work in the UK is a must
  
  
  

Benefits

• Work directly with and learn from the best food delivery brands
• Predictable working hours, no weekends
• Be part of a fast-growing startup
• Competitive salary
• Pension Scheme
• Stock options
• 25 days of holiday + bank holidays

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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