Shift Leader

Caffe Nero; Stretford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A popular coffee shop chain in Manchester is seeking a Shift Leader to manage store operations, deliver excellent customer service, and maintain high standards of coffee and food. This role offers great training, career development, and employee discounts on food and drinks. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience or a strong customer service attitude. The starting rate is £12.26 per hour, increasing to £12.41 with service.

Benefits

Unlimited free drinks during shifts

75% off food during shifts

50% off handmade drinks when off shift

Length of service recognition

Benefits platform with discounts

Qualifications

• Ideally have some experience as a Supervisor or Team Leader.
• Great attitude and energy.
• Love interacting with customers.

Responsibilities

• Support in the running of the store.
• Lead the team and deliver excellent customer service.
• Ensure best standards of coffee and food.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Communication

Job description

Shift Leader

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 30 September 2025
• Salary: Not specified
• Additional salary information: to £12.41
• Hours: Full time
• Closing date: 30 October 2025
• Location: Manchester, M17 8BN
• Company: Caffe Nero Group Ltd
• Job type: Permanent
• Job reference: cn-27075

Summary

Shift Leader at Caffè Nero

At Caffè Nero, it's our people that make us different. If you pride yourself on keeping customers happy through fantastic service, whilst learning and growing in a great team, this could be the right job for you.

As a Shift Leader, you will support in the running of the store - leading the team, giving great customer service and delivering the very best standards of coffee and food.

Ideally you will have some experience as a Supervisor or Team Leader - but if you haven't got that don't worry, we'd still love to hear from you.

What you can expect:

• Brilliant training - no experience is required!
• The opportunity to grow your career and develop personally and professionally.
• Unlimited free handmade drinks and up to 75% off food and packaged drinks when you're on shift.
• 50% off all handmade drinks and 40% off everything else when you're off shift.
• Recommend A Friend Scheme, giving you the chance to earn up to £750 if you refer new people to join the team.
• Length of service recognition.
• Access to our benefits platform, with hundreds of discounts, rewards and offers.
• Via our incentive 'Nero 90', our Baristas and Shift Leaders also have the opportunity to receive an additional 15p per hour, if their store collectively achieves the Customer Satisfaction score.

Why choose us?

When you join us, you're joining a group of caring, supportive and friendly people - whether that's your team, the regular customers of your café or your community. At the same time as giving fantastic service you'll have loads of fun along the way - maybe a pizza night, a Caffè Nero Club party or even at the Barista of the Year event. There's something for everyone.

The starter rate for Shift Leaders in this location is £12.26 per hour, increasing to £12.41 with service.

If you have a great attitude, bags of energy and love interacting with customers then we'd love to hear from you!

At Caffè Nero you really can be you, with us.

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

At Caffè Nero, it's our people that make us different. If you pride yourself on keeping customers happy through fantastic service, whilst learning and growing in a great team, this could be the right job for you. As a Shift Leader, you will support in the running of the store - leading the team, giving great customer service and delivering the very best standards of coffee and food. Ideally you will have some experience as a Supervisor or Team Leader - but if you haven't got that don't worry, we'd still love to hear from you.

What you can expect:

• Brilliant training - no experience is required!
• The opportunity to grow your career and develop personally and professionally.
• Unlimited free handmade drinks and up to 75% off food and packaged drinks when you're on shift.
• 50% off all handmade drinks and 40% off everything else when you're off shift.
• Recommend A Friend Scheme, giving you the chance to earn up to £750 if you refer new people to join the team.
• Length of service recognition.
• Access to our benefits platform, with hundreds of discounts, rewards and offers.
• Via our incentive 'Nero 90', our Baristas and Shift Leaders also have the opportunity to receive an additional 15p per hour, if their store collectively achieves the Customer Satisfaction score.

Why choose us? When you join us, you're joining a group of caring, supportive and friendly people - whether that's your team, the regular customers of your café or your community. At the same time as giving fantastic service you'll have loads of fun along the way - maybe a pizza night, a Caffè Nero Club party or even at the Barista of the Year event. There's something for everyone. The starter rate for Shift Leaders in this location is £12.26 per hour, increasing to £12.41 with service. If you have a great attitude, bags of energy and love interacting with customers then we'd love to hear from you! At Caffè Nero you really can be you, with us.