Store Manager - M&S Simply Food

Moto Hospitality; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company is seeking a Store Manager at their Dunstable location. The successful candidate will manage financial targets, support team development, and ensure high quality customer service. The role offers a salary of up to £36,000 for 40 hours per week, along with bonuses and various employee benefits including discounts and pension. Ideal for someone with a background in retail or catering looking for career advancement.

Benefits

Annual bonus up to £7,800

Up to 60% colleague discount

Enhanced benefits including pension and sick pay

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing teams in a high volume retail or catering environment.
• Experience delivering against budgets and cost-saving initiatives.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure in a pressurised environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial targets and performance metrics.
• Support and develop team members professionally.
• Ensure high quality customer service delivery.

Skills

Team leadership

Budget management

Customer service

Stakeholder relationship building

Performance motivation

Job description

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 Store Manager:

• Ensure that the M&S 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 personally and professionally.
• Adhere to and ensure delivery of brand standards.
• Overall responsibility for driving consistent high quality customer service and sales.

Qualifications & Experience

• 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.
• 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.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure in a pressurised environment.
• Assistant general manager or deputy manager aspiring to take their career to the next level, or manager in the retail, catering or hospitality sectors (e.g., restaurant manager, general manager, catering manager or store manager) looking for that next challenge.
• We offer flexible working arrangements, including full or part time hours and where possible a compressed or fixed shift pattern to support your work‑life balance.
• Ready to start your journey with us? Apply today!

Location & Compensation

Store Manager – Up to £36,000 – 40 hours per week

Address: Toddington Services, M1 J11/12, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 6HR

• Annual bonus up to £7,800 per annum.
• Up to 60% colleague discount for you, family, and friends with partners 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.