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Café Manager – Restaurant Associates
Restaurant Associates is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Café Manager to lead our café operation and deliver outstanding food, coffee, and customer service. You'll oversee the day-to-day running of the café, ensuring high standards, driving commercial performance, and leading a motivated team in a premium hospitality environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the café team.
- Deliver exceptional customer service and hospitality.
- Manage daily café operations, staffing, and service standards.
- Oversee stock control, ordering, and waste management.
- Monitor labour, budgets, and financial performance.
- Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, and health & safety regulations.
- Drive sales and identify opportunities to enhance the customer experience.
We're Looking For Someone With
- Previous experience managing a café or similar hospitality operation.
- Strong leadership and people management skills.
- Excellent organisational and communication abilities.
- A commercial mindset with experience managing KPIs and budgets.
- A passion for food, coffee, and customer service.
- The ability to lead by example in a fast-paced environment.
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Benefits
We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- Free meals
- Contributory pension scheme
- Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
- Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
- Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
- Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
- Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
- Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
- Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
- You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
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About Us
Restaurant Associates provides brilliant hospitality through our food, drink and services. We work with our partners and collaborate with our clients to achieve great things together. Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.
Job Reference: com/3006/43829001/52817440/SU #RA Group
Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!
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