Dobbies Garden Centres
Coffee Shop Manager
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Coffee Shop Manager | Hungerford | Full-Time | Dobbies Garden Centres
If you're an experienced hospitality manager, restaurant manager, or café / Coffee Shop manager looking for your next role, this could be for you.
Reporting to the General Manager, you'll run the day-to-day coffee shop operation: leading the team, hitting sales targets whilst keeping food quality, hygiene and service standards high.
What You'll Do
- Manage the busy coffee shop day-to-day, putting customers first
- Build a great place to work, coaching your team and supporting their development with Dobbies
- Drive a brilliant customer experience across the coffee shop
- Liaise with central support teams on stock, supply, and communication
- Ensure full compliance with health & safety and food hygiene regulations
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What We're Looking For
- Proven management experience in a coffee shop, café, or restaurant environment
- Commercial awareness: comfortable managing budgets and driving profitability
- A strong coach: able to identify training needs and develop your team
- Adaptable and calm under pressure, especially during busy seasonal periods
- Aligned with our values: one team, always improving, bringing a smile, living and breathing gardens, making it work for our customers
What You'll Get
- Generous holiday allowance, with flexibility on when you take it
- Uncapped staff discount: 50% off in our restaurants, 25% in the Garden Centre, 10% in our food halls
- Wagestream — access part of your pay before payday, plus saving and financial advice tools
- Retail Trust wellbeing platform — virtual GP, free counselling, discounted rewards
- Dobbies Academy — eLearning and development programmes
- A genuinely friendly, values-led culture
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About Dobbies
Founded in 1865 by James Dobbie, Dobbies is the only garden centre retailer with stores in every UK nation. Many of our stores include a restaurant or coffee shop, and we run a year-round calendar of events, community initiatives, and a national charity partnership.
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If you're ready to lead a coffee shop team and grow your hospitality career with Dobbies, apply today.
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