Restaurant Associates UK
Deputy General Manager
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Deputy General Manager - Earn over £45,000
We're looking for an experienced and passionate Deputy General Manager to lead our Food operation, working closely with the General Manager to deliver an outstanding food service experience. You'll take overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of the contract, ensuring exceptional operational standards, commercial performance, health and safety compliance, and an engaged, high-performing team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys developing people, and is committed to creating memorable food experiences while continually looking for ways to improve and innovate.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the day-to-day operation of the Food contract, ensuring consistently high standards of service.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, providing regular updates and action plans.
- Inspire, coach, and develop your team to deliver outstanding customer experiences.
- Promote a positive culture through recognition, engagement, and regular team briefings.
- Champion food promotions, merchandising, displays, and the overall customer experience.
- Ensure all food outlets are fully stocked, well-presented, and maintained to the expected standard.
- Manage budgets, labor costs, food waste, and overall unit performance to achieve commercial targets.
- Maintain the highest standards of health, safety, and food safety, ensuring compliance with all company policies and legal requirements.
- Ensure training, risk assessments, and health & safety records are kept up to date.
- Investigate and report health & safety incidents, implementing improvements where required.
- Work closely with chef teams to deliver healthy, nutritious, responsibly sourced menus that reflect current food trends.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What You'll Need To Succeed
- Experience managing a busy food service, hospitality, or catering operation.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to manage budgets and measure performance.
- A proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to influence and work effectively across different teams.
- Good understanding of health, safety, and food safety legislation and best practice.
- Knowledge of industry trends and a willingness to embrace new tools and ways of working.
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
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
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 workplaces as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.
Job Reference: com/1607/91446001/52821000/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!
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location