General Manager

4 weeks ago


Bury Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Seasoned Venues Full time
Job Description

General Manager - Seasoned Venues

Location: Athenaeum and Apex, Bury St Edmunds

Salary: £42,000 per annum plus bonus

Holiday: 28 days pro rata including bank holidays per annum

Days: Any 5 days out of 7

Hours: 42.5 per week

Do you have experience in the food, beverage, and hospitality industry?

We are looking for an experienced commercially minded General Manager based at our prestigious venues in Bury St Edmunds. The Athenaeum & Apex.

About us:

We are café, hospitality, event management, and fine dining experts providing the freshest, seasonal, sustainable, ethical, and local ingredients.

The role:

You will be based at Apex but also looking after Athenaeum (both venues are a short walk). The venues operates a busy, coffee retail bar. Evening Bars for auditorium shows, conferences 250 + The position is a hands-on position suitable for someone looking to take charge and make their own.

That may be delivering a wedding of the highest standard at the Athenaeum, to bar service during one of our many shows at the Apex. Working with the onsite team to deliver pre show dining, conference and events, small meetings and large scale events.

Essential Experience

  • Knowledge of the catering industry in bars/retail and conferencing/Events.
  • Previous experience in a similar role.

Duties:

  • To meet and greet clients on the day of the event, conduct housekeeping, confirming details and communicating any changes/ orders to relevant departments to ensure high quality service is delivered.
  • Ensure a high standard of customer service is delivered at all times.
  • Ensuring standards of food and beverage service in conference rooms and bars during the shows in the auditorium are maintained to the highest level.
  • Ensuring function rooms are set up in accordance with function sheets liaison with onsite conference engineer for client AV / IT requirements.
  • Building close working relationships with the onsite client and all team members to ensure repeat business.
  • Work closely with the Events manager to ensure that the venues are fully staffed and the customer feels cared for.
  • Be responsible for the direction, supervision, motivation, training and discipline of unit staff members.
  • Effective communication with staff at all levels.
  • Responsible for managing the recruitment, interviewing, inducting, training and appraisal of staff members in accordance with Seasoned policies and procedures.
  • To be involved, with the Operations team, in the menu planning and costing, ensuring that margins are met.
  • To carry out regular inspections and implement corrective action if required, communicate any maintenance issues to relevant parties.
  • Ensure all financial data is filled out and sent to accounts on the correct day, checking the accuracy of returns.

Safety and Hygiene:

  • Ensure all kitchen and ancillary areas are maintained for high standards of health and safety and hygiene.
  • Take all relevant steps to minimise risk ensuring these are acted on and reported.
  • Ensure that all Seasoned Venues Policies for Food Safety, Health and Safety, Risk Assessments, HACCP and COSHH are implemented, managed, and adhered to at all times.

We Offer You:

  • Career progression.
  • A competitive salary
  • Free on site parking.

Seasoned Venues are equal opportunities employers, we value diversity and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re looking to progress your career as our General Manager please apply via the button shown.


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