Cafe Bakery Manager

**Store Manager**
£28,000 per annum +**bonus, company benefits and day time shifts only.**
We are delighted to have been asked to recruit for this position, for an established and successful company that continues to trade well, is ambitious, and has a "people first" culture. They are continuing to open new high street stores in the current climate.

Do you have passion for high quality food and drink ? because this is who we need. Someone with a quality food led background with exceptional customer service skills, a real eye for detail and the ability to recruit and train great people and build sales.Alongside being financially and commercially astute.

They are coffee aficionados with trained baristas and company trainers and serve an all day fresh range of bakery items alongside patisserie, pastries, breakfast pots and cakes etc.

You will either be an experienced manager or a strong deputy looking for your first managers position and your background will be managing busy coffee shops, restaurants, cafes, customer facing catering operations or cafe bakeries - in a hands-on capacity.

A massive bonus is that it is a day time only operation, so you will have a great work life balance.

**ROLE - STORE MANAGER**

As the Store Manager you will:

- Manage all day to day operations
- Control labour and all costs & budgets
- Recruit, train and develop your team
- Work in a hands-on capacity leading from the front
- Maintain high standards, compliance and company systems & procedures
- Manage stock and control wastage
- Deliver exceptional customer service
- Work to company targets and KPIs'

**ATTRIBUTES - STORE MANAGER**
- Experience as a restaurant/cafe/coffee shop/cafe bakery,catering manager in busy fast paced commercial customer facing operations
- Strong financial & commercial acumen - P & L accountability
- Excellent people, communication and man-management skills
- A hands-on lead from the front approach and a very keen eye for detail
- An intrinsic understanding of legislation & compliance
- The ability to motivate and enthuse people and teams to deliver results
- Strong leadership, coaching, performance management and people development skills
- A positive and outgoing personality and outlook
- IT literate - working with systems & process

**This is an amazing opportunity in the current climate to join a company that still has expansion plans.**
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Penny Cook Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer, a recruitment agency dedicated to recruitment in the Hospitality Industry.