Total 5 Manager level Others job vacancies in Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1YG

General Manager

Where those who love pizza can be their true self. Proud to be a Top 10 Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2023. 

You’ll be a commercial leader of your very own Pizzeria. Entrepreneurial and able to spot every chance to drive sales in your restaurant whilst making strong links with your local community. This is a commercial role with tons of opportunity to make it your own. Lead a multichannel business, inspire and motivate your team & deliver KPIs through your people.

What you’ll do:

• Drive the financial success of your Pizzeria through strategic and commercial initiatives
• Uphold an unwavering commitment to exceptional quality and safety standards
• Build and lead a winning team through effective recruitment, training, and management
• Exceed customer expectations by delivering unparalleled service that leaves a lasting impression

Take charge of the day-to-day operations of your Pizzeria, showcasing your leadership skills in every aspect

Who you are:

• Previous management experience in a customer facing sector, ideally hospitality
• A natural leader, able to create and motivate a high performing team
• Exceptional P&L management skills
• Creative, autonomous & responsible

Benefits:

• Bonus Scheme of up to 25%
• Share of Tronc*
• Free Food on shift
• Pension & Life Assurance
• 50% discount on food and drink when you’re not working
• Wagestream gives you access to up to 40% of your earned wages before payday
• Wellbeing Support for you and your family
• Referral Bonus of £1000 for referring managers
• Development and progression opportunities

Who we are:

We’ve been around since 1965, bringing pizza to the UK and have since grown to a multichannel, international brand. Our people are at the heart of our success and everything we do, and we believe you should always be able to express yourself. 

Our values are:   

• Head: we’re customer-centric, commercially minded and obsessed by performance in all we do  
• Heart: we show our heart, are honest with each other and value everyone’s diverse strengths 
• Home: we create a home, where everyone has a place at our marble table and can truly express themselves every day  

All together, we see this as using your head, showing your heart and feeling at home

Here you can be yourself.  

Inclusivity and respect are at the heart of our business and are valued by our teams, customers, and suppliers. PizzaExpress and Milano is a place where everyone is welcome, and everyone belongs.  

That’s why we assess each application on the aptitude to do the job and nothing else. 

If you are invited to an interview, please let your interviewer know at the time of booking if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you.

*Tronc, or card gratuities, is a fair way to pay gratuities to our teams.  All Tronc goes to you, shared between our waiting and non-waiting teams.  You’ll get this at the end of each pay period, along with your normal pay and it’s one of the best perks about working in hospitality.

Lounges are pretty special places, and what makes them so special is the brilliant people who run them. The person who runs the brilliant people who run the Lounge has to be super-brilliant, and that'll be you. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you. You'll be responsible for leading your team to deliver 14 great shifts, taking full ownership so your Lounge is an amazing and unique place to work and a great place to be for the local community. You'll be making sure every customer leaves happy. Which they tend to do. Thanks to your super-brilliant management

The Good Stuff

Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
Staff food on every shift
50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one
Paid breaks
28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service
The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)
Company pension scheme
Long service awards
Power over your pay with Wagestream
Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business
Achievable bonuses
Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
Christmas and Boxing Day off!

What you'll bring

You are probably an existing General Manager, Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager or Restaurant manager with a background in restaurants, bars, caf or coffee shops.
You will have experience of working in a bar environment with serving freshly made food and drinks preparation.
You will be familiar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour; stock; food safety requirements, customer sentiment plus others in line with brand standards and a budget.
You will have delivered successful training and recruitment for front of house teams including servers through to Assistant Managers.
Ideally some experience back of house, understand what makes kitchen and kitchen teams click would be preferable.

If you want to find out more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or @life.at.lounge on TikTok

Be Yourself – Be an Inspiration to Your Team – Be Leonardo

As a Head Housekeeper, you’ll keep your department running like clockwork and lead your team to ensure our guests have an incredible experience with us. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! You’ll think creatively to ensure that all areas of the hotel are clean and well-presented, and continually think of new ways to improve the Leonardo Hotels product. You will inspire a vibrant team to exceed our guests’ expectations and create memorable moments.

If you’re our ideal Head Housekeeper, you will:

• Be yourself!
• Ensure that the Housekeeping department meets all Health & Safety requirements
• Ensure that KPIs are met and support your team to achieve these
• Collaborate with the wider hotel team to meet the hotel’s strategic objectives
• Think about the future by creating training and succession plans

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community and it’s our role to keep you at the top of your game as a Head of Department (HOD)! Our HODs hold key team leadership roles, so we support your management skills with our “People Programme” and “Passion 4 People Leonardo Culture” workshops.

To develop vital business and people skills we offer an 8-month “Fast Forward Programme”, or if the time is right our longer-term “Accelerate Programme” will prepare you for your first DGM or Operations Manager role! “Accelerate” develops your abilities and expertise at Leonardo Hotels, along with an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) certificate and membership of the Institute of Hospitality (IoH). With our support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality.

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels across the UK & Ireland and have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to join us!

Some of the perks you could enjoy include:

• Head of Department bonus scheme: based on our financial and your personal performances
• Enhanced pension plan
• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Free hot meals whilst on duty
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Be Yourself – Be an Inspiration to Your Team – Be Leonardo

As a General Manager, you’ll keep the hotel running like clockwork and lead your team to ensure our guests have an incredible experience with us. Reporting into the Area General Manager, you’ll be driving forwards a successful operation and inspiring a vibrant team to continue exceeding our guests’ expectations.

Some of the perks you could enjoy include:

• Bonus scheme: based on our business and your personal performances
• Enhanced pension plan
• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Free hot meals whilst on duty
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

For the General Manager at Leonardo Hotel and Conference Venue Hinckley Island, key competencies and knowledge areas include:

• A strong background in rooms and Meetings and Events: this is a very busy hotel with 362 bedrooms and 26 conference and event rooms
• The ability to lead and engage a team, providing day to day guidance and direction
• The ability to drive sales and profitability forward
• Clear focus on guest care standards and excellent commercial awareness
• Key people skills: you’ll get the best out of your team with trust, clear communication and the ability to motivate different people
• The ability to make decisions in a fast-paced environment

Your responsibilities will be:

• Leading and developing a vibrant and diverse workforce, getting involved in recruitment, learning and development, employee relations and team engagement initiatives
• Delivering guest satisfaction: ensure managers establish and maintain quality control standards for all products and services offered by the hotel
• Meeting and exceeding department and hotel targets, monitoring a variety of hotel systems alongside clustered support functions
• Controlling and monitoring all hotel operations through a team of managers and supervisors
• Controlling costs and productivity through the establishment of standards of output for all aspects of the business
• Outperforming the market in our specific segment and ensuring that fair share is always exceeded

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. In our business, your hard work and pace is valued. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of a group of over 230 Leonardo Hotels across Europe. We have over 50 hotels across the UK & Ireland with plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to join us! It’s our role to keep you at the top of your game by offering genuine management opportunities for development and progression.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

The College is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business.

We are looking for a motivated individual to lead the Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications Department, ensuring alignment with the College business plan.

You will need significant experience of managing and delivering apprenticeship provision together with expanding the customer portfolio and strengthening existing relationships. You must also have operational management experience including the control of sizable resources and budgets.

Experience in working at a strategic level, working with high value partnerships and networks and the ability to assimilate and analyse information quickly in order to debate complex issues are essential requirements of the post.

You must be persuasive, personable communicator both with customers and colleagues. We are looking for a strategic thinker who is energetic, determined and positive.

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are current under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey. The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.

Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

A competitive pension scheme
Cycle-to-work scheme
On-site parking
One campus facility
Access to healthcare scheme
Subsided nursery fees
Up to 35 days annual leave per year
Additional annual leave available
Generous Maternity/Paternity pay
Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
Well-being hours
Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, agile working, staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on the Gov website. Please note right to work checks will be completed when the job is offered.

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk