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Assistant Manager

Knutsford

Up to £30k per annum

We’re on the lookout for a new Assistant Manager to join our team!

Be there for the ordinary, and the extra ordinary moments. Pride yourself in leading and motivating a pub team that contributes to local communities – creating endless moments of joy.

As an Assistant Manager you’ll: Be part of the management team, stepping up when the General Manager or Deputy Manager isn’t around. With a passion for leading and motivating others, you’ll lead from the front to create memorable experiences that gets our guests coming back for more.

Operations Management
• Assist in the daily operations of the restaurant and bar, ensuring smooth and efficient service.
 • Supervise front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) teams to maintain high service standards.
 • Monitor food and beverage quality, ensuring compliance with company standards and health regulations.
 • Handle customer inquiries, complaints, and special requests to maintain satisfaction.
 
 Staff Management
 • Assist in recruiting, training, and scheduling staff to ensure adequate coverage.
 • Provide leadership, motivation, and guidance to employees.
 • Conduct performance evaluations and offer feedback for staff development.
 • Ensure all staff adhere to company policies and operational procedures.
 
 Financial & Inventory Control
 • Monitor sales, costs, and profitability, helping to achieve financial targets.
 • Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and expense control.
 • Oversee inventory management, including ordering and stock control.
 • Reduce waste and improve cost efficiency in food and beverage operations.
 
 Customer Experience & Service Standards
 • Ensure high levels of customer service and hospitality are maintained.
 • Train staff on service techniques, menu knowledge, and customer engagement.
 • Manage reservations, seating arrangements, and special events.

 

What comes next is up to you: If you have the determination to drive your development, our Aspire programme will support you to progress into a General Manager role – running your own pub team!

What you get from us: You’ll be joining a pub company that’s been voted – Best Pub Employer (501+ Employees) at The Publican 2024 Awards. We put our people first, which is why we offer real benefits including:

  • A performance related bonus
  • 30% off at all our pubs, restaurants, and hotels
  • A reliable hours contract, to give you the security you deserve
  • Flexible and part time hours available to work around your family or higher education
  • Exciting range of high street, online discounts and cashback offers
  • Scope to build your career and progress through our Management Development training – including access to our award winning, innovative app-based training platform
  • A friendly and lively environment, working alongside passionate and diverse teammates
  • Access to Licensed Trade Charity for financial, mental, and emotional wellbeing support

Come as you are. Personality counts for more than anything else here. We’ll accept you and celebrate you for being you. We can’t wait to see what we can make happen together. Marston’s could be the making of you.

Marston’s. Where people make pubs.

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Knutsford
WA16 6BY
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The benefits

As a responsible employer, we offer professional wellbeing support to our pub and pub support centre teams including support from the Licenced Trade Charity.

The majority of our pub General Manager roles include optional on-site accommodation.

Proud winners of The Publican Awards 2024 – Top Pub Employer (501+ employees) as well as a number of awards across a variety of disciplines.

Our pub management, operations and sales roles offer performance related bonus schemes. For our support centre teams, we offer a discretionary company bonus scheme.

Opportunity to earn a great wage whilst having fun at work.

We reward loyalty with awards for key anniversary milestones.

Our privilege card gives our people 30% discount off food and drink in our pubs. As well as access to our £4.50 refuel at work meal deal whilst on shift.

All our salaried roles offer membership to a company contributory pension scheme. Hourly paid roles offer auto enrolment schemes.

Some of our roles offer access to a private healthcare scheme.

An exciting range of high street, online discounts and cash back offers are available for all.

 All of our employees receive a 30% discount on Marston’s food and hotel stays.

 We’re passionate about growing our own talent through an extensive apprenticeship offer, dedicated L&D teams, and award winning e-learning platforms.

Assistant Manager FAQ's

Whether you’d like to progress your skills back of house, or work towards becoming a General Manager of the future, we have a range of career pathways at Marston’s including our fantastic ASPIRE programme aimed at developing our Assistant & Deputy Managers into General Managers. Your line manager & our support teams will work with you on an individual basis to put personal development plans in place to help you achieve your career goals. We also have a fantastic range of apprenticeships available to support your development.

As the General Manager of your pub, you’ll be required to work at peak trading times which involves evenings & weekends, as well as peak trading days such as bank holidays & the festive period.

Your quarterly bonus based on sales uplift vs budget, Reputation score & Employee Engagement. Your annual bonus scheme is based on sales & profit performance vs budget.

Our hourly rates & salaries are dependent on the role. Please see our job adverts for the pay rates on offer or chat to our hiring managers for more information.

WHAT COMES NEXT IS UP TO YOU

WHAT COMES NEXT IS UP TO YOU

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