Job description
Regional Operations Manager - Kent Restaurants - Whitbread
Regional Operations Manager – Whitbread Restaurants
Location: Kent - covering 17 sites in: Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Gravesend, Gillingham, Herne Bay, Margate, Maidstone, Ramsgate, Rainham and Whitstable.
Salary: £65k – £75k + company car/allowance, industry leading bonus scheme.
Our Regional Operations Managers play a key role in our business, spotting talent, developing people and leading our teams to do what they love most - making our guests happy.
You’ll be joining Whitbread, home of Premier Inn, the UK’s largest hotel chain, as well as some of the nation’s favourite go-to restaurants, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Bar + Block.
What you'll do
We’ll be looking for our Regional Operations Manager to uphold our high levels of customer service and brand standards, driving sales and business KPI targets to deliver our growth agenda through a highly engaged workforce.
You’ll do this by being visibly present across your site locations so you can empower your managers to deliver exceptional service and create a culture of high-performance making Whitbread a great place to work. We'll need you to either be based within the regional site locations listed or within 30 minutes travel from your nearest site.
What you'll need
With proven multi-site experience managing 10+ sites and large teams, from within any customer focused industries, we also want to you share our passion for our brands and is used to delivering great results with sound business acumen.
To ensure that we have the best possible teams in place so we can exceed our guest expectations, you’ll be a natural leader and motivator who recognise and reward great talent, developing them to be the best they can.
A resilient individual who is adaptable to change and not afraid to make the tough decisions, you are able build positive working relationships across the business to both share best practice and continually looks to optimise business opportunities for Whitbread.
Why you’ll love it here:
- Bonus: An annual Whitbread performance incentive based on regional performance.
- Car or Car Allowance up to £5,650
- Healthcare: Family BUPA Healthcare
- Up to 10% Matched Pension, 33 Days holiday and Company Share Save Scheme
Check out all our benefits here https://www.whitbreadcareers.com/about-us/benefits/
As a Force for Good, Whitbread is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where we believe everyone is unique and is a place where you can bring your authentic self to work each day. We are proud to have been awarded Top Employers Award for 13 consecutive years, received a Stonewall Gold Award for the 2nd year for our commitment to LGBTQ inclusion and work and this year we were awarded as a Top 25 Employer in the Investing in Ethnicity Matrix as the only hospitality leading the way in terms of their inclusion.
We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcome your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQ+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQ+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. We are open to part-time and flexible working and, where possible, will try to support this.