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We are currently recruiting a Regional Operations Manager for our Kent Restaurants area covering 17 sites in: Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Gravesend, Gillingham, Herne Bay, Margate, Maidstone, Ramsgate...

Role: Regional Operations Manager – Whitbread Restaurants
Location: Kent
Salary: £65k – £75k, company car/allowance, industry leading bonus scheme, pension and healthcare

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.

Voted a Top Employer for 13 years in a row, Diversity Leader in Financial Times Diversity Leaders index, received a Stonewall Gold Award for our commitment to LGBTQ inclusion at work and have recently rated as a Top 25 Employer in the Investing in Ethnicity Matrix, we are 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 currently recruiting a Regional Operations Manager for our Kent Restaurants area covering 17 sites in: Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Gravesend, Gillingham, Herne Bay, Margate, Maidstone, Ramsgate, Rainham and Whitstable.

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, either based on patch or within 30 minutes to your sites, so you can empower your managers to deliver exceptional service and create a culture of high-performance making Whitbread a great place to work.

Open to You

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.

What’s in it for me?

A salary circa £65K - £75K+ and a benefits package which includes company car/ allowance, Family BUPA healthcare, matched Pension contribution up to 10%, Industry leading performance bonus, company share save scheme, exclusive employee discounts across our hotel and restaurant estate, a wider variety of external discounts with retail/ leisure outlets. Family friendly benefits and a genuine flexible working policy.

You’ll be joining a business who is committed to being Force for Good, 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. Proud to have been awarded Top Employers Award for 12 consecutive years, signed the community race at work charter, A Stonewall Gold Employer for our continued commitment to LGBTQ inclusion at work and recently placed 24th out of 750 companies in the Financial Times Diversity Leaders Index.

So come and join us an on exciting journey, one that is committed to becoming world class Inclusive workplace… we’re waiting to hear from you.

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.