Bars Manager - Hospitality

Job Introduction

Sodexo Live! have a fantastic opportunity for a Hospitality Bars Manager to join our first class team at Headingley Stadium, the home of Leeds Rhinos.

The site is steeped in sporting legend. With sweeping views over two international sporting arenas, our venue is an inspirational choice for corporate and private events, read more here

You would be responsible for overseeing a range of operational logistics for our complex venue, including 8 hospitality bars & cellars management all while ensuring compliance with Health & Safety and delivering excellent customer/client management.

This is a fantastic opportunity to truly enhance your skill set and further your career development! If you're a confident Bars Manager with strong leadership skills, the ability to be adaptable and think on your feet, please apply here today.

Role Responsibility

• Focus overall on liquor sales and cellar operation across the hospitality bars, driving liquor revenues and controlling stock to achieve gross profit percentage in line with budget
• Take responsibility for stock control, including ordering, acceptance, maintenance of stock levels and stock rotation, and return of any sub-standard items
• Lead and Manage a team of staff on match/event days
• Strong knowledge of health & safety and food safety in a catering environment and its implementation at site, particularly in relation to bars and back of house in-line with regulations
• To be responsible for the casual labour spend within their department, working closely with relevant HOD’s to manage this
• To be responsible for all variable cost lines for the Bars department (excluding Marketing) and minimise waste in the beverage line of the account
• To be flexible in their approach to the business needs, ensure working days reflect the needs of the business, taking responsibility and acting with initiative 

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to lead, motivate, and train a team
• Previous track record of bars & events management in a similar sized operation
• Proven experience in liquor sales and cellar operations, stock management, labour spend control and customer service
• Knowledge of Health and Safety and Food Safety
• Excellent interpersonal skills - able to communicate effectively with customers, clients, and staff at all levels
• Work well under pressure while managing multiple workloads, with excellent time-management and organisational skills. 

Package Description

£25,000pa + great benefits

Headingley Stadium, Leeds

Permanent

Work Pattern - 40hrs pw 5/7 to include evenings and weekends

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!

We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves. We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process