Cafe Manager

Position Details

Location: Sainsbury's Barnstaple

Contract: Full-time

Employer: Compass Group UK & Ireland

£34,000 per annum - 5 out of 7 days - 40 hours per week

The Role

This is a start up opportunity within an established business. As Café Manager, you'll play a key role in bringing a brand new site to life: setting standards, building a team, and shaping how the café looks, feels, and operates from the very beginning. If you've managed a café, retail unit, or fast paced food operation before, this is your chance to truly make it your own.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the day to day running of a newly opened café, keeping everything smooth, organised and on point
• Recruit, train and develop a strong team that delivers great service (and enjoys doing it)
• Set and maintain high standards across food, coffee and presentation
• Manage stock, performance and operational processes
• Create a space that feels warm, relaxed and welcoming from day one
• Embed consistency - because the little details matter
• Ensure Health & Safety standards are always met and maintained

About You

You'll also be a hands on leader who sets the pace and leads by example, people focused, great with both your team and your customers, organised, proactive and calm under pressure, passionate about good food, great coffee and doing things properly, comfortable taking ownership and continuously improving performance.

Why This Role?

This isn't just another café management role. It's a chance to open a new site, shape the culture, and create a destination where customers return for the coffee, the food and the atmosphere. You'll have real ownership, support from a wider business, and the opportunity to build something that genuinely feels like yours from the ground up.

Benefits

• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with MyLearning programmes and Career Pathways
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• Share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

About Us

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections across around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!