Manchester Café Manager

We’ve been roasting speciality coffee for over 30 years. From humble beginnings as a little coffee cart in Auckland, NZ, Allpress has evolved into a sophisticated brand that stands for flavour and service. Right from the start three core principles have formed the backbone of our business – People, Flavour and Innovation.

We are united in our genuine care for each other, our customers, and our belief in what we do. We need great people who will bring their imagination, skills and most importantly, their passion to our business.

About the role.

We are currently looking for an experienced Café Manager to run our brand new Manchester Café space. Leading the café team, the Café Manager oversees the smooth and quality operation of our busy café aswell as bringing the Allpress Culture to the whole cafe team.

Our Café is unique in its dual purpose to serve delicious coffee to our customers, but also exemplify the Allpress brand and showcase our coffee to potential wholesale customers. This means a keen interest in coffee and ability to be an exceptional brand ambassador is a must.

We are looking for a strong leader, who is flexible, organised and has a real knack for solving problems. It’s important that this person enjoys a challenge, can be resourceful when required and maintains a positive attitude towards tasks and always aspires to uplift the team. We are looking for a true innovator who is committed to continuous improvement and will take charge of the evolution of the Allpress Roastery café. Previous people management experience is essential as you will be involved in the recruitment, on-boarding, coaching and developing new and existing team members.

As our Manchester space is a new site, the successful candidate for this position will also support in setting up the space, aliging with our London cafe sites and inbedding our culture within the team.

Other responsibilities include managing the day to day operations – running a smooth shift, maintaining a high standard of coffee and presentation, ordering, creating rotas/schedules, cash handling, reporting, maintenance and supplier management and responsibility for overseeing an efficient café P & L.

As a Café Manager your priority is exceptional customer service, but you know how to make sure everyone has a great time on their shift.

About you.

• Have experience leading and managing a team
• Intimate knowledge of the operational and financial aspects of running a café
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously to bring ideas to life
• Infallible eye for detail
• Leads from the front, brings people along for the journey and makes sure they are the frontlines of the Allpress brand experience.

This is a full-time role which means 5 shifts a week including weekends.

This is a fantastic opportunity for somebody who already has hospitality and management experience and is looking to further their career in the coffee industry. We offer full training, great staff perks including EAP, Personal leave day allowance, good work life balance, a competitive salary, career development and a great company culture.

Details:

Hours: 5 days per week around 40 hours per week.

Days: Tuesday - Saturday

Times: Our spaces open from 8am - 3pm Tues to Fri and 9am - 4pm on Saturday.

Probation period: 3 months

Reporting to: Working billboards Manager

Salary: £28,000 - £31,000 depending on experience.

If this sounds like you then please apply with your CV and a cover letter explaining:

• Why you’d like to work for Allpress
• What interests you in the role
• Why you think you’d be a good fit

By becoming part of Allpress we offer our team:

• Free coffee in all our cafes plus a bag to take home every week

• Fully paid access to gympass

• An employee assistance programme supporting your mental health
• Personal leave day allowance
• Good work-life balance and options for flexible working
• Community outreach day
• Vast career development

• London Living Wage employer
• A transparent and friendly company culture

Diversity & Inclusion Pledge

At Allpress we truly believe we are better together – We are committed to being an inclusive organisation where all people feel valued, respected and engaged.

We commit to…

Continuously working towards removing barriers and bias.

Building inclusive teams who represent people from all groups in society

Building a safe environment where it is encouraged to speak out against discrimination in any form.

Cultivating a sense of belonging by encouraging our people to fearlessly bring their whole selves to work