Designate General Manager - Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire
£24,000 - £28,000 per annum
15 Mar 2017
12 Apr 2017
Full Time

Designate General Manager - Bedfordshire

Salary: £24,000 - £28,000

Location: Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Designate General Manager - Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Being a Designate General Manager with Old English Inns, part of Greene King is a truly fantastic opportunity! If you think you have what it takes to be our new Designate General Manager get in touch now!

Old English Inns have over 100 unique pubs and pub / hotels, set in rural locations and steeped in charm and character. With informal table service and beautiful settings.

The Designate Manager Role

Our Designate General Manager programme is designed for experienced managers currently working in a retail, service, customer-facing industry or non-branded pub environment, who are keen to train into a new career as a General Manager within Greene King. With our fantastic fast-track training, you could be managing your own pub in less than six months.

Who we are

Old English Inns are a collection of some of England’s historic pubs inns and hotels, steeped in history and loved for their warmth and hospitality. Whether taking time out in a pub or getting away to a hotel, we’re sure you’ll fall in love with our cosy bars, crooked walls and low beams.

Your experience with Old English Inns will be different every time: choose from over 100 pubs, inns and hotels in some of the most beautiful parts of the country across 24 counties. Discover old coaching inns, attractive town houses, thatched and timbered buildings, all individual in style, packed full of history, warm and welcoming – in market towns, countryside and seaside locations.

We’ve invested a great deal of time and efforts restoring many of our buildings to their former glory, while ensuring our facilities are firmly based in the 21st century. All of the charm of the past with the convenience of the present – a unique combination ensuring that every stay with us is different!

With informal table service and beautiful settings, this is perfect for a manager who has come from a branded food operation background with a similar style food service.

If you think you have what it takes to be our new General Manager please read on!

We are looking for

  • Enthusiastic, honest and hardworking candidates
  • Experienced in a branded food-led site
  • Committed to creating and developing a fantastic team
  • Customer focused
  • Constantly looking for ways to grow their business without compromising quality

You will need to be enthusiastic about hospitality, willing to learn and excited for a new challenge.

As well as having previous management experience (where you have had overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of a business), you will need to demonstrate a genuine passion for delivering excellent customer service.

With great people skills and strong leadership experience, you will have the ability to lead from the front, motivate and develop your team.

With the desire to excel, succeed and win, you will have a proven track-record in driving business to achieve excellent sales and profit growth.

Important: You will also need to be flexible on location. As a Designate General Manager you will be expected to move around to different sites across the region, in order to complete your training and holding managements.