Operations Director – O’Neill’s & High Street. UK 'mobile' working
Due to an internal promotion, we are looking for an Operations Director to lead, inspire and coach a high performing Operations Team. Reporting to and working alongside the Divisional Director, you will play a key role in the evolution and development of the brands strategy with the support of your Operations Team (Operations Manager and 8 Area Managers) and central teams to include Marketing, Human Resources, Property and Finance. You will also have the opportunity to work on company and brand level projects alongside delivering an extensive and fast paced capital investment programme.
High Street operates 111 pubs, bars and venues stretching across the UK to include 41 branded O’Neill’s pubs and venues and some of the UK’s most iconic, individual venues and town centre pubs. Our teams are focused on creating memorable experiences for guests, serving great food and drink and hosting sport, live music and entertainment with passion and pride. The estate is diverse, spanning both low and high energy guest occasions as well as some late night trading. We are searching for a Leader that can match our teams passion for pubs and bars and can lead from the front, delivering with the same pace and energy.
Our ideal candidate will have an amazing understanding of the food and drink market place. Experience of high street, high volume and the late night market is not essential but it would be an advantage. This role would be suited to either an existing Operations Director or to an experienced Operations Manager looking for progression to their first Operations Director role. Whilst our head office is located in Birmingham, this is a national role which is ‘mobile based’ with a bias to southern geography.
Experience required:
- Proven track record of leading high performing management level teams to deliver exceptional results.
- Good understanding of operational P&L and capital investment.
- Knowledge and experience in a high volume late night market is desirable.
Behaviours required:
- Creates a culture where people are empowered to make decisions.
- Role models a coaching approach.
- Prioritises and makes decisions about talent management and succession planning for the good of the individual, team and organisation.
- Helps people set clear goals that deliver the brands strategy.
- Communicates an inspiring vision for the brand that also contributes to the overall strategy.
- Sponsors organisational changes and guides the business through transformation.
- Promotes a culture where people feel safe to try new things and learn from what doesn’t work.
- Creates an environment where people feel supported and challenged.
- Agrees clear performance expectations and regularly reviews progress.
Benefits for you:
- Competitive salary - plus annual bonus scheme.
- Mobile working - the opportunity to work flexibility from home, our head office and from our sites.
- Pension scheme (company pension contribution 7.5%).
- Employee Share Save Scheme, Private Medical Plan and Company Car (optional).
- Extra Holiday - Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday.
On top of all this, we offer; 26 days paid holiday, 33% Employee Discount, high-street shopping discounts and many more flexible spend rewards.
Closing Date, Midnight 29th June 2021
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