Coffee Shop Manager

Coffee Shop Manager | Hungerford | Full-Time | Dobbies Garden Centres

If you're an experienced hospitality manager, restaurant manager, or café / Coffee Shop manager looking for your next role, this could be for you.

Reporting to the General Manager, you'll run the day-to-day coffee shop operation: leading the team, hitting sales targets whilst keeping food quality, hygiene and service standards high.

What You'll Do

• Manage the busy coffee shop day-to-day, putting customers first
• Build a great place to work, coaching your team and supporting their development with Dobbies
• Drive a brilliant customer experience across the coffee shop
• Liaise with central support teams on stock, supply, and communication
• Ensure full compliance with health & safety and food hygiene regulations

What We're Looking For

• Proven management experience in a coffee shop, café, or restaurant environment
• Commercial awareness: comfortable managing budgets and driving profitability
• A strong coach: able to identify training needs and develop your team
• Adaptable and calm under pressure, especially during busy seasonal periods
• Aligned with our values: one team, always improving, bringing a smile, living and breathing gardens, making it work for our customers

What You'll Get

• Generous holiday allowance, with flexibility on when you take it
• Uncapped staff discount: 50% off in our restaurants, 25% in the Garden Centre, 10% in our food halls
• Wagestream — access part of your pay before payday, plus saving and financial advice tools
• Retail Trust wellbeing platform — virtual GP, free counselling, discounted rewards
• Dobbies Academy — eLearning and development programmes
• A genuinely friendly, values-led culture

About Dobbies

Founded in 1865 by James Dobbie, Dobbies is the only garden centre retailer with stores in every UK nation. Many of our stores include a restaurant or coffee shop, and we run a year-round calendar of events, community initiatives, and a national charity partnership.

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