Restaurant Manager

Job Title: Cafe RestaurantManager– Full Time

Location: Rejects Department Store, Kirkcaldy, Fife

Salary: \[£31000 \- £35000\) – Depending on Experience.

SHIFTS YOU ARE APPLYING FOR: 38\.75hrs p/w; Mon 08:45 \- 17:15; Tue 08:45 \- 17\.15; Thu 08:45 \- 17:15; Fri 08:45 \- 17:15; Sat 08:45 \- 17:15

Exciting Opportunity to Lead \& Grow Our Café\-Restaurant

Are you an experienced Café or Restaurant Manager with a passion for hospitality, operational excellence, and delivering outstanding customer experiences?

Cafe Fresco, located within Rejects Department Store, is looking for a strong hands\-on manager to lead both front and back of house operations within our busy café\-restaurant.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in hospitality leadership, enjoys improving standards and performance, and wants to make a real impact within an independent and growing business.

With daytime\-only trading hours and no late nights, this role also offers a significantly better work\-life balance than many traditional hospitality management roles.

About the Role

As Cafe Restaurant Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the day\-to\-day operation and commercial performance of the café\-restaurant.

You will oversee both front of house and kitchen operations, ensuring high standards of customer service, food quality, cleanliness, team performance, and operational efficiency are consistently delivered.

This is a hands\-on management role requiring strong leadership, organisation, commercial awareness, and the ability to drive performance across all areas of the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee all front of house and kitchen operations


• Lead, support, and develop the café team across all departments


• Manage rotas, staffing levels, and labour costs effectively


• Monitor and control food costs, wastage, stock levels, and operational spend


• Review and manage P\&L performance, GP margins, and KPIs


• Identify opportunities to increase sales, profitability, and operational efficiency


• Ensure consistently high standards of food quality, customer service, and presentation


• Maintain full compliance with food hygiene, health \& safety, and company procedures


• Work closely with the wider store management team to grow café footfall and customer engagement


• Support recruitment, training, performance management, and HR\-related processes


• Build strong supplier relationships and oversee ordering processes


• Create a welcoming and positive environment for both customers and staff

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in café or restaurant management


• Strong leadership and people management skills


• Experience managing both front and back of house operations


• Good commercial awareness with experience managing costs and performance


• Understanding of KPIs, labour control, and operational reporting


• Experience within fast\-paced hospitality environments


• Strong organisational and problem\-solving skills


• Passion for customer service and team development


• Positive, proactive, and hands\-on management style

• Daytime\-only operation with no late nights


• Better work\-life balance than traditional hospitality management roles


• Opportunity to lead and grow an established café\-restaurant


• Supportive and friendly working environment


• Competitive salary based on experience


• Staff discount


• Pension scheme

Please send your CV and a brief cover letter to jobs@rejectsonline.com explaining why you would be a great fit for the role, or apply via Indeed.

Join us and help make Cafe Fresco a destination within our store.

Job Type: Full\-time

Pay: £31,000\.00\-£35,000\.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension


• Discounted or free food


• On\-site parking


• Store discount

• Hospitality management: 2 years (required)

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