Our Restaurant Team Leaders play an essential role in delivering an exceptional customer experience across our Restaurants - delivering tasty food, ensuring food hygience and mentoring our Restaurant Customer Advisors whilst supporting the management team.Responsibilities Supporting and coaching other members of staff and deputising for management in their absenceGiving great customer service by helping customers with various transactions across the restaurant Work alongside the team, ensuring staff efficiency, covering all stations effectively and ensuring a high level of service is being offered to our customers by all staffDriving sales through customer interactions, whilst promoting the benefits of the Dobbies Club membershipEnsuring compliance and adherence to the Restaurant Operational procedures are kept, monitoring standards, and ensuring the team follow company guidelinesOffering a helping hand with customer queries through high-quality product knowledge as well as allergies and dietary requirements.Working with your team to maintain the cleanliness and upkeep of the restaurantSome keyholder responsibilities may be required Who we are looking for You'll have a passion for food and hospitality and for delivering a great customer experience, serving everyone with a smileExperience within a customer facing role and a passion for hospitality, as well as supervisory experienceRelevant food safety qualifications are an advantage but not essentialYou work well within a team, build relationships, and have fun, whilst celebrating successYou show up to work on time, well presented and bring your can do and hardworking attitude along with youYou are eager to learn new skills and gain new experiences.You flourish in a busy, fast-paced environmentCan demonstrate our values at all times – we're one team, getting better everyday.
We bring a smile.
We live and breathe gardens.
We make it work for our customers What we offer Generous annual leave entitlement.
Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls Access to Wagestream – support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial adviceAccess to Retail Trust – seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platformAccess to Dobbies Academy – continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmesThriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers About usAt Dobbies, we're proud to have history dating back to 1865.
Founded by James Dobbie, we're the UK's largest garden centre retailer, with 3,800 colleagues and 77 stores, including six Little Dobbies, and a Central Support Office near Edinburgh.
Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special.
In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services.
We have something for every season, occasion and style of garden, outside and in.
Many of our stores also feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment.
At Dobbies, we champion garden living all-year-round and offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together.
We're committed to being a great place to work.
We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success.
Together, we make it work for our customers.