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Cafe Assistant – Monday to Friday – £10 per hour !!

Calling all cafe staff! Are you looking for a new challenge?

We have a number of clients looking to recruit front-of-house staff to work within a small cafe team. This role offers daytime hours, Monday to Friday, free parking and a positive work-life balance.

This position would suit someone who has a passion for customer service and who relishes being part of a busy operation.

Call Scattergoods today for more information.

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Supervisor – Daytimes

Do you have hospitality experience, and are you seeking a new job in Guildford? Scattergoods is helping a busy cafe find a Supervisor, and the role comes with a salary of up to £24,000 p/a and an attractive benefits package.

You will be required to work 40 hours a week, five out of seven days (only one weekend day per week). The venue is mainly open between 6.15 am and 6.30 pm, and you will work an eight-hour shift within these times.

As a Front of House Supervisor, you will be involved in making sandwiches and coffees, restocking the food service area, serving customers, taking payments as well as assisting with ordering, stock control, supervising staff and rotas.

To apply for this flexible Front of House Supervisor role, you will need previous hospitality experience, perhaps in a cafe, hotel, restaurant, events role, or as café or bar staff or barista.

You will also require previous supervisory experience, barista training, an understanding of Food Hygiene requirements and issues, and excellent customer service and people skills.

Due to the location, you must have your own transport.

In return for your knowledge and expertise, you will receive a favourable salary and benefits package, including:
●Food and drink on duty
●Staff discount in the shop
●Uniform
●Potential for development and progression, as the company is quickly growing

If this Supervisor job in Guildford interests you, contact Scattergoods today.

Senior Events Team Leader

Our client is an award-winning event caterer based near Guildford, Surrey, specialising in providing delicious food and exceptional service to weddings and parties across the South of England. Their reputation has been built on their attention to detail and by consistently exceeding their clients’ expectations.

They are currently looking to recruit a Senior Team Leader to Join the Events Team.

The Client are looking for a Senior Events Team Leader to manage their operational workforce. The Event Team leader will work with Event Managers, their supervisors and front of house teams to ensure every event is staffed, trained and briefed to execute outstanding weddings and events. This position is part office based, part operational but will be predominately Monday to Friday.

Expectations
*Leadership: Consistently manage, inspire and motivate any permanent, casual or contract staff who permanently or temporarily report to you.
*Communication: Communicate effectively with senior management, peers and junior staff including freelancers, consultants and contractors.
*Role Model: Command the respect of all staff and act as a role model; always enthusiastic, calm (even when under pressure), professional, approachable, considerate, patient and personable.
*Productivity & Efficiency: Manage and maintain the underlying infrastructure and processes of the company; ensuring that you and your teams deliver the scheduled work each week in a timely, efficient, productive and cost effective manner.
*Operating Procedures: Ensure that the company’s operating procedures are fully implemented across the whole company and are consistently followed by all staff. Actively contribute and manage your teams to maintain, develop and improve the Company’s operating procedures.
*Customer Service: For both external and internal customers consistently provide service levels that meet the high standards required by your colleagues, the company and clients.

Responsibilities:
*Oversee the weekly operations meeting to ensure all relevant stakeholders are invited and briefed for their events.
*Communicate brand standards and elevations to the operational teams and assist in their onsite execution.
*Manage supplier contracts and work closely with the logistics team to ensure each event kit is delivered and returned smoothly and in good condition.
*Creation and maintenance of operational team procedure handbooks.
*Recruitment and retainment of all operational teams.
*Managing staffing levels to ensure budgets are kept.
*Creating motivational devices to increase standards amongst staff, retention and recruitment
*Checking in on all EMs & Venue Managers monthly (Create KPI checklist for which EMs can be measured against)
*Checking kit boxes, canapé boxes etc. are fully stocked and in good condition
*Liaising with clients on end of journey event changes and re-briefing teams
*Periodical operational meetings with all venues and reporting back to Senior Leadership Teams on key issues

Applicants should have previous experience in a similar Events role and have excellent leadership, communication, organisation and customer service skills.

This Senior Events Team Leader role offers an excellent salary and benefits plus the opportunity to learn and progress within a successful events company.

Event Sales Executive

Our client is an award-winning event caterer based near Guildford, Surrey specialising in providing delicious food and exceptional service to weddings and parties across the South of
England. Their reputation has been built on their attention to detail and by consistently exceeding their clients’ expectations.

They are currently looking to recruit their Sale Executive to join their talented and successful team.

As an Events Sales Executive your primary focus will be to grow revenue. Making connections, building relationships, identifying new markets, and chasing opportunities where the product has synergy, revenue growth will be at the heart of your role. There will be an expectation for you to be resourceful, analytical, and proactive in your approach, leveraging your existing relationships and networks to build their name in new markets.

Objectives:
-Increasing Event Sales & Maximising Revenue
-Motivate and guide events team towards improving conversion rates on enquiries
-Competitor research and ensuring company service and offering stands above all others
-Encourage and set in place strategies for upselling on confirmed events to maximise revenue
-Past and ongoing tracking and analysis of lost business, identifying opportunities to follow up with appropriate actions
-Proactively Seeking New Business
-Increase Corporate Clientele
-Direct contact to set up meetings
-Spread word via venue network and research which companies organise events there – Take on new venues that are more directed towards corporate/ Private Event clients
-Target event agencies that work with companies
-Possible in-house opportunities
-Target and build relationships with wedding and event planners/agencies
-Actively find and explore new business opportunities e.g. sporting event contracts etc.
-Maximising Business from Existing Venues
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Applicants should have previous experience in a similar Events Sales role with proven success.

In this Event Sales Executive role you will be working predominately Monday to Friday.

This Sales Executive position offers a generous salary plus commission and excellent company benefits.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join and be part of a successful business.

Meeting & Events Supervisor

Our client is a fabulous hotel stepped in local history, offering a stunning cocktail bar, award winning restaurant and vast banqueting suite. The hotel in Weybridge, Surrey offers a contemporary style with the highest quality throughout delivering a great experience for guests. The Hotel is a 4 Star property and appeals to both the local corporate and leisure guests.

Our client is currently looking to recruit a Meeting and Events Supervisor to help the M&E Manager organise and run the vast banqueting suite.

As Meeting & Events Supervisor your responsibilities will be to ensure the smooth and efficient operation and control of the floor during conferences, meetings, events and private dining.

In your role as Meetings & Events Supervisor you will be required to
-maintain the quality and professional service required by the management to deliver exceptional service
-be able to solve problems and decision make in the absence of the Meetings and Events Manager

Applicants must ideally have/be:
– Experience in a similar Meetings & Events / Conference and Banqueting role
– A ‘Make it Happen’ attitude
– Well presented
– Good communication and organisation skills
– An eye for detail
– Good IT skills

This position offers Excellent Benefits including:

*Complimentary meals during work hours
*Discounted accommodation rates
*Discounted rates across the hotel
*Discounted membership at Health Club
*Discounted rates for friends & family
*Discounts with Entertainment groups
*Birthday Stay – which includes overnight accommodation and dinner for two
*Service Charge & Cash Tips

If this Meetings and Events Supervisor role sounds like the one for you, please contact us now.

Cafe Supervisor – Daytimes

Are you a café or restaurant supervisor looking for a new challenge? Our client, a successful daytime cafe/restaurant set in the picturesque Surrey village of Guildford, is looking to recruit a front-of-house supervisor to lead a small team. This full-time role comes with a favourable salary of up to £24,000 plus gratuities, some excellent benefits and a positive work-life balance.

This restaurant position would suit either a supervisor/Assistant Manager who has a passion for customer service and relishes the chance to contribute their ideas to the café/restaurant or an experienced waiter/waitress looking for the next step in their career.

If you were already working in this catering role for our client, here are some of the things you would have done last week:

●Running the café in the manager’s absence
●Leading the front-of-house team
●Delivering excellent customer service
●Taking orders, making drinks, and serving tables
●Co-ordinating event bookings and responding to customer enquiries

To apply for this supervisor job, which involves working 40 hours, five days per week (with every Sunday off), daytimes, you should have previous front-of-house experience – ideally at the Assistant Manager, supervisor or team leader level. You will also need:

●To be a diligent leader
●Possess an excellent work ethic
●Be creative
●Have great organisational skills
●Be able to demonstrate good business acumen

Our client offers a generous salary of up to £24,000 plus gratuities and a raft of employee benefits in return for your skills and commitment – including daytime hours, complimentary on-site parking, a pension scheme and Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day off!

If this full-time Café/Restaurant Supervisor / Assistant Manager role in Guildford sounds like you, then please contact us today. We’d love to hear from you.

Head of Event Operations

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic professional to join a luxury events and catering company in Surrey. The company are looking for a passionate, energetic, hands on operation manager. They supply a wide range of events from Private parties, corporate launches, and weddings etc.

As the Events Operations Manager you would be responsible for the smooth running of events using a team of front of house staff and the ongoing support from the director. Your role will include:

– meeting clients, discuss the event and put together proposals based on their requirements, this can range from a simple dinner to a large marquee event or venue wedding.

-you would liaise with the clients from booking up to running their event on the day. This would include booking staff, equipment hire and other items required for the events. You will require good organisational skills to ensure that all necessary details are met and not overlooked.

-recruitment, training and Scheduling of Front and Back of House staffing for events.

-operationally ensuring that the day to day running of the business is a success. Attending weekly Ops meetings to discuss the previous week’s events. Running through all the upcoming events for the next two weeks and the progression of logistics, equipment, staffing etc. Discussing future events and any deposits or confirmation of contractors. Liaising with the team on any orders that need to be placed. Working out costings and profitability selected events.

-build a rapport with the contractors and keep in contact on a weekly basis.

Applicants should have previous experience within Events Operations Management and have excellent organisation and communication skills with an eye for detail.

The Operations Manager role for this Events company will be based on 45 hours a week, usually working Tuesday – Saturday.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Events Operations Manager to join a vibrant and talented team.

Cafe Assistant – Monday to Friday – £10 per hour