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We’re recruiting an experienced and passionate Café Manager to lead the ASDA café operation in Lowestoft. This is a hands-on role for a strong leader who can deliver excellent customer service and smooth day-to-day operations in a busy retail environment.

As Café Manager, you’ll take full responsibility for the café, leading your team to deliver consistent standards while driving performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, supervise, and develop your catering and front-of-house team
Ensure smooth daily operations across the café
Manage budgets, stock, and labour to meet targets and KPIs
Maintain high standards of food safety, hygiene, and compliance
Build a positive customer experience and represent the brand
Identify opportunities to improve service and drive sales
Support, train, and motivate your team to perform at their best

About You

Passionate about customer service
Experience managing teams in a café, retail, or catering environment
Strong organisational and communication skills
Able to manage financials, stock, and performance targets
Level 2 Food Hygiene and relevant catering qualifications (desirable)
A motivated, hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

Contributory pension scheme
Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

Please note: This role is contracted to weeks per year

About Us

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

Job Reference: com/1407/78298001/52794879/R/SU #One Retail

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!