Cafe Manager
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £28,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Southwold, Suffolk |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Adnams Plc |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Café Manager
Southwold Cafe
We are looking for an enthusiastic Café Manager with strong leadership skills to lead our front of house and kitchen team. The successful candidate will deliver exceptional customer experiences and showcase our love for great food and drink in the heart of Southwold.
As our Café Manager, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the café, working alongside the Store Manager. You'll drive performance, lead a motivated team, and ensure our café continues to reflect the quality, warmth and values that define the Adnams brand.
We offer an excellent package for our Café Manager including -
Competitive Salary
Company Pension
Life Assurance
Share Incentive Plan
33 days holiday
Career Development Opportunities
Wellbeing Programmes
Fabulous employee discounts!
We encourage each member of our team to grow, develop and progress within Adnams and so we are committed to providing you with continual training and development to support you with your career goals and progression within the store and wider business.
What do you need to know about Adnams and our Team?
We make amazing award-winning beers and spirits from our home in Southwold, have some great shops across the region and operate some stunning pubs and hotels. We understand the value of every customer and work hard to deliver amazing service in a time of exciting innovation and digital transformation.
We do all of this while caring passionately about the environment, our local communities and our wider social responsibilities.
At Adnams we really care about diversity and are proud of our culture where everyone is respected, valued and treated with kindness.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Café Manager who will lead, inspire and develop a large, high performing team, while delivering an exceptional hospitality experience for every customer.
The Café Manager will have strong communication skills, enabling clear direction, motivation, and effective team engagement. You'll have a strong understanding of food safety, hygiene and compliance and know how to balance high standards with a welcoming atmosphere.
If you have experience of leading, inspiring and developing a team, love our products as much as we do, enjoy engaging with customers and have a passion for doing the right thing then we want to hear from you.
This role requires the successful candidate to be flexible, working weekends and must hold a full UK driving licence.
What's in it for you?
Hopefully, a sense of pride that you are working for a business that cares about the important stuff and a lot of fun working with an amazing bunch of people.
Enthusiastic and hard-working people who join Adnams tend to stay around so we must get quite a lot of things right. We really admire innovation and are not afraid to try something new, so you get to put new ideas into practice to deliver even better results for everyone.
Southwold Cafe
We are looking for an enthusiastic Café Manager with strong leadership skills to lead our front of house and kitchen team. The successful candidate will deliver exceptional customer experiences and showcase our love for great food and drink in the heart of Southwold.
As our Café Manager, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the café, working alongside the Store Manager. You'll drive performance, lead a motivated team, and ensure our café continues to reflect the quality, warmth and values that define the Adnams brand.
We offer an excellent package for our Café Manager including -
Competitive Salary
Company Pension
Life Assurance
Share Incentive Plan
33 days holiday
Career Development Opportunities
Wellbeing Programmes
Fabulous employee discounts!
We encourage each member of our team to grow, develop and progress within Adnams and so we are committed to providing you with continual training and development to support you with your career goals and progression within the store and wider business.
What do you need to know about Adnams and our Team?
We make amazing award-winning beers and spirits from our home in Southwold, have some great shops across the region and operate some stunning pubs and hotels. We understand the value of every customer and work hard to deliver amazing service in a time of exciting innovation and digital transformation.
We do all of this while caring passionately about the environment, our local communities and our wider social responsibilities.
At Adnams we really care about diversity and are proud of our culture where everyone is respected, valued and treated with kindness.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Café Manager who will lead, inspire and develop a large, high performing team, while delivering an exceptional hospitality experience for every customer.
The Café Manager will have strong communication skills, enabling clear direction, motivation, and effective team engagement. You'll have a strong understanding of food safety, hygiene and compliance and know how to balance high standards with a welcoming atmosphere.
If you have experience of leading, inspiring and developing a team, love our products as much as we do, enjoy engaging with customers and have a passion for doing the right thing then we want to hear from you.
This role requires the successful candidate to be flexible, working weekends and must hold a full UK driving licence.
What's in it for you?
Hopefully, a sense of pride that you are working for a business that cares about the important stuff and a lot of fun working with an amazing bunch of people.
Enthusiastic and hard-working people who join Adnams tend to stay around so we must get quite a lot of things right. We really admire innovation and are not afraid to try something new, so you get to put new ideas into practice to deliver even better results for everyone.
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