EOI - Venue Manager | Brand New Venue

Ready to lead a premium hospitality venue? We'd love to hear from you. Lead a vibrant hospitality destination – be at the forefront of delivering exceptional food, beverage, and event experiences. Shape the future of a premium venue – drive customer satisfaction, team performance, and business growth. Join a world-class organisation – grow your leadership career with New Zealand's largest food and support services provider. Role commences start of November, leading a premium food and beverage offering. We are seeking expressions of interest from experienced hospitality leaders who are passionate about creating outstanding customer experiences and leading successful venue operations. As a Venue Manager , you will oversee all aspects of venue operations, including food and beverage delivery, financial performance, team leadership, events management, customer satisfaction, and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated leader ready to make a meaningful impact in a premium hospitality environment. Lead day-to-day venue operations, ensuring exceptional service and a memorable customer experience. Recruit, train, coach, and develop a high-performing hospitality team. Manage financial performance, including budgets, stock control, labour costs, and revenue opportunities. Oversee events and functions, ensuring successful planning, delivery, and customer satisfaction. Maintain compliance with food safety, health & safety, and liquor licensing requirements while ensuring high venue presentation standards. Passionate about delivering exceptional service daily and driving continuous improvement. Proven experience in venue, hospitality, catering, restaurant, club, or food service management. Strong leadership capability with a track record of building and motivating successful teams. Commercially minded with experience managing budgets and business performance. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with a strong customer focus. Enjoy competitive pay plus bonuses and comprehensive benefits. A key leadership role within a dynamic, growth-focused sector. The opportunity to lead and shape a high-performing team. Career development and growth within the global Compass Group framework. A supportive and collaborative work environment. The chance to be part of a leading organisation in the industry. Please visit our Benefits page for a comprehensive list of our benefits. We are New Zealand's leading and largest food and support services provider across multiple industries. Our sub-brands , Eurest, Chartwells, Restaurant Associates,Medirest, ESSand Rapportmanage these industry sectors. We specialise in turning ordinary acts of service into extraordinary experiential moments for our clients. With innovative and talented teams across New Zealand, we transform experiences from being GOOD to GREAT . Our people areawesome,they breathe life into our brands and makegreat thingshappen! Our strength comes from the combination of the things we have in common - our shared values, vision, and purpose and to make our commitment unique for you - RESPECT, GROWTH, and TEAMWORK are the founding pillars of these commitments. We are committed to reflecting the diversity of our customers, suppliers, and colleagues. We also prioritise sustainability in everything we do, ensuring an inclusive andequitableenvironment for all. Successful candidates will be able to pass pre-employment checks satisfactorily. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. If you're an experienced hospitality leader looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you. Submit your Expression of Interest today! Creating meaningful and lasting connections with every experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr