Store Manager - South London

JOE & THE JUICE is a people centric food and beverage company built around culture, not just juice, sandwiches, coffee, and much more. When joining us, you step into a high-energy community where the music is loud, the bar is your stage, and your personality matters as much as your skills.

Our Values:

• Positive Attitude
• Inclusion
• Social Ties
• Growth

For us, this means that when you choose a cup half-full mindset and welcome people from every background, build real friendships across the bar by creating great guest experiences, and use every shift as a chance to learn something new, you become more than just a juicer; like us, you continue to search and mind purpose and meaning in what you do.

From your first day, you will be part of an international network of juicers who support each other, celebrate wins together, and push each other to grow. You will learn by doing, move through a clear Moneyball career path, and be part of a company where most leaders have earned their stripes behind the bar.

If you love fast-paced service, music, people, and the idea of turning a job into a lifestyle, JOE can become a place to build skills, friendships, and a career that can take you across cities, countries, and roles.

As a Store Manager, you are responsible for the daily operation of your store, ensuring the highest performance possible in all areas within the operation through effectively sparring with your District Manager. You will adhere to market‐specific legal requirements, company policies, risk, and compliance structures. You are expected to have a full overview of your store and lead your team members ensuring efficient workflows, great guest experiences, and high-quality products.

Your overall success in this position depends on the degree to which you are able to lead, develop, and retain a highly engaged team, where all operational conceptual in‐store requirements are followed in order to deliver best‐in‐class guest experiences turning regular customers into beloved returning guests. Ultimately you are accountable for meeting the cost budget, reaching the store's sales targets, and EBITDA through existing and new company initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Virtue‐Based Leadership: Effectively lead your team members in alignment with company virtues and operational principles.
• Recruitment: Responsible for the recruitment, pre‐boarding, and onboarding of team members, and hereby the optimal team positioning, and future talent pipeline.
• Employee Engagement: Develop and motivate your team through development plans and feedback, in‐store training, team meetings, and securing employee engagement score meets or exceeds the true benchmark score.
• Guest Experience: Ensure a guest‐first approach, building strong guest relations through your local community in accordance with our brand behaviour principles and hereby increase overall guest loyalty.
• Operational Requirements: Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy working environment by enforcing hygiene, health, and safety standards while ensuring brand and highest local standards and ratings are maintained.
• Shift Planning and Structures: Create an optimal store shift plan considering seasonality, local events, and other circumstances impacting the store traffic and hereby ensure an ideal workflow in accordance with company standards, and store budget.
• Stock Handling: Full ownership of stock handling, including but not limited to counting, and ordering to ensure optimal inventory and hereby the waste percentage is not exceeding the specified monthly target.
• Performance Management: Accountable for building sales and optimizing store EBITDA to achieve defined KPI targets.

Key Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar leadership role
• Experience in being a part of a team of +10 employees
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Motivated to become a people‐centric leader

Key Performance Indicators:

• Operational Requirements: Hygiene standard, pest and fire safety control, and overall 4-wall compliance
• Employee Engagement: Employee engagement score, employee turnover, and quick quits
• Guest Experience: Returning guests, app conversions, complaints, waiting time, product availability, store audits.
• Store Performance: Sales target, waste, salary cost, productivity, overhead cost, and 4-wall EBITDA

Why Work With Us:

• Great Company Culture: Be part of a team that values positive attitudes, inclusivity, and social ties. Enjoy a packed social calendar with various events that foster camaraderie and create lasting memories.
• Leadership & Educational Programs: Access continuous learning and growth opportunities through our comprehensive internal programs. Participate in workshops, training sessions, and mentorship programs designed to enhance your professional skills and leadership capabilities.
• Travel & Development Opportunities: Experience diverse cultures and locations while developing your skills and career. Take advantage of our exchange programs, international assignments, and career advancement opportunities that allow you to grow within the company and explore new horizons.

By joining Joe & The Juice, you are contributing to a healthier world, one juice at a time. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and encourage diversity in our workplace. Together, we can create memorable guest experiences and build a vibrant, successful community.

JOE & THE JUICE is a healthy fast casual concept founded in Copenhagen in 2002; since then, we have grown to more than 450 locations across 20 countries and employing more than 4,500 people worldwide. From day one, our ambition has been to prove that there should be no trade off between taste and health.

We serve high quality, freshly prepared juices, shakes, coffee, and sandwiches in relaxed, contemporary concept cafés that combine convenience with distinct urban atmospheres. JOE & THE JUICE goes beyond products and towards the full experience around the bar, creating a consistent universe for guests and Juicers in all our locations.

We invest heavily in internal development through our Moneyball career system and a culture where most leaders, including C‐suite, VPs, and directors, have started behind the bar. We continue to evolve our people‐centric and sustainability agenda that is part of our Nordic heritage and our commitment to a better future.