Job Description
Goodside Coffee is a coffee first company, and we're looking for someone ready to take the next step in their hospitality career, with a passionate and experienced team around them to help them on their way.
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Based initially at our flagship cafe at 459 Collins Street, you'll take responsibility for the day to day venue while working closely with our senior team.
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You'll have plenty of support and guidance, but also real responsibility and the opportunity to make the venue your own.
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You might already manage a cafe, or you might be a strong Assistant Manager or Supervisor ready for the next step.
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Goodside Coffee is a coffee first company, and we're looking for someone ready to take the next step in their hospitality career, with a passionate and experienced team around them to help them on their way.
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Based initially at our flagship cafe at 459 Collins Street, you'll take responsibility for the day to day venue while working closely with our senior team.
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You'll have plenty of support and guidance, but also real responsibility and the opportunity to make the venue your own.
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You might already manage a cafe, or you might be a strong Assistant Manager or Supervisor ready for the next step.
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Coffee first
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Great coffee is at the centre of Goodside.
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You'll work alongside our senior team and experienced baristas to make sure our coffee standards are delivered consistently every day.
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You'll don't need to be the most technical coffee person in the room, but you do need to care about outstanding coffee, great service and maintaining high standards.
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Champion food, sales and customer growth
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We're a new venue,



and two of our biggest opportunities are building our customer base and developing a stronger food offer.
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We want someone who enjoys getting to know customers, building regulars and finding ways to bring new people into the venue.
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You'll also help build a food offer that's as considered and consistent as our coffee, working with our suppliers and kitchen partners on menu development, presentation, pricing, margins and wastage.
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You'll lead a team that engages with customers, knows the menu and confidently makes recommendations rather than simply taking orders.
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Great service comes first, but we want someone who thinks about how we bring more customers through the door, keep them coming back and grow what they spend with us.
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Build a strong team and venue
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You'll lead from the floor, build a reliable team and develop supervisors and senior baristas to take greater responsibility.
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You'll take ownership of:
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Team leadership, training and rostering
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Labour, COGS and venue performance
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Food, stock, ordering and wastage
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Customer service, sales and average spend
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Supplier communication
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Menus, POS, signage and promotions
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General venue administration
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Venue presentation and standards
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Simple systems and checklists that make everyone's job easier
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We're looking for someone who notices things and follows through. If something needs updating, printing, ordering, fixing or following up, you make sure it gets done.
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Where this can go
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This role starts at 459 Collins Street, but we're growing, with two new Melbourne locations planned.
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Get Collins performing well, build a strong team around you and show us you're ready for more, and there's a genuine pathway into multi site management with Goodside.
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You'll have plenty of support along the way from our senior team across coffee, operations and commercial performance.
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Who we're looking for
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You might currently be a Cafe Manager, Assistant Manager, Supervisor or a strong hospitality team member ready for more responsibility.
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We're looking for someone who:
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Genuinely enjoys hospitality and working with customers
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Cares about great coffee and has a real interest in food
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Enjoys building and developing a team
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Is organised and follows things through
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Notices the small things
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Is interested in sales and what makes a venue perform
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Is comfortable being hands on and leading from the floor
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Brings ideas and wants to keep learning
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Wants to take on more responsibility as they develop
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You don't need to arrive knowing everything.
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We're much more interested in finding the right person who wants to learn, contribute and grow with us.
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Salary: $75,000 to $85,000 + super, depending on experience.

📌 Cafe Venue Manager | Multi Site Pathway (Victoria)
🏢 Goodside Coffee
📍 Victoria