Are you ready to take your leadership career to the next level and join Australia's leading prestige beauty retailer? We are looking for a passionate Food & Beverage Zone Manager to help lead our MECCA Bourke Street Cafe store in VIC on a part-time basis at 20 hours per week. As the "Guardian of the Hospitality Experience", you'll work in partnership with the Food & Beverage Manager as second-in-command, leading the daily café, bar and catering operations and delivering a premium hospitality experience for our guests.
Perks as a Food & Beverage Zone Manager at MECCA:
World-class education opportunities with MECCAversity
Opportunities to earn more with our monthly performance bonus program
Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy.
A competitive Parental Support Program
Day-to-day responsibilities:
Lead by example in delivering warm, knowledgeable and memorable hospitality experiences across our café, bar and event services
Lead pre-shift briefings, coach and develop your team, and act as the daily leader and escalation point in the Food & Beverage Manager's absence
Oversee daily café, bar and catering operations, including opening and closing procedures, stock rotation, waste management and product quality
Maintain food safety, hygiene, HACCP and workplace health and safety standards at all times
Support ordering, inventory and stocktake processes, and drive labour productivity, sales and cost of goods targets
Support the delivery of new menus, seasonal launches, internal catering requests, store activations and brand collaborations
Partner with the Food & Beverage Manager and Store Leadership to continuously improve the customer experience,



profitability and team engagement
What success looks like in this role:
Previous leadership experience within hospitality, cafés, restaurants or premium food & beverage environments, with a proven ability to lead and develop teams
A strong understanding of specialty coffee, beverage preparation and premium service standards
Knowledge of alcoholic beverage storage, inventory and preparation practices
Knowledge of food safety legislation and compliance requirements
A current RSA and confidence in Liquor Licensing practices and regulations
Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing labour, inventory and operational KPIs
Excellent organisational, time management, communication and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, premium customer environment
Confidence in providing feedback to coach and develop team members
Desirable:
Experience in premium retail or luxury hospitality, barista accreditation, experience supporting events, catering or activations, and experience leading change or operational improvements
Requirement of the role:
Availability to work late evenings and weekends
Current RSA
More than skin deep:
At MECCA, we're committed to being a force for good – within and beyond the beauty industry. Through our sustainability program, MECCA M-PACT,



we're transforming our business by building environmental and social sustainability-focused thinking into our operations – from our products and footprint to our brands and suppliers. We believe that beauty has the power to change lives. Through our social change movement, MECCA M-POWER, we support a group of over 20 incredible organisations dedicated to creating a future where the next generation can thrive. We strive to fight for women by ensuring their access to education, improving their health, safety and well-being, empowering female-led businesses, supporting women to become financially secure and independent and elevating women's voices in politics and public life. Join us, and together we can make the world over.
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Since our very first day in ****, our purpose has been to enable our customers to look and feel their best by offering them the world's best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands, coupled with exceptional service. Fast forward to today, and we have almost 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching recent products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or one of our Distribution Centres, you will be an integral part of the MECCA family.
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📌 Mecca Bourke Street - Zone Manager(Food & Bev) (Melbourne)
🏢 MECCA Brands
📍 Melbourne