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 positive – within and beyond the beauty industry. Through our sustainability program, , 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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