Costa Store Manager

Company: Places Leisure

Location: Burgess Hill

Posted: May 11th, 2026

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More About Your Role

As store manager you'll manage all aspects of our coffee shop, consistently aiming to get the best from your store, as well as your team. You'll be recruiting, training and managing staff and lead by example. In this role you will be passionate about customer service, love great coffee and almost fanatical about driving your store and the centre as a whole forwards, bettering our communities.

As store manager you'll also efficiently handle the administrative side of your business, including sales targets, stock management, cost control and profit and loss accounts. The Store Manager must also create a professional and fun working environment whilst ensuring that health and safety and highest standards of cleanliness are upheld at all times.

More About You

We're looking for someone with experience in operating high quality hospitality or retail with natural enthusiasm for the task in hand, to develop your team and motivate them to a very high standard.

Benefits

We Know That There's Always More We Can Do To Make You Smile, That's Why We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package With Each Role, Yours Will Include:

Being a 7 day a week business, with opening hours from dawn ‘til dusk, Places Leisure offers flexible working patterns including shift work, job share and part time working. More than 80% of colleagues at Places Leisure actually work part time.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

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