The posting
We're looking for an Operational Excellence Manager to own operational excellence across your market area. In this role, you will lead and develop a team of Operations Excellence Consultants while protecting our brand and operational standards, and partner with Operations Directors to drive consistent, high-quality execution across our coffee shops. Location: Stockholm Team/Function: Central Operations About Espresso House Espresso House is a part of the world's biggest coffee family JAB Holding BV and has grown into the leading premium coffee shop brand in the Nordics with 500 Coffee Shops across Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Germany. Across five countries, a dedicated team of professionals works behind the scenes in our support offices, ensuring our coffee shops run smoothly and our guests enjoy the best possible experience. From operations to innovation, our support team lays the foundation that helps our shops thrive. What You'll Do As an Operational Excellence Manager, you'll make sure the right procedures, equipment, and products reach our coffee shops in the right way, and that our shops run with consistent routines, systems, and standards. You will follow performance closely across your market area, identify best practices and areas for improvement, and work with Operations Directors, the Operations Deployment Manager, and teams across Espresso House to turn them into lasting change. It's a central role with a direct impact on company results through operational efficiency and shop improvements. Key responsibilities Lead and develop the team – lead, coach, and develop a team of Operations Excellence Consultants, fostering a high-performance culture and clear accountability. Own and protect operational standards – lead the work to set and develop coffee shop ways of working, routines, and systems. Drive performance and continuous improvement – follow up on performance across your market area to identify gaps and best practices, in close collaboration with the Operations Services Manager, and drive improvements in internal processes. Support deployment – support the Operations Deployment Manager in bringing changes to market through the Operations Excellence Consultants. Collaborate across the business – partner with Operations Directors across your market area to ensure aligned execution and contribute to our development strategy with input on testing, ways of working, and operational best practice. Own additional functional areas – take accountability for specific functional areas within Central Operations alongside your market responsibilities.
Who are you? Competencies Structured – Highly organised, with the ability to make sure all the parts relate well to each other. Business-oriented – Able to understand overall business objectives and turn them into a clear, executable plan. Collaborative & influential – Builds strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and influences decisions. Driven – Motivated to achieve quality results and takes personal responsibility for delivering stretch targets. Improvement-focused – Continuously identifies ways to increase efficiency and quality in our coffee shops.
Experience & skills Education – Academic degree in Business, Management, or equivalent. Operations experience – 6+ years in operations within the food, drink, or restaurant industry driving operational excellence and standards. International experience – Experience working in an international organisation across multiple markets and cultures. Team leadership – Experience leading and developing a team. Communication skills – Fluent in English.
Experience within retail, restaurants, hotels, or other businesses with a large number of locations is considered an advantage. What We Offer At Espresso House Group, you'll be part of a warm, ambitious, and international team where we care about both people and results. We offer a strong people culture and a collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth and development If you're ready to contribute to our Central Operations team, we'd love to hear from you! Type of employment: Permanent Start date: As soon as possible Application deadline: 2026-10-09. We review applications on a rolling basis and will begin interviews immediately. Please note that the position may be filled before the application deadline. Apply now or reach out to Mark Stringer, mailto:[email protected], if you'd like to know more.
