Available Position: Associate Account Manager

The Opportunity


We are looking for someone who would like a career in one of the fastest growing software companies in the hospitality sector.  If you have great people and customer service skills, with a desire to succeed, then we want to hear from you!

In association with a comprehensive training programme, we will enable you to be at the forefront with our customers from day one. From the get-go, as the successful candidate, you will get hands on.  You’ll contribute to our customer success team, supporting our customers with value adding advice on how they can make even better business decisions and get the most out of working in partnership with S4labour.

We have a proven track record of taking on Associate level/Graduate Account Managers and developing them into fully fledged Account Managers.  Our team structure includes Senior Account Managers so your opportunity to develop your skills and career provides a clear career path within our business.  Our customer success team currently consists of a team of 5 and we have an opening for someone to join our growing business to bring ideas, passion and drive as well as having a clear understanding of what great customer service looks like to come on our journey with us.

What you’ll do


You will be joining us at a very exciting time as we prepare to launch several innovative new products to the market and accelerate our growth. You will be working alongside our Chief Customer Officer and 2 Account Managers and 2 Senior Account Managers to ensure our customers’ accounts are maintained to the highest standards. This is a varied role, and we expect you to learn a great deal in your first 12 months.

What you’ll bring

We’re an inclusive and friendly business—everyone mucks in with a positive and enthusiastic attitude! We are therefore looking for dynamic, business minded and hard-working individuals. You will be a confident self-starter, proactive in your approach, who thrives working on your own initiative and as part of a high-performing team.

A few other key essentials:

  • Ideally of graduate calibre or equivalent relevant experience
  • Excellent interpersonal/communication and customer service skills
  • Ability to build and maintain relationships
  • Strong numeracy skills
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills
  • A proactive attitude and ability to work on your own initiative
  • Good understanding of Microsoft Office or similar
  • Ability to thrive under pressure
  • Full clean driving licence
  • Experience in the pub/restaurant/hospitality sector would prove useful but is not essential

What we can offer you:
One-to-one mentoring in account management and personal development leading to:
• A broad range of essential and transferable business skills
• An exceptional understanding of the hospitality industry
• The opportunity to advance your career at a pace much faster than in a large corporate
• Flexibility, variety and excitement; giving you considerable responsibility

S4labour is committed to building a brilliant team that is inclusive in its culture, and values diversity. We strive for equality of opportunity in all that we do and actively encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply for this role.

To apply please send a CV and, if you’re keen, a brief note telling us why you would be a great part of the S4labour Team to ali@s4labour.co.uk / chriswelham@s4labour.co.uk

 

Available Position: Implementation Partner

Job purpose

You will join a team dedicated to welcoming new clients to our platform.

You will be working directly with new clients to keep them engaged and excited to make use of our software.

You will be taking charge of organising and delivering training on how to best use our platform and taking the responsibility of ensuring all our clients enjoy the smoothest onboarding experience possible.

Role description

  • Manage the successful onboarding of multiple new clients starting their journey with S4labour, while adhering to key operational deadlines.
  • Proactively collaborate with clients and other stakeholders to capture the required data to deliver an effective, efficient, and timely implementation of S4labour products
  • Confidently deliver training to clients operating within a wide range of businesses on how to best utilise our software. Equally confident and engaging in remote or face-to-face delivery.
  • Operate as a subject matter expert in our product portfolio and provide guidance to users on how best to use our system. Creatively overcome and solve client challenges by applying S4labour product knowledge.
  • Provide occasional cover on our support desk, giving guidance and resolution on basic client issues (tickets and calls) in a friendly and professional manner whilst following standard support desk procedures

Key skills and personal qualities

  • Confident self-starter with a can-do attitude and a proactive approach
  • Great interpersonal and communication skills alongside an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships
  • Excellent organisational, planning and prioritisation skills
  • Hardworking and resourceful with good problem-solving abilities
  • Friendly, helpful team-player with a desire to deliver excellent customer service
  • Happy working autonomously, as well as in collaboration with a wider team
  • An excellent command of English, both written and verbal
  • Happy working in a varied role in a fast-paced environment
  • High attention to detail and a drive for continuous improvement
  • Experience in the pub/restaurant/hospitality sector would prove useful but is not essential

*qualifying period and other criteria apply

S4labour is committed to building a brilliant team that is inclusive in its culture, and values diversity. We strive for equality of opportunity in all that we do and actively encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply for this role.

To apply please send a CV and, if you’re keen, a brief note telling us why you would be a great part of the S4labour Team to ali@s4labour.co.uk / chris@s4labour.co.uk

Malvern Inns – HLS case study

Case Study

How Malvern Inns use both S4labour & High Level Software

Malvern Inns Overview

Serving up brilliant hospitality since 2010.

Stylish locations with dedicated teams offering delicious food, a great selection of drinks and special stays. 

Party and event management services offered throughout Yorkshire under the banner of Malvern Events

The deployment graph in S4labour is really useful. We get our scheduling just right by matching our shifts to sales per hour. The visual representation of our expected revenue across the day guides the managers in determining the optimal levels of labour. We reduce our slack (excess staff members) which means we save money”
Matt Avery

Ops Director , Malvern Inns

Tell us about Malvern Inns as a business.

Malvern Inns has two venues based in Yorkshire, The Castle and The Square & Compass as well as event management services. We have been operating since 2010, The Castle has 12 ensuite rooms and offers a great village pub environment.

 

Tell us how S4labour works in Malvern Inns.

Malvern Inns has had S4labour for a very long time and is a key tool in our business. Without S4labour everything would be extremely manual, and we wouldn’t have visibility over our costs and budgets. In addition, S4labour helps us engage with the teams. By being clear and transparent with our team about what we require from them in the business they can have a productive shift.

 

Which features of S4labour do you find the most useful?

The deployment graph in S4labour is really useful. We get our scheduling just right by matching our shifts to sales per hour. The visual representation of our expected revenue across the day guides the managers in determining the optimal levels of labour. We reduce our slack (excess staff members) which means we save money.

 

S4labour integrates with many companies in the hospitality industry please explain the benefit of that.

A lot of systems are required to make a hospitality business successful, from Epos, scheduling systems and room reservation systems. Having S4labour integrate with them all is really useful because it means the systems talk to one another and saves us time from having to do manual tasks and means we spend more time with the customer.

 

Tell us how High Level Software works in The Castle

The intuitiveness of the system is a game-changer for us. Its user-friendliness ensures that our team can navigate it with ease, leading to fewer mistakes and a significant reduction in the time spent on training new staff.

 

How do your customers find using HLS?

The system’s user interface is incredibly user-friendly, lots of positive feedback from top to bottom. Making a new reservation or editing an existing one is a breeze. Even our housekeeping team, who rely on it to manage room requirements daily, find it easy to use.

 

Have you encountered any challenges or limitations while using HLS If so, how has the platform addressed or resolved those issues to meet your needs?

As with any new system implementation, there were some teething issues as our team was becoming familiar with the new Property Management System. However, what truly stood out was the excellent support and training provided by the HLS team.

 

 

The effects of ‘No-shows’

The latest figures from Zonal, in partnership with hospitality data and insights firm CGA by NIQ, confirm that 2023’s no-show rate has returned to post-lockdown levels. Doubling from 6% in September 2022 to 12%, these statistics highlight the need to keep this important issue top of mind.

As COVID-19 continues to move further into the rear-view mirror, data shows that it is easy for consumers to forget the struggles hospitality has faced. Despite rising energy costs, staffing and supply chain issues, and the cost-of-living crisis, research from Zonal states that 1 in 7 customers book and then fail to show up without informing the venue. The implications of these ‘no-shows’ are not just financial, but contribute to negative customer service, over-staffing, and wastage.

One of the biggest costs to a hospitality business is labour. People are expensive and having ‘no-shows’ means that more team members are on shift than is necessary.

If we delve deeper into this issue, it is much more than an additional cost to the business. With a reduced amount of work, team members feel unproductive and unsatisfied. We have repeatedly evidenced that having too many staff on shift leads to worse service than too few staff. So, what can be done?

1. Communicate with your team:

  • Driving the engagement and motivation of staff with effective communication makes a big difference to how well your labour is spent. Using a team app as a point of truth for shift allocations and tasks will increase productivity for every shift.

2. Ensure you are paying for the actual hours worked:

  • Need to send a team member home earlier than expected? This shouldn’t be a problem, as long as you have a time and attendance system. This means the team member can clock out when they leave meaning you’re not overpaying for a shift.

3. Accurately report your sales and labour performance:

  • A reporting tool from previous days till data, previous weeks and against last year for a like-for-like view can help you prepare for particularly busy periods, such as Christmas.

Zonal’s report as well as S4labour’s top tips can help significantly reduce the number of ‘No-shows’ and the impact it has on operators. However, it is essential that UK consumers are educated on the full impact that ‘No-shows’ are having, especially with ‘no-shows’ costing the hospitality industry £17.59bn a year. It is important now more than ever to #showupforhospitality!

Discover Zonal’s ultimate guide to eliminating ‘No-shows’ here: Show Up For Hospitality – Stop No-shows (zonal.co.uk)

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