Regional Manager - South East

The Wonderfield Group has recently been purchased by Zensho Holdings, the leading food service company in Japan with a market cap of $5.5b and whose aim is to become the worlds largest food company, a position from which we can eradicate hunger and poverty from around the globe. We operate restaurants, factories, and thousands of sushi kiosks and have recently built a successful cut fruit business, Snowfruit. Combining this with the three businesses previously owned by Zensho, AFC, Sushi Circle and Sushi Take, results in annual sales of $2.5b and Ebitda in excess of $140m a year with an ambitious growth trajectory.

You're an experienced multi-site leader who thrives in a fast-paced retail, hospitality, QSR, or franchise environment. Commercially driven and people-focused, you know how to balance operational excellence with delivering outstanding customer experiences and developing high-performing teams.

You'll bring:

• Proven experience managing multiple sites across a regional area.
• Strong commercial awareness with responsibility for sales, profit and P&L performance.
• The ability to analyse performance data and turn insights into action.
• Excellent coaching and leadership skills, with a passion for developing talent and building succession plans.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence at all levels.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to prioritise and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working within a franchise model is highly desirable.
• A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.

As Regional Manager, you'll lead a portfolio of approximately 27 franchised and company-owned kiosks across South Wales, ensuring every location delivers exceptional operational standards, commercial performance and customer service.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Driving sales, profitability and operational performance across your region.
• Coaching and supporting Kiosk Managers and Franchise Partners to achieve their full potential.
• Building a high-performing, engaged regional team culture.
• Delivering regional business plans and achieving key commercial targets.
• Monitoring KPIs and performance data, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ensuring consistent brand standards, operational excellence and compliance across all locations.
• Developing future leaders through coaching, talent development and succession planning.
• Supporting new kiosk openings and contributing to the continued growth of the business.
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration and successful delivery of regional objectives.

We're proud to offer:

• Fantastic hybrid working environment working Mon- Thurs on site and generally Fridays from home.
• Opportunity to grow your career alongside with us with available apprentice program
• Brilliant support services designed to enhance your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• Annual discretionary bonus subject to business and overall performance
• Discretionary Life Assurance
• Discretionary Income Protection
• Group Personal Pension
• Private Medical Cash Plan
• Bespoke reward platform including access to retail, cinema & gym discounts.
• 50% off your food every time you dine with us for you and 3 friends.
• Contribute towards our award-winning sustainability initiatives that delivers progress against 9 UN sustainability goals. We're committed to responsibly sourcing and all our seafood, therefore we only use source sustainable fish. All our packaging is recyclable and 80% of our packaging is already made from recycled plastic.
• Annual Awards ceremony celebrating our success and offering winning Managers free trips to Japan.

About us:

Come roll with us and be part of something big. Celebrate global success across:

• Over 1500 retail kiosks globally (YO!, Panku, Mai Taiko Snowfox & Bento)
• Our Taiko manufacturing and distribution centre
• 63 YO! restaurants
• 50 major retail partners
• 3700 locations globally From Hawaii to Aberdeen

Our Values

• Own it, Care About it, Make it Exceptional, Win Together

Ready to Roll?

Come roll with us and play a key role by bringing people together to celebrate better food for everyone the Japanese way...