
General Manager Pop-Up
Location: Shoreditch, London
Company: Junkies
Employment Type: Full-Time
About Junkies
Junkies hits different. We're a pastry business, but not as you know it.
With a fast-paced, design-led concept built around indulgence, precision, and experience, we are not trying to replicate traditional hospitality we are building something sharper, and operationally disciplined behind the scenes. Our success depends as much on smart execution as it does on strong commercial traction.
This will be our first standalone site and sets the operational and commercial precedent for everything that follows.
Our upcoming Shoreditch pop-up is a 3 month performance phase.
Its objective is clear: The site must be operating at or above site-level breakeven on a consistent basis with systems that allow the business to operate without regular founder involvement.
The Product & Model
Junkies is a mono-product operation.
One SKU. One price. All day.
That simplicity is intentional it reduces complexity, tightens training, and makes the operation highly measurable. But it also raises the performance bar: with a single product, outcomes are driven by execution quality and operational control. There’s nowhere to hide behind menu variety.
The commercial and operational levers are clear:
This model rewards operators who can run a clean, disciplined system: tight prep, tight handoffs, tight reporting and who understand that growth only matters if it improves contribution.
The Role
This role is focused on making the Shoreditch pop-up economically successful within three months.
You will own site-level contribution not just revenue. That means taking responsibility for revenue performance, labour efficiency, waste control, throughput, and operational clarity.
You must be commercially sharp enough to grow revenue intelligently, but disciplined enough to prioritise what improves contribution rather than just top-line sales. This is not a role for someone who simply follows established playbooks you will be expected to refine, build, and implement better ways of operating as we scale.
This is not a lifestyle store manager role.
This is a performance mandate.
What Success Looks Like (By End of Month 3)
It is our intention that the pop-up phase leads directly into our own store, but this is based on meeting defined financial and operational objectives.
Core Responsibilities1. Economic Ownership (Primary Focus)
You understand that revenue growth only matters if it improves contribution.
4. Team Leadership
You likely have experience in retail, hospitality, or food environments where margins matter and throughput is critical.
Experience
We reward contribution and operational excellence.
How to Apply
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