Regional manager - Arcade and Amusements

  • Quest Search and Selection Ltd
  • Basildon, Essex
  • Apr 07, 2026
Full time

Job Description

Quest Search & Selection are proud to represent one of UK's leading seasonal retailers who have different sites across the UK.

The Regional manager - Arcade and Amusements, reporting to the Head of Retail, manages operator partners, delivers optimisation projects, and oversees reporting and insights. Supports day-to-day operations, acting as main contact for Site teams and Operators. Leads space optimisation projects, tracks performance improvements, and provides insights for machine placement and category planning of projected £50million business .

Key Responsibilities of this Regional manager - Arcade and Amusements role:

  • Partner with Finance, Business Analysts and proposition to analyse performance, set KPIs and track sales and contribution against budget.
  • Lead the business until area of over 30 sites in the UK & Coastal regions
  • You will look after the operations, space, commercials, people management and site optimisation.
  • Looking at space commercially - Drive space and revenue optimisation across parks through machine and category analysis, heat-map & space planning experience.
  • Coordinate cross-functional delivery of optimisation plans with teams including digital, facilities and site operations.
  • Manage operator partner coordination including account support, invoicing, contract administration and business review insights.
  • Act as the main contact for site teams and operators, supporting rollout of optimisation initiatives and peak-season readiness.
  • Monitor performance with Business Analyst on new products and implement ongoing machine and category improvements.
  • Support H&S and regulatory compliance through audits, risk assessments and license management.

Key Requirements of this Regional manager - Arcade and Amusements role:

  • Ideally having 5+ years' experience in retail, hospitality, leisure experience
  • Have led large teams within multiple sites and can show how you have scales revenue
  • Strong commercial acumen with knowledge of P&L, sales, and margin performance.
  • You must have strong stakeholder experience and manage 3 parties
  • Experience within slots, amusements etc is desirable but not essential
  • Having strong sales, customer service, and stakeholder management skills, as well as people management experience.
  • Open to traveling and staying away once a week & also travel to head office and plan diary in advance.
  • Experience dealing with operations partners, franchises, electronic leisure experience is beneficial
  • Understanding of space planning, floor management, and sales/data analysis.

Benefits of this Regional manager - Arcade and Amusements role:

  • Life assurance.
  • Car Allowance of £7,500 minimum
  • Discount and offers across the group
  • 20% friends and family discount.
  • 22 Holiday days (rising to 25 days).
  • Free parking.
  • Learning and development support.

If this sounds like you and you are keen to apply for this Regional manager - Arcade and Amusements, please apply quoting reference no.JO-

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.