Full time, Permanent, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and professional Catering Supervisor to join The Romo Group. The Catering Supervisor will be responsible for the overall supervision of the catering department including: planning, organising and developing the food and beverage service to the business, ensuring compliance with food safety regulation, health and safety requirements, and customer expectations.

Main responsibilities of the role include:

• Supervision of Catering Assistants to ensure food and beverages are produced to set standards and timeframes
• To organise, lead and motivate the catering team
• To be hands on in the day to day running of the operation
• To ensure health and safety and food hygiene regulations are adhered to at all times including training and certification
• Ensuring compliance with fire, licensing and employment regulations
• To ensure the cleanliness of the kitchen, its equipment and surrounding areas
• To manage food and beverage provision on a daily basis to include functions and events
• Plan menus in consultation with Catering Assistants and Managers
• To manage and monitor catering expenditure
• To monitor the quality of the product and services provided, identifying opportunities for improvement
• To maintain stock levels and order new supplies as required
• Interacting with customers and supporting front of house work
• Liaising with suppliers and clients
• Planning and developing the catering department including equipment and services provided

Skills and experience required:

• Food hygiene / Health & Safety qualification or certification
• 3 years previous experience working within the catering industry
• Customer facing experience
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Numeracy and strong computer literacy (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel)
• Experience of improving service delivery
• Experience of producing hot and cold food to a high standard
• Full clean driving licence

To be successful in this role, candidates should be customer focused with a desire to succeed, have a Friendly can do attitude with the ability to motivate others, have excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to multi-task, plan and prioritise workloads with a practical, flexible and innovative approach, have meticulous attention to detail and be eager to lend themselves to any task.

If you believe you have the skills and experience that match our role please submit an up to date CV and covering letter demonstrating your experience and interest in this role. Please send these directly to recruitment@romo.com.

Full time, Permanent, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and professional Facilities Manager to join The Romo Group. The Facilities Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of central services ensuring the business meets safety, maintenance, and security standards.

Main responsibilities of the role include:

• Coordinating and leading a maintenance team
• Directing, coordinating and planning essential central services such as reception, security, fire alarms and systems, maintenance, building and grounds maintenance, plant machinery maintenance, mail distribution, archiving, cleaning, catering, waste disposal and recycling
• Ensuring buildings meet health and safety requirements by proactively keeping up to date with all legislation ensuring compliance to all standards and laws
• To manage the Health & Safety policy, procedures and risk assessments, ensuring action is taken to mitigate risks and corrective and preventative action is taken
• To manage the fire alarm systems and fire risk assessments, ensuring action is taken to mitigate risks and corrective and preventative action is taken
• Ensuring appropriate training and certification is in place to support health and safety, and when required designing and delivering training
• Project management and supervising and coordinating the work of contractors
• The hands on maintenance and repair of the building and services, plant machinery, and equipment. To ensure the implementation and ongoing compliance with all Health & Safety regulations are met

Skills and experience required:

• NEBOSH Health & Safety qualification or equivalent
• BIFM / ILM Facilities management qualification or equivalent
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Numeracy and strong computer literacy (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel)
• Ability to problem solve at an advanced level and make decisions confidently
• Previous project management experience
• Procurement and negotiation skills

To be successful in this role, candidates should have a desire to succeed with a Friendly can do attitude with the ability to motivate others, have excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to multi-task, plan and prioritise workloads with a practical, flexible and innovative approach, have meticulous attention to detail and be eager to lend themselves to any task.

If you believe you have the skills and experience that match our role please submit an up to date CV and covering letter demonstrating your experience and interest in this role. Please send these directly to recruitment@romo.com.

Full time, maternity cover, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Salary: Dependant on experience

An opportunity has arisen for a talented individual with a passion for creative writing to join The Romo Group, one of the UK's leading textile design houses involved in the supply of exclusive curtain and upholstery fabrics, wallcoverings & accessories.

ROMO requires an experienced Creative Copywriter / Marketing Executive to join our in-house marketing team based at our head office in Nottinghamshire. The role will initially be to cover maternity leave but has the potential of becoming a permanent position depending on the candidate, their skills and ability.

To be successful in this role, candidates will possess an exceptional talent for creative writing and demonstrate an innovative and proactive approach to developing marketing concepts in both printed and digital media. They must possess outstanding written and communication skills and show an interest in textiles and design.

Main Responsibilities:

Under the direction of our Creative Marketing Director and working closely with our in-house design studios and existing marketing team, you will be required to work on a wide variety of tasks for our 6 fabric and wallcovering brands, including:

• Creative copywriting & proof reading of all marketing material including brochures, press releases, customer letters, sales literature, presentations, internal employee publications, websites & e-marketing campaigns
• Managing social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest
• Maintaining and updating brand websites
• Working as part of the in-house creative marketing team to produce concept ideas for new marketing campaigns & promotional marketing material to compliment each fabric launch
• Facilitate production of new marketing items through from concept stage to finished article

Skills & Experience:

• Exceptional creative writing skills.
• Strong attention to detail & a high-level of accuracy.
• Able to problem solve & think outside the box.
• Proactive & flexible approach to tasks.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with ability to multi-task.
• Able to work well under pressure and to strict working deadlines.
• Good team-working skills.
• Superb written & spoken English.

Proven experience in Copywriting is essential. Experience in the interior textiles industry or a similar industry would be highly beneficial.

If you believe you have the skills and experience that match our role please submit an up to date CV and covering letter demonstrating your experience and interest in this role. Please send these directly to: recruitment@romo.com

Full time, Permanent, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Salary dependent on experience

Are you an experienced textile designer looking for a new opportunity to work in a market leading textile business?

An exciting opportunity to work for Romo, a leading textile & wallcovering brand at The Romo Group is currently open. We are looking for anexperienced Textile Designerwith exceptional talent and creativityto join our family run business. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and busy design studio working alongside a team of designers on a variety of tasks.
Family run since 1902, The Romo Group specialises in the supply of furnishing fabrics and wallcoverings to both the domestic and contract markets. Romo is the company's signature brand with a style defined by lively, contemporary prints, decorative weaves and imaginative wallcoverings. For more details on our brand please visit: www.romo.com

Main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Actively researching into trends and colours
• Creating original designs for a variety of applications
• Collaborating with colleagues focusing on colouring and design development
• Liaising with suppliers to provide feedback on trials and developments throughout the design process
• Visiting the printers to help oversee production

To be successful in this role The Romo Group are seeking candidates who are highly creative and innovative. Candidates must beeducated to a degree level in textile design. They will possessexceptional drawing and design skillswith a strong knowledge and previous experience ofCAD, and will have an excellent sense of colour and a goodunderstanding of printing and weaving techniques. Proven experience in the textile industry is essential.
Candidates will also need to demonstrate the ability to work well as part of a team, have flexibility with their work approach and demonstrate strong organisational and communication skills.

If you believe you have the skills and experience that match this role pleasesubmit an up to date CV and covering letterdemonstrating your experience and interest in the role. In addition, to support your application, we would also require you to submit recent examples of your work. Please send these directly to recruitment@romo.com

Full time, Permanent, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Salary dependent on experience

Part of The Romo Group, Black Edition, is a leading design house in the textiles and wallcoverings industry. Family run since 1902, The Romo Group now has six established brands, all with their own unique character and style, that specialise in the supply of furnishing fabrics and wallcoverings to both the domestic and contract markets. Since launching in 2013, the Black Edition brand has continued to forge its own identify creating designs with a distinctive, edgy style and characteristic colour palette for the luxury interiors market. For more information on our brand please visit: www.blackedition.com

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Textile Designer with exceptional talent and creativity to join our dynamic and busy Black Edition design studio to work alongside a team of designers on a variety of tasks.
Main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Creating original, unique designs for a variety of applications.
• Actively researching into design and colour trends.
• Interpreting trends appropriately for the brand.
• Working proactively with all members of design, buying and production teams, supporting and developing business relationships to ensure successful results at all levels of the product journey.
• Liaising with suppliers to provide feedback on trials and developments throughout the design and production process.
• Visiting suppliers to assist in overseeing fabric and wallcoverings production.

Applicants will need to demonstrate the following:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Textile Designer in a commercial setting.
• A high achieving degree in Textile Design or similar qualification.
• Be a dedicated, passionate and industrious designer with an aspirational taste level to meet the complexity of this role.
• Good knowledge of all aspects of the commercial fabric printing and production process including digital, rotary and flat bed.
• A strong knowledge and previous experience of CAD.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work closely with all members of the design team and with other relevant departments.
• Be flexible and practical with task management and with an ability to work under pressure and within time scales.
• Exceptional organisation skills.
• A sound understanding of Intellectual Property rights and all aspects of copyright related to design.

The successful candidate will help oversee and create exclusive designs that meet the ethos of the Black Edition brand and should display an affinity with and understanding of the brand. Working with the design team and working in collaboration with the Brand Director and other senior members, external suppliers, and internal departments to deliver quality fabrics and wallcoverings to be launched into the international market.

If you believe you have the skills and experience that match this role please submit an up to date CV and covering letter demonstrating your experience and interest in the role. In addition, to support your application, we would also require you to submit recent examples of your work. Please send these directly to recruitment@romo.com