As General Restaurant Manager you will:
- Overseeing the daily operation of the Restaurant, ensuring the highest standards and customer experience are delivered and maintained.
- Be part of the restaurant team take orders and serve guests as and when required.
- Identify areas for growth and commercial opportunities.
- Responsible for all cash and monies at the venue, responsible for end of day cashing up and that all the financial information is reported accurately and correctly
- Responsible for training junior managers to cash up correctly and taking responsibility for all monies within the site
- Responsible for the security of the site and that the doors are locked and the alarm is switched on when the duty manager leaves the venue
- Ensure that no contracts, deals, or agreements are entered into at the venue. All requests for signatures must be referred to head office
- Maximising profitability by controlling all Restaurant costs without jeopardising quality.
- Leading the restaurant team to adopt and comply with company’s best practice while continuing to deliver the highest standards of food and service.
- Assessing the Restaurant team performance and ensuring all team members are trained and developed.
- Assisting with the design and implementation of the succession planning of the Restaurant team.
- Contribute to the implementation of the People Strategy, ensuring all restaurants are compliant with the law and HR best practice at all times.
- Ensure the Restaurants are equipped with the tools and resources required to be successful, including equipment and human resources.
- Responsible for all wet and food stock and ordering supplies. Ensuring that all stocktakes are carried out on a Monday unless told otherwise and are done accurately to company standard
- Auditing inventory levels to ensure product availability, and ordering products as necessary
- Implement and drive a culture of continuous development within the team, including learning and development, coaching, performance reviews, succession planning.
Key skills we’re looking for:
- Previous experience of managing busy restaurants.
- Inventory Management, Training Experience, Staff Scheduling, POS Systems, Advanced Knowledge of Cash Registers/ Money Handling
- Strong financial understanding
- IT literate with a good level of understanding of and familiarity with computer programs.
- Relevant qualifications and training
- A skilful planner, organizer, and decision maker.
- Able to create effective and collaborative working relationships with others.
- An individual who encourages a positive ‘can do’ approach, sets clear direction and keeps the team motivated to deliver.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to bring people together.
- Personal License holder
