Restaurant Manager

Job Purpose:

Pleases customers by providing a pleasant dining experience.

Duties:

* Accomplishes restaurant human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining shift managers and employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

* Coordinate with owners to develop restaurant operational objectives and goals; implementing productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.

* Manage monthly profit and loss statements.  Eventually, we would like to meet restaurant financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

* Plans menus by consulting with chefs; estimates food costs and profits; adjusts menus.

* Controls costs by reviewing portion control and quantities of preparation; minimizing waste; ensuring high quality of preparation.

* Avoids legal challenges by conforming to the regulations of the alcoholic beverage commission.

* Maximizes bar profitability by ensuring portion control; monitoring accuracy of charges.

* Publicizes the restaurant by designing and placing advertisements; inviting food editors to review the restaurant; contacting local, regional, and national magazines with feature ideas; encouraging local businesses to hold social events at the restaurant.

* Maintains safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations; securing revenues; maintaining security systems; maintaining parking lot and walkways.

* Maintains ambiance by controlling lighting, background music, linen service, glassware, dinnerware, and utensil quality and placement; monitoring food presentation and service.

 

Skills/Qualifications:

People Management, Planning, Foster Teamwork, Giving Feedback, Customer Service, Self-Motivated, High Energy Level, Multi-tasking, Resolving Conflict, Verbal Communication, Point of Sale/Computer Experience, Full Service Restaurant Experience helpful