Restaurant General Manager 122 views

Looking for a Restaurant General Manager

Location: South Africa

Job Type: Full-time

Description:

This posting is for highly experienced restaurant management only. Group of franchised restaurants is looking for a Head Operator who will take responsibility for 2 or more restaurants overseeing highly experienced operators in each restaurant. This role requires an individual who is highly proficient with key KPIs of restaurants but who is also willing to get their hands dirty and work the hours required in the hospitality industry. This role will report directly to owner. It is a link between restaurants in the group.

Job Duties:

Establishes restaurant business plan by surveying restaurant demand; conferring with people in the community; identifying and evaluating competitors; preparing financials, marketing, and sales projections, analyses, and estimates.

Meets restaurant financial objectives by developing financing; establishing banking relationships; preparing strategic and annual forecasts and budgets; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions; establishing and monitoring financial controls; developing and implementing strategies to increase average meal checks.

Attracts patrons by developing and implementing marketing, advertising, public and community relations programs; evaluating program results; identifying and tracking changing demands.

Controls purchases and inventory by meeting with account manager; negotiating prices and contracts; developing preferred supplier lists; reviewing and evaluating usage reports; analysing variances; taking corrective actions.

Maintains operations by preparing policies and standard operating procedures; implementing production, productivity, quality, and patron-service standards; determining and implementing system improvements.

Maintains patron satisfaction by monitoring, evaluating, and auditing food, beverage, and service offerings; initiating improvements; building relationships with preferred patrons.

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

Maintains professional and technical knowledge by tracking emerging trends in the restaurant industry; attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

Requirements:

• Candidates with group/franchise experience is a plus.
• Own transport a must.
• Candidate must be available to work hospitality hours in this role.
• Candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of financial statements and monitoring key KPIs.

Interested candidates please apply.