Restaurant Manager at Corporate Staffing

Our client is fast becoming a lead in luxury living. They seek to recruit a highly competent and proactive Restaurant Manager to be responsible for the maintenance of food standards, recruitment, training, inventory control, local marketing initiatives and offering exceptional customer service.

Industry: Hospitality

Gross Salary:  Competitive

Location: Nairobi

Responsibilities

• Directs staff to ensure that food safety, product preparation, and cleanliness standards are maintained.
• Responsible for inventory and money control systems
• Recruit, reward and terminate staff as needed.
• Communicate changes in food preparations formulas, standards, etc. to staff.
• Ensures that all local and national health and food safety codes are maintained and company safety and security policies are followed
• Support local and national marketing initiatives.
• Promote and market the restaurant
• Identify and contact prospective customers to promote sales.
• Plan special events and promotions.
• Coaches and trains shift managers, and assistant managers, on operational excellence. Monitor training processes to ensure quality training of employees.
• Assist in developing new hire orientation programs and rewards programs.
• Develop and maintain staffing levels for Supervisors and Assistant Managers.
• Ensures that correct operational procedures are followed and takes corrective action if necessary
• Works with staff to achieve sales goals, using available reports to identify opportunities.

Job Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in a relevant field
• Must have 3-5 years of successful, operational management experience in a high end restaurant environment.
• People management skills with strength in people development/ training, implementation of standards and structuring of a team
• International experience is desirable
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
• Basic math and accounting skills and strong analytical/decision making skills are needed;
• Demonstrated achievement in staff selection, coaching and development.