Bar Manager

The Pinnacle; Shire of Yarra Ranges; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pinnacle in Fitzroy North is inviting an experienced Bar Manager to take full ownership of the bar and beverage program. You’ll manage the list, cellar, stock, margins and standards, while leading the FOH team on the floor alongside the GM.

You’ll drive the beverage program, oversee ordering, stocktakes and pricing, train staff, and ensure peak trade runs smoothly. This role suits someone with 2+ years in bar leadership, deep beverage knowledge, and a hands-on approach to coaching the team.

Qualifications

• Two+ years running a bar or in a senior FOH leadership role in a busy venue.
• Genuine beverage depth — beer, wine and spirits, with confidence on stock, margin and product
• Experience owning ordering and stocktake, not just executing someone else’s system
• Comfortable leading a full service period without a manager behind you
• Current Victorian RSA

Responsibilities

• The beverage program: tap rotation, keg management, wine and spirits ordering, supplier relations and cellar organisation.
• Manage beverage GP to target, wastage, POS data, and margin movement.
• Maintain bar standards: setup/close, pour standards, glassware and equipment.
• Lead on the floor with the GM, manage busy service periods and staff allocation.
• Train and develop FOH team, guide trial shifts and new starters.
• Close and cash-up: end-of-night procedures, cash handling and reporting.

Skills

Bar management

Leadership

Stock control

Beverage depth

Education

Victorian RSA

Job description

Beer, wine, spirits and a room full of regulars. Come and take the reins of the bar at a proper Fitzroy North pub. $75-85k + super

The Pinnacle is a proper Melbourne pub — seven days, big Sundays, a public bar that fills on trivia nights and a dining room that doesn't let the standard slip. Taps, parmas, regulars who've been coming for years, and a team that takes it seriously without taking itself seriously.

We're looking for a Bar Manager to take full ownership of the bar and the beverage program. The bar is yours end to end — the list, the cellar, the stock, the margin, and the standards behind the taps. But this isn't a role that lives behind the bar. You'll be on the floor through service leading the wider FOH team alongside our GM, and you'll have a hand in how the whole room runs.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• The beverage program: tap rotation and keg management, wine and spirits ordering to par, supplier relationships, cellar organisation and line cleaning schedules, stocktake cycles and variance
• The numbers: holding beverage GP to target, managing wastage, keeping POS product and pricing data accurate, flagging margin movement early with a fix attached
• Bar standards: speed and consistency through peak trade, setup and close, specs and pour standards, glassware and equipment, the bar looking and running the way it should at 9pm on a Saturday
• Floor leadership: running service alongside the GM, holding the room on busy nights, allocating the floor, and sorting problems before guests notice them
• Training and development: building product knowledge across the whole FOH team, guiding trial shifts and new starters through their first weeks, and developing the supervisors coming up behind you
• Close and cash-up: running end-of-night procedures, cash handling and reconciliation, and end-of-day reporting

What We’re Looking For

You know a pub is a business, not just a service point. You can order, count, cost and pour, and you know which of those actually moves the number. You're calm at peak, you set a standard and hold it, and you're as comfortable reading the room as you are reading a stocktake. Specifically, we’re looking for:

• Two or more years running a bar, or in a senior FOH leadership role in a busy venue
• Genuine beverage depth — beer, wine and spirits, with real confidence on stock, margin and product
• Experience owning ordering and stocktake, not just executing someone else’s system
• Comfortable leading a full service period without a manager standing behind you
• Someone who trains and develops rather than just supervisors
• Current Victorian RSA
• Rostering and wage cost exposure well regarded

What Success Looks Like

• Beverage GP hits target consistently — every month, not one good one
• The bar runs the same way whether you’re on or not, because the standard is trained in rather than supervised in
• Stock is accurate, variances are explained, and nothing runs out on a Saturday
• The floor team knows the product and can sell it — the whole room, not just the bar
• The people coming up behind you are getting better, and one of them is ready to step up

Why This Role

The bar is genuinely yours to run, in a pub that backs its leaders and is growing. You’ll have real autonomy over the beverage program, ongoing development through PAX Hospitality, and a clear path forward for the right person.