Restaurant Manager

Alberta; Calgary; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta is seeking a restaurant manager to lead daily operations, manage budgets, and optimize profitability across food and beverage services. The role involves supervising staff, controlling inventory, negotiating with suppliers, and ensuring adherence to health and safety standards.

The candidate will coordinate marketing efforts, address customer concerns, and oversee scheduling and training to maintain high service levels.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating and directing restaurant operations.
• Strong budget and cost-control abilities.
• Proven leadership and staff development skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze budget to boost restaurant profits and determine cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, and supplies.
• Oversee daily operations and adjust menus and prices according to budget.
• Balance cash, prepare reports, and conduct performance reviews.
• Train staff and organize daily operations, ensuring health and safety regulations are followed.

Skills

Budgeting

Operations management

Staff training

Leadership

Inventory control

Customer service

Job description

• Analyze budget to boost and maintain the restaurant's profits
• Develop budget to determine cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies
• Evaluate daily operations
• Modify food preparation methods and menu prices according to the restaurant budget
• Monitor staff performance
• Plan and organize daily operations
• Train staff
• Determine type of services to be offered and implement operational procedures
• Balance cash and complete balance sheets, cash reports and related forms
• Conduct performance reviews
• Cost products and services
• Enforce provincial/territorial liquor legislation and regulations
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
• Negotiate arrangements with suppliers for food and other supplies
• Participate in marketing plans and implementation
• Leading/instructing individuals
• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Provide customer service

Supervision

Staff in various areas of responsibility

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Ability to multitask
• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

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Interest in co-ordinating information to direct, control and evaluate the operation of food and beverage service establishments, to implement and modify operational procedures, to assign staff duties and to oversee staff training

DIRECTIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to direct, control and evaluate the operation of food and beverage service establishments, to implement and modify operational procedures, to assign staff duties and to oversee staff training

METHODICAL

Interest in setting work schedules, monitoring staff performance, controlling inventory and ensuring that health and safety regulations are followed

SOCIAL

Interest in negotiating arrangements with suppliers for food and other materials, and with clients for catering and use of facilities for banquets and receptions

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job

Do you like hosting people? Are you good with schedules, staffing, and inventory? Do you have the stamina to work long hours when necessary? Then a career as a restaurant manager may be food for thought.

Are you passionate about organizing events for large groups of people? Are you a natural leader and have great problem solving skills? Then why not see if you can get your teeth into a career as a banquet manager?

Do you enjoy planning and organizing meals for large groups? Do you have good supervisory and problem-solving skills? Then you may want to plan a career as a caterer.