Restaurant Manager

COREcruitment Ltd; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

COREcruitment Ltd. is seeking an experienced Restaurant Manager to lead the front-of-house operations of a luxury resort dining venue in Kelowna. The role involves overseeing fine dining, a lounge, seasonal outdoor dining and a boardwalk setting, ensuring exceptional guest experiences.

You will manage and develop service teams, coordinate with culinary and events departments, and uphold health, safety, and liquor service standards across all dining experiences.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of restaurant management experience in full-service/hotel or resort environments.
• Proven experience leading and developing front-of-house teams.
• Strong understanding of financial performance, labour management, inventory and cost controls.
• Experience with POS, reservations and inventory management systems.
• Excellent communication, organization and problem-solving skills.
• Flexible to work evenings, weekends, holidays and seasonal peak periods.
• Serving It Right certification; FoodSafe, First Aid or WSET qualifications are assets.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily front-of-house operations, ensuring consistently high service standards and an exceptional guest experience.
• Lead, develop and motivate managers, supervisors and service teams.
• Manage recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, performance reviews and team development.
• Monitor budgets, revenue, labour costs and product costs and overall financial performance.
• Oversee beverage menus, pricing, costing, promotions and upselling initiatives.
• Manage inventory, purchasing, ordering, stock rotation and loss prevention.
• Work closely with culinary, events and other resort departments to ensure smooth operations.
• Maintain health, safety, food safety and liquor service standards.

Skills

Front‑of‑house leadership

Team development

Financial acumen

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

POS systems

Reservations systems

Inventory management software

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Restaurant Manager to lead the front-of-house operations of a luxury resort dining venue in Kelowna. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on hospitality leader to oversee a range of dining experiences, including fine dining, a lounge, seasonal outdoor dining and a boardwalk setting.

The Role

• Oversee daily front-of-house operations, ensuring consistently high service standards and an exceptional guest experience.
• Lead, develop and motivate managers, supervisors and service teams.
• Manage recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, performance reviews and team development.
• Monitor budgets, revenue, labour costs, product costs and overall financial performance.
• Oversee beverage menus, pricing, costing, promotions and upselling initiatives.
• Manage inventory, purchasing, ordering, stock rotation and loss prevention.
• Work closely with culinary, events and other resort departments to ensure smooth operations.
• Maintain health, safety, food safety and liquor service standards.

The Ideal Candidate

• Minimum 4 years of restaurant management experience, ideally within a full-service restaurant, hotel, resort or elevated dining environment.
• Proven experience leading and developing front-of-house teams.
• Strong understanding of financial performance, labour management, inventory and cost controls.
• Experience with POS, reservations and inventory management systems.
• Excellent communication, organization and problem-solving skills.
• Flexible to work evenings, weekends, holidays and seasonal peak periods.
• Serving It Right certification required; FoodSafe, First Aid or WSET qualifications are an asset.