Restaurant Operations Manager

Symposium Cafe Restaurant; Oakville; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Symposium Cafe Restaurant in Oakville, Ontario seeks an experienced operations manager to lead daily restaurant functions on site. You will develop budgets, supervise staff, and ensure compliance with liquor regulations while optimizing profitability.

The role requires budgeting experience, strong leadership and the ability to coordinate catering or facility use, marketing initiatives, and customer service in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in budgeting and restaurant operations is preferred.
• Knowledge of provincial liquor legislation and regulations is required.
• Strong leadership and staff management capabilities.
• Ability to balance cash, reports, and related forms.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Monitor revenues to determine labour cost.
• Monitor staff performance.
• Plan and organize daily operations.
• Set staff work schedules.
• 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.
• 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.
• Negotiate with clients for catering or use of facilities.
• Participate in marketing plans and implementation.
• Leading/instructing individuals.
• Address customers' complaints or concerns.
• Provide customer service

Skills

Accurate

Client focus

Dependability

Interpersonal skills

Oral communication

Flexibility

Organized

Reliability

Team player

Multitask

Education

College/CEGEP

Tools

MS Office

Point of sale system

Electronic cash register

Job description

Symposium Cafe Restaurant in Oakville, Ontario seeks an experienced operations manager to lead daily restaurant functions on site. You will develop budgets, supervise staff, and ensure compliance with liquor regulations while optimizing profitability.

The role requires budgeting experience, strong leadership and the ability to coordinate catering or facility use, marketing initiatives, and customer service in a fast-paced setting.