Restaurant Assistant Manager

The Restaurant Recruiter; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality recruitment firm in London is seeking a Restaurant Assistant Manager for a busy Cafe & Cocktail Bar. The ideal candidate will have a passion for hospitality and experience in leadership within the restaurant industry. Responsibilities include managing a large team, training staff, and ensuring high standards of service. This position offers competitive compensation and a vibrant work environment with opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership roles in hospitality.
• Successful track record in managing teams.
• Strong understanding of bars and wines.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of a large Cafe & Cocktail Bar.
• Train and develop a large team.
• Drive performance and manage day-to-day challenges.

Skills

Passionate about hospitality

Leadership

Excellent communication

Experience in bars and restaurants

Team building

Job description

Restaurant Assistant Manager - £37,500 to £40,000 per year-London

(Floor Manager / Duty Manager)

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a strong Restaurant Floor Manager who will support a large Cafe & Cocktail Bar in a team of over 150 full time colleagues.

The position would suit an experienced AGM in a smaller restaurant looking to develop into a larger independent brand or an accomplished Assistant Manager from a large, high footfall, high street brand.

The Business:

Ourrestaurant and cocktail bar is busy, very busy. There are 7locations in Londonas well as locations in Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh.

We are a large, multi-floor restaurant and cocktail bar and open from breakfast, lunch and dinner closing at midnight. Our teams are employed in full-time contracts and we offer a career path in all departments, a clear development plan and an incredible culture forlike-minded career professionals.Our restaurants seat around 300-400 over2, 3 or 4floors with a classic cocktail bar serving almost 1500 guests per day.

We are values-led and support a team of driven hospitality professionals. And we are busy, super busy!

You must be:

• Passionate, knowledgeable and love what you do
• Natural leader, coach and mentor, hands-on and lead from the front attitude
• A great communicator and team builder, able to build relationships at all levels
• Be self-aware, able to take on challenges and understand the expectation from your team above and below
• Accomplished in known bars and restaurants, consistent and accomplished in previous roles
• Have developed your career in hospitality from role to role

Be able to:

• Demonstrate your ability to train, develop and lead a team
• Demonstrate your previous accomplishments in bars and restaurants
• Understand brand and values and be able to define a values-led business
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and self-awareness
• Lead a large team and demonstrate how you will deliver a high standard
• Demonstrate your understanding of the relative PnL areas to your role
• Understand challenges and how to drive performance day-to-day
• Bars and wine knowledge

We’re a candidate-driven business, what we’ll do is grab a quick chat with you to really understand what you’re looking for and then present to you what we feel may fit. We may have another opportunity thatmay interest you and we’ll talk through this on-call.

We partner with values-led clients that we feel present the best career opportunities and have a strong growth strategy to open new businesses and develop their teams up.