Restaurant & Bar Manager

Recruit Genie; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre in Birmingham is seeking a Restaurant & Bar Manager to lead the restaurant and bar operations across multiple sites, ensuring guests receive outstanding hospitality and service aligned with the hotel’s five-year plan.

You will manage targets, rosters, budgets, and policies, coach the team to improve performance, and drive initiatives to enhance guest experiences and revenue while maintaining knowledge of products, services, pricing, and local area.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar standard hotel or hospitality establishment.
• Highly organised with strong delegation and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead restaurant and bar operations across multiple sites, meeting guest expectations and supporting the Hotel’s 5-year plan.
• Ensure the F&B team delivers exemplary hospitality at all times.
• Ensure food and drink are served promptly and to the Hotel’s standards.
• Set targets, rotas, budgets, policies and procedures aligned to the Hotel’s 5-year plan.
• Coach, train and develop the restaurant and bar team to build capability and engagement.
• Introduce initiatives that enhance the guest experience and generate additional revenue.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Hotel products, services, pricing and policies, and of the local area.
• Protect and improve profit by monitoring waste and breakages and taking corrective action.
• Maximise revenue through accurate billing at all times.
• Coach the team to maximise upselling in a discreet, professional way.

Job description

We’re proud to be a certified B Corp – one of only seven hotels/hotel groups in the UK to earn this prestigious accreditation. This means we’re part of a global community of businesses committed to using profits and purpose to make a positive impact on people and the planet. If you want to be part of a team that values sustainability, inclusivity and meaningful work, we’d love to hear from you.

We currently have a great opportunity for someone to join our Food & Beverage Team as Restaurant & Bar Manager. You will be responsible for the efficient operational delivery of the restaurant and bars to the Hotel’s high standards and the expectations of our guests. Along with the support you would expect from our Food & Beverage team, you will have a fantastic opportunity to develop and grow these important functions, in line with your own and the Hotel’s aspirations to be a world-class hospitality destination.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the restaurant and bar operation across multiple sites, meeting guest expectations and supporting the Hotel’s 5-year plan.
• Ensure the F&B team delivers exemplary hospitality at all times.
• Ensure food and drink are served promptly and to the Hotel’s standards.
• With the Co-Lead F&B Manager, set targets, rotas, budgets, policies and procedures aligned to the Hotel’s 5-year plan.
• Manage, coach, train and develop the restaurant and bar team to build capability, performance and engagement.
• With the Co-Lead F&B Manager, introduce initiatives that enhance the guest experience and generate additional revenue.
• Ensure the team has up-to-date knowledge of Hotel products, services, pricing and policies, and of the local area.
• Protect and improve profit by monitoring waste and breakages and taking corrective action.
• Maximise revenue through accurate billing at all times.
• Coach the team to maximise upselling in a discreet, professional way.

About you:

You will be an influential, guest and team-focused individual who has the necessary experience and successful track record of achievement at this level, within a similar standard hotel or hospitality establishment. You will be a highly organised forward planner and be able to accomplish the workload of the team by effective delegation.

The Hotel reserves the right to close the vacancy early, should suitable applicants be found.

Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and applicants will be shortlisted and recruited on the sole basis of their relevant skills, experience and qualifications. If you have a disability and require any adjustment to be made to the recruitment process in order for you to participate, please contact [e-mail] or call the People & Culture Team on 0121 414 8927.