Restaurant General Manager Dallas

Blue Shock Recruitment Solutions; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic General Manager to lead a fast-paced restaurant team. This role involves overseeing daily operations, ensuring exceptional food quality and customer service, and managing financial aspects such as inventory and labour costs. You will conduct training sessions, provide performance evaluations, and create a positive atmosphere for both staff and guests. If you are a proactive leader with a passion for excellence and team building, this is the perfect opportunity for you to shine and make a significant impact in a thriving environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a General Manager in a fast-paced restaurant.
• Proficient in financials and Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee restaurant team activities and ensure high performance.
• Manage inventory, orders, and labour cost budgets effectively.

Skills

Team Leadership

Financial Management

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Customer Service

Stress Management

Education

2+ years as General Manager

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

What You’ll Do: Reporting to the Area Manager, you will:

1. Oversee all activities of the restaurant team. Provides support/ guidance/ feedback as required for effective direction and betterment of the overall team.
2. Work closely with all team members to ensure the restaurant is at a high level of performance with respect to food quality and customer service.
3. Responsible for ensuring orders, contracts and wastage costs are within reason. Involves placing supply orders and managing systems to ensure that inventory levels are adequate, verifying invoices and submitting approved purchases for payment.
4. Schedule regular daily and/or weekly maintenance tasks. Involves arranging maintenance and repair of equipment as appropriate.
5. Manage overall labour cost budget for the restaurant. Makes any major decisions about scheduling, allocation of time for training and maintenance tasks. Involves working closely with managers and supervisors to maintain labour budgets and make proper scheduling changes or adjustments.
6. Conduct training sessions on product/policy changes with front of house staff in this location and work closely with Kitchen Manager to ensure that the kitchen team is provided training regarding any changes in food production, product specs, quality control, ingredient handling and related procedures.
7. Lead the process of providing performance evaluations for all front-of-house staff and work closely with Kitchen Manager to ensure evaluations are completed for back-of-house.

Who You Are:

1. You have 2+ years of proven experience as a General Manager in a fast-paced, sit-down restaurant environment.
2. You are experienced with financials and are very proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
3. You smoothly sail through stressful moments and are able to create a positive atmosphere for your team and guests at all times.
4. You pride yourself on your ability to build a team, build store morale and create a positive employee experience.
5. You use your solution-focused approach in every situation, and you never stop looking for ways to make things better.
6. You are always seeking to reach a higher level of personal best.
7. You are a pro in effectively delivering and communicating messages to your team – whether positive or constructive.
8. You have the full spectrum of product knowledge and business savvy required to operate a restaurant.
9. You might have future aspirations to be employed as Operations Management or in our corporate team.