General Manager

Paradies Lagardère; Palm Springs (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Paradies Lagardère in Palm Springs seeks a General Manager to lead our Vino Volo wine-focused restaurant. You will guide the team to deliver exceptional guest service, mentor staff, and manage profitability while showcasing wine knowledge and a premier guest experience.

Responsibilities include coaching, upholding standards, safety/compliance, and driving sales of flights, glasses, meals, and retail wine. A strong background in full-service restaurant management is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in a full-service restaurant.
• Serve Safe Food Manager’s Certification within six months of hire.
• Bachelor of Science in hotel/restaurant management is desirable; practical hospitality experience may supplement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach team to deliver extraordinary guest service and wine expertise.
• Drive profitability and guest satisfaction through strategic operations and cost controls.
• Oversee food quality, service standards, sanitation, and restaurant cleanliness.
• Ensure HACCP compliance, safety protocols, and staff training adherence.
• Develop bench strength and succession plans for key roles within the unit.

Skills

Leadership

Guest service

Wine knowledge

Team mentoring

Operations management

Education

Bachelor of Science in hotel/restaurant management

Tools

Inventory systems

Forecasting software

Scheduling systems

MS Office

Job description

This position requires that you embody a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and team members at all times. We invite you to embrace our family culture by following the Vino Volo core values: Be Extraordinary, Cultivate Community, Plant and Grow, and Share the Wine.

Responsibilities

The General Manager will provide 100% support and commitment to achieving the company’s strategic goals including profitable growth, guest satisfaction and associate engagement. The General Manager is responsible for ensuring that their team surprises and delights Vino Volo customers through sophisticated customer service and wine expertise at the tasting bar, in the tasting lounge, or in the retail section of the restaurant. The General Manager strives to develop and mentor the their team, acting as a role model and a teacher. The primary goals of the General Manager are to lead and coach his or her team to 1) impress customers with the quality of the Vino Volo experience; and 2) sell flights, glasses, food pairings and retail bottles of wine to these same customers. Functions include, but are not limited to the following areas:

People

Build a great workplace for strong performers by promoting and driving an engaged workforce, career development, and learning.

• Must be passionate about supporting your TEAM!
• Inspire and mentor all team members to reach their full potential. Develop bench strength for all positions within your assigned area of responsibility, ensuring upward mobility for high performing team members and managers.
• Consistently recognize team members when they excel. Ensure that a coaching culture thrives, holding direct reports accountable to all policies and standard operating procedures.
• Source high potential candidates using a variety of recruiting avenues. Ensure each candidate is screened using approved interview guides.
• Ensure all direct reports complete all compliance based and brand specific training by the due date.
• Set clear performance goals and expectations for your team. Following up consistently, providing feedback on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure performance evaluations and associate coaching is delivered on a timely basis.
• Drive associate engagement through a variety of methods, including the annual engagement survey. Be an active listener and leader, holding regularly scheduled meetings to assess the team’s morale and making necessary adjustments.

Operational Excellence

• Must have a passion for the guest!
• Must say “Yes”, “Please” and “Thank You”!
• Must smile often!
• Ensure positive guest service in all areas. Investigate and resolve complaints concerning food quality and service, responding to guests with a resolution within 24 hours. Take all appropriate actions to turn dissatisfied guests into return guests.
• Role model the behaviors and service expectations you have of your team.
• Maintain professional restaurant image, including restaurant cleanliness, food quality and presentation standards, and dress code.
• Be a visible presence. Available to members of the management team, hourly associates, guests, and airport partners. Monitor the performance of your team and operational systems, making adjustments as necessary.
• Create a culture that promotes a safe and healthy environment.
• Ensure that all HACCP related initiatives are being followed and acted on when necessary. Enforce sanitary practices for food handling, general cleanliness, and maintenance of kitchen and dining areas.
• Ensure consistent high quality of food preparation and service.
• Ensure all opening and closing checklist are being used and take appropriate disciplinary action when they are not.
• Verify that all nightly, weekly, and monthly closing procedures are completed accurately, including paperwork, time adjustments, and voucher and invoice data entry.

Profitable Growth

• Analyze financial data on a daily basis and take appropriate action to maintain profitability.
• Ensure schedules are written to maximize sales and ensure guest satisfaction. Labor and payroll goals, as a percentage of sales, must be achieved.
• Maintain an acceptable food cost percentage by overseeing food and beverage purchasing, quality and cost control.
• Ensure all recipe and portioning standards are being followed to minimize costs.
• Monitor supply purchases, utility usage and miscellaneous expenditures, making adjustments as necessary to ensure profitability.
• Ensure personnel/payroll related administrative duties are completed accurately, on time, and following company policies and procedures.
• Ensure that proper security and loss prevention procedures are in place to protect associates, guests, and company assets.
• Ensure a safe working and guest environment to reduce the risk of injury and accidents. Completes accident reports promptly if a guest or associate is injured.
• Review financial information frequently with the management team to assist with achieving financial goals. All managers are required to know the cost and budget goals.

Innovation

• Must have a thorough understanding of all hardware and software systems that are used. This includes inventory, purchasing, forecasting, scheduling and time keeping, email, and electronic filing systems.
• Demonstrate the ability to adapt and adjust readily to fast-moving, ever-changing circumstances, and utilize problem-solving skills and resourcefulness to solve situations.
• In response to key observations, you must be innovative and collaborative in driving departmental success.

Productivity

• Exhibit efficiency in completing job requirements through working with a sense of urgency, consolidating tasks, delegating, and empowering others while managing their efforts.
• Self-driven, work independently, and always do the right thing.
• Ensure compliance with operational standards, company policies, federal/state/local laws, and ordinances.
• Must be able to sustain performance under conditions of stress—such as tight deadlines and detailed questioning.

Effective Communication

• Role model and provide accessibility to all management and staff for open communication, leadership, direction, and motivation.
• Open-minded to feedback.
• Must have sufficient self-confidence, poise, charisma, and interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively as part of a team and to take part in professional discussions.
• Must demonstrate the ability to be a team player and quick learner in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with varying levels of patrons and team members present.
• Must exhibit leadership courage and the ability to coach up as well as coach direct reports.

Position Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in a full-service restaurant.
• Obtain and maintain current Serve Safe Food Manager’s Certification within six months of hire/promotion.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 25 lbs. perform essential job functions such as standing, bending, reaching, climbing on a ladder, and walking long distances.
• Standing for long periods and the ability to work in an environment with varying temperatures.
• Bachelor of Science degree in hotel/restaurant management is desirable. A combination of practical experience and education will be considered as an alternative.
• Proficient in the following dimensions of restaurant functions: food planning and preparation, purchasing, sanitation, security, company policies and procedures, personnel management, recordkeeping, and preparation of reports.
• Must agree to work various shifts in a 7/365 team-oriented environment. The schedule is determined by business needs.
• Proficiency required in reading and writing, Microsoft Office Suite, and mathematics.

Five or more years as a General Manager, Assistant General Manager, or Floor Manager of a well-respected fullservice restaurant, F&B Manager at full-service hotel or equivalent position in the hospitality industry; and

Strong foundation in wine fundamentals. Two or more years performing in some aspect of the wine industry preferred but not required. Examples include wine distribution, fine dining, wine retail or wine production

A four-year college degree is preferred, and two years of college education is required.

This position description is merely intended to describe the primary elements of the position. Paradies Lagardère reserves the right to change the position description and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as necessary. This position description does not constitute an employment contract of any kind.