Restaurant General Manager

Default (All-EOS Job Aggregator); Miami (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Employer-subsidized medical, dental, &

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

Long-term disability coverage

401K employer match

Employee hotel rate discounts

Discounted F&B at portfolio locations

Professional development & tuition

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Azabu Miami and Lolo's in Miami Beach, FL, is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead daily operations of a fine-dining restaurant. You will oversee staff, control costs, ensure impeccable service, and partner with hotel management for guest satisfaction.

The role requires 5+ years in a similar position, strong knowledge of wines and cocktails, and proficiency with OpenTable and MICROS. EOS Hospitality offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in a similar position.
• Must be able to speak, hear, understand, read, and write English.
• Excellent knowledge of wine, spirits, and liquors and proper service with pairings.
• Proficiency in OpenTable or similar reservation system.
• Proficiency in MICROS or similar POS program at a managerial level.
• Food Handler’s Card.
• High school diploma.
• Knowledge of current events, culture, and culinary happenings.
• Knowledge of guest experience and interdepartmental relations.

Responsibilities

• Establish a restaurant business plan by surveying demand and forecasting budgets and projections.
• Set floor service goals and resolve problems across all service facets; anticipate trends.
• Communicate with public relations and marketing; program and evaluate results.
• Maintain SOPs; implement production, productivity, quality, and guest-service standards.
• Maintain guest satisfaction by monitoring offerings; build relationships with guests.
• Operate restaurant to high standards; coordinate with hotel management for feedback.
• Develop innovative ideas to continually deliver quality products.
• Interview, supervise, mentor, coach, train, and evaluate staff.
• Hold team members accountable and manage expectations.
• Oversee operations with other departments and cost controls.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Team building

Guest relations

Stress management

Prioritization

Education

High school diploma

Tools

OpenTable

MICROS POS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Azabu Miami and Lolo's
161 Ocean Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA

Description

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Establish a restaurant business plan by surveying restaurant demand; conferring with people in the community; identifying and evaluating competitors; preparing budgets, forecasts, financial, marketing, and sales projections, analysis, and estimates.
• Establish goals for the floor service, anticipate and resolve problems concerning all facets of the services, anticipate trends, enact approved profit-oriented and cost saving ideas/activities.
• Communicates and acts as a liason with public relations and marketing companies. Helps to program and evaluate results; identifies and tracks changing demands.
• Maintain operations by preparing policies and standard operating procedures; implement production, productivity, quality, and guest-service standards; determine and implement system improvements.
• Maintains guest satisfaction by monitoring, evaluating, and auditing food, beverage, and service offerings; initiating improvements; building relationships with all guests.
• Operate restaurants to specifications, upholding high standards, impeccable service and ensures excellent communication with Hotel Management to address their feedback and requests.
• Be proactive in developing innovative ideas to facilitate the continual delivery of exceptional quality product.
• Interviews, supervises, encourage, mentor, coach, train, develop, and evaluates staff.
• Hold all team members and managers accountable for their areas of responsibility and clearly articulated expectations.
• Maintain effective working relationship with food and beverage management, staff and all other departments.
• Manage monthly food, beverage, labor expenses to the budget, minimizing expenses and overtime.
• Oversee the ordering and inventory control of foods and beverages, supplies, and ensure that paperwork is processed for bookkeeping and payment.
Review employees’ payroll for processing.
• Report on management regarding sales results and productivity
• Act as a brand ambassador for the company.
• Act as a liaison between the community and the operation.
• Continually strive for a better understanding and education of the restaurant’s offerings, be they food, liquor or another beverage.
• Well educated in beverage industry, an extensive understanding of wines, spirits and trends in the industry.
• Enforce sanitary practices for food handling, general cleanliness, and maintenance of kitchen and dining areas.
• Ensure compliance with operational standards, company policies, federal/state/local laws, and ordinances.
• Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED LICENSE/QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE:

• Five (5) years of experience in a similar position.
• Must be able to speak, hear, understand, read, and write the English language.
• Excellent knowledge of wine, spirits, and liquors and their proper service, with the ability to design pairings and cocktails to match food.
• Proficiency in OpenTable or similar reservation system.
• Proficiency in MICROS or similar POS program on a managerial level.
• Food Handler’s Card.
• High school diploma.
• A general knowledge and understanding of current events, cultural and culinary happenings.
• Knowledge of guest experience, and interdepartmental relations new hires training and continuing education of current staff on food, wine and cocktail specifications.

PREFERRED LICENSE/QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience as General Manager in upper-casual/fine dining restaurant or luxury resort/hotel.
• Asian cuisine knowledge preferred.
• Experience with inventory and ordering of wines, liquors and other beverage essentials.
• Understanding of Department of Labor standards.

SKILLS/APTITUDES:

• Excellent communication skills (verbally interacts with management, staff and guests).
• Must be proficient in Microsoft applications (Excel/Word/Outlook).
• Must have proven leadership skills and teambuilding skills.
• Must have an aptitude for guest relations.
• Ability to work well in stressful, high-pressure situations in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to accept constructive criticism and work calmly and effectively under pressure.
• Ability to implement and uphold service standards.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work assignments.
• Capable of analyzing business outcomes and scheduling appropriately.
• Conflict resolution sensibility, both with staff and guest.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to speak and hear, vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Constant walking, sitting, and standing.
• Be able to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 8 hours).
• Be able to reach, bend, stoop
• Frequently lift up to 35 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The noise level in the work environment usually is loud.
• The employee may be exposed to the risks associated in attempting to resolve issues with difficult guests.
• Work flexible hours that may include mornings, evenings, weekends, nights and/or holidays.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Competitive pay (based on experience) with annual performance evaluations
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-funded $25K in Life insurance and $1K/mo. in long-term disability coverage
• Optional additional Disability, Life and AD&D, Critical Illness, and Accident Insurance options
• Company-funded Employee Assistance Program for life and mental health resources
• Paid Time off package plus 7 paid Holidays
• EOS Family Matters Program of 3+ months fully paid parental leave for new parents
• 401K employer match up to 4% of salary
• Discounted employee and family hotel rates as low as $59 per night at EOS Hospitality portfolio locations
• Discount of 50% Off F&B at EOS Hospitality portfolio locations during travel
• Pathways for growth and professional development including training and tuition reimbursement
• Incentive opportunities for both hourly and managerial roles
• Supportive, open workplace culture with flexible and understanding work-life equality

Equal Opportunity Employer
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