Restaurant Manager- L'Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue Llc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 71,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Exemplar Luxury Group in New York is seeking a Restaurant Manager to champion operational and cultural excellence, leading by example, maximizing team talents, and upholding luxury hospitality standards.

You will drive daily profitability, ensure exceptional guest experiences, and collaborate with the General Restaurant Manager and Executive Chef to deliver seasonal profit plans and support promotional events.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the flawless execution of quality, ambiance, and cleanliness across all dining rooms and kitchens, ensuring strict adherence to Health and Safety standards.
• Drives the restaurant team to consistently achieve and maintain a 90% score or better on seasonal secret shop reports and health sanitation evaluations.
• Reviews preliminary profit and loss (P&L) reports, manages inventory counts, processes batch invoices, and assists with month-end forecasting to protect the bottom line.
• Maintains accurate documentation to project, finalize, and achieve seasonal profit plans.
• Collaborates with the General Restaurant Manager and Executive Chef to address daily operational needs and support specialized promotional events.
• Oversees restaurant Associates in their daily responsibilities, driving a hospitality-first mindset on the floor.
• Acts as the primary mentor for direct reports, providing consistent feedback, career development, and conflict resolution.
• Enforces Saks Global policies and procedures uniformly, delivering disciplinary action and performance improvement plans when necessary.
• Works closely with People Business Partners (PBPs) on strategic talent initiatives, including onboarding, training, payroll accuracy, and benefits administration.

Job description

Salary Range $70,915 - $88,644*

Job Description: The Restaurant Manager champions the operational and cultural excellence of ELG Restaurants. In this role, you will lead by example, maximizing the unique talents of your team, upholding luxury hospitality standards, and executing key culinary and business initiatives. You are responsible for driving daily profitability, fostering a high-performance culture, and ensuring every guest enjoys an exceptional dining experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Restaurant Strategy & Administration Standards & Compliance: Oversees the flawless execution of quality, ambiance, and cleanliness across all dining rooms and kitchens, ensuring strict adherence to Health and Safety standards.
• Performance Metrics: Drives the restaurant team to consistently achieve and maintain a 90% score or better on seasonal secret shop reports and health sanitation evaluations.
• Financial Management: Reviews preliminary profit and loss (P&L) reports, manages inventory counts, processes batch invoices, and assists with month-end forecasting to protect the bottom line.
• Strategic Planning: Maintains accurate documentation to project, finalize, and achieve seasonal profit plans.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborates with the General Restaurant Manager and Executive Chef to address daily operational needs and support specialized promotional events.
• Associate Development & Culture Talent Leadership: Oversees restaurant Associates in their daily responsibilities, driving a hospitality-first mindset on the floor.
• Coaching & Counseling: Acts as the primary mentor for direct reports, providing consistent feedback, career development, and conflict resolution.
• Performance Management: Enforces Saks Global policies and procedures uniformly, delivering disciplinary action and performance improvement plans when necessary.
• HR Liaison: Works closely with People Business Partners (PBPs) on strategic talent initiatives, including onboarding, training, payroll accuracy, and benefits administration.

Exemplar Luxury Group is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

Compensation for this role varies by geographic location. The listed range reflects multiple markets, including higher-cost areas. Actual starting pay will be determined based on work location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Exemplar Luxury Group is a world-renowned luxury ecommerce destination. The company’s unique approach combines a focus on the digital customer experience with a strong connection to a network of extraordinary stores that extends that seamless experience into the real world. On its website and app, Exemplar Luxury Group offers an unparalleled selection of curated merchandise across fashion for women and men, beauty, jewelry, home décor and more. In addition to the shopping experience, customers come to Exemplar Luxury Group for inspiring editorial content, access to digital stylists, lifestyle experiences and other world-class services. The company is currently in the midst of a dramatic expansion, driven by significant enhancements to its platforms and offerings, with the goal of becoming the preeminent destination for luxury internationally.