Area Manager - Durban

Craven Cottage CC; Durban; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Craven Cottage CC in Durban seeks a Multisite Management professional to enhance restaurant operating standards and ensure compliance. This role requires proven leadership skills and the ability to manage multiple locations effectively.

The ideal candidate will monitor profitability, identify operational risks, and provide strategic direction to restaurant management teams while adhering to company policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience at a Multisite Management level.
• Strong Leadership ability and communication skills.
• Ability to manage down effectively with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and improve restaurant profitability.
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability in operations.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction to management teams.

Skills

Leadership ability

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Stress tolerance

Market knowledge

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Micros

Job description

Duties

• Stay tuned in with emerging trends that will affect the business
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability by consistently improving restaurant operating standards and taking the necessary corrective action
• Monitor poor performing restaurants. Implement and execute corrective action plans to improve poor operating or low profitability restaurants
• Ensure standards and regulation compliance of the Ops team.
• Identify and communicate operational and financial risks and create corrective action plans
• Monitor and improve restaurant profitability
• Submit daily, weekly and monthly & other required reports on a timely basis
• Provide leadership, coaching & strategic direction to restaurant management teams.

Requirements

• Proven experience at a Multisite Management level.
• Tertiary qualification advantageous.
• Strong Leadership ability.
• Ability to delegate and manage down effectively.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Word skills.
• High attention to detail and process driven.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Discretion and integrity.
• Problem analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Stress tolerance.
• Decision-making.
• Strong market knowledge and experience in working across various functions, businesses and regions.
• Previous knowledge of Micros advantageous