Area Manager - Restaurant Operations

Life & Brand Portfolio; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the hospitality sector is seeking a self-directed Restaurant Area Manager in Johannesburg. The role involves ensuring operational excellence across multiple sites, improving profitability, and leading restaurant teams. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and experience in a multisite management environment.

Qualifications

• Experience at a multisite management level.
• Valid driver's license required.
• High attention to detail and process-driven.

Responsibilities

• Improve restaurant operating standards.
• Monitor poor performing restaurants.
• Provide leadership to restaurant management teams.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Analytical

Communication

Organizational

Attention to detail

Market knowledge

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

Micros

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Life & Brand Portfolio is looking for a self-directed and detail oriented Restaurant Area Manager. The ideal candidate should have good organizational skills and experience in both leading and working as part of a team in the hospitality or food industry.

OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

• Proven experience at a Multisite Management level;
• Must have a valid drivers licence;
• Must have multisite experience;
• 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;
• Analytical;
• 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.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO CANDIDATES FROM A PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND, IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYMENT EQUITY.

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