Restaurant Manager

The Capital Hotels, Apartments & Resorts; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in Gqeberha is seeking an experienced Restaurant Manager to oversee restaurant operations, ensure high-quality service, and maintain profitability. The ideal candidate will have a hospitality management qualification and experience in a similar role. Key skills include strong leadership, effective communication, and acute financial management. The position offers opportunities for growth and recognition within the company culture that values employee input and development.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years proven work experience as a Restaurant Manager or similar role.
• Extensive food and beverage knowledge.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the restaurant’s revenue and profitability goals.
• Ensure an efficient restaurant operation.
• Maintain high customer-service standards.

Skills

Strong leadership

Customer service experience

Financial management skills

Effective communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Education

Matric

Hospitality or Food Services Management Qualification

Tools

Restaurant management software

Job description

Overview

The Capital Hotels stands for equal opportunity while transforming the Hospitality Industry into a modern aspirational industry. We believe that the industry is broken and needs to reinvent the image of service and hospitality. We are achieving this through our incredible staff culture. Our dedicated staff believe in offering the highest level of guest service to our guests while maintaining their dignity and integrity. Our staff are our everything!

Why work for us?

Our staff love coming to work as they feel respected, appreciated, heard, successful and secure. Imagine a company where managers don’t manage managers, we are all simply doers. Making decisions in regard to our best employees also comes fast, where we recognise talent and reward it quickly through promotions. We don’t need to or want to wait for approval. We recruit on experience but promote on values — the core of which is rigor, disciplined thought and disciplined

Description

The Restaurant Manager’s responsibilities include maintaining the restaurant’s revenue, profitability and quality goals. You will ensure an efficient restaurant operation, as well as maintain high production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards.

Minimum Requirements

• Matric
• Hospitality or Food Services Management Qualification
• 1 - 2 Years proven work experience as a Restaurant Manager or similar role
• Proven customer service experience as a manager
• Extensive food and beverage (F&B) knowledge, with ability to remember and recall ingredients and dishes to inform customers and waitering staff
• Familiarity with restaurant management software
• Strong leadership, motivational and people skills
• Acute financial management skills
• Hands on problem solving approach and the ability to remain calm under pressure
• Friendly, courteous and service-orientated
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently
• Effective communication with members of staff as well as guests of the hotel
• Honest and trustworthy
• Great attention to detail
• Presentable/professional appearance and well spoken
• Team player who leads by example
• Proactive in approach
• Interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills

Please note that relocation costs will be at your own expense should your application be successful and you reside outside of the city where the hotel is located.