Restaurant Manager - Forbes Street by Gareth Mull…

The ideal candidate should have recent restaurant management experience in a luxury hotel or stand alone restaurant, be passionate about delivering excellent service and leading a team.

Management responsibilities:

To ensure the hotel achieves the Leading Hotels of the World Quality Assurance targets and that the highest standards of luxury and quality are delivered consistently to our guests.
To deliver excellent care to our guests
To carry out departmental audits to ensure LHQA is achieved by all team members.

Specific Restaurant Duties

- To ensure weekly bar payroll forecasting is completed and that rosters are in line with budget.
- To ensure departmental costs are in line with budget.
- To ensure that the Restaurant is well organized daily for expected business levels
- To ensure the Bar operates under our HACCP, Fire, Health & Safety guidelines.
- To monitor and control food & beverage stock levels, costs, procedures and stock takes.
- To conduct monthly equipment stocktaking as per the required standards
- To monitor and identify urgent equipment requirements
- To drive bookings for quieter periods to maximize revenue
- To ensure the team are trained and working according to LQA standards
- To implement of training procedures to drive standards in the outlets
- To lead the Restaurant department with regards to sales
- To update menus and prices on POS
- To prepare effective rosters to suit business demands
- To carry out briefings with the team to ensure consistency

Leadership Competencies

- Self-motivated and sets a positive example for employees by their attitude and performance
- Demonstrates high levels of energy, enthusiasm and professionalism
- Encourages the team towards Hotel and individual objectives and aims
- Shows concern for their team members and interacts with them in a positive manner
- Provides a great work environment and treating each other with dignity and respect and embracing diversity
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills and regularly shows an ability to adjust their approach to deal with different people and situations
- Communicates in a structured and effective manner with their team
- Builds and sustains effective relationships with employees and customers
- Motivates, inspires and empowers others to improved performance
- Fully knowledgeable and compliant with the leading Hotels of the World LQA program.

Qualifications
Requirements:

- Previous experience in Restaurant Management essential
- Previous experience in a 5* hotel desirable