Food and Beverage Restaurant Manager
| Location | Sewanee, TN |
| Property | The Sewanee Inn |
| Date Posted | October 13, 2017 |
| Job Type | Food & Beverage, Management |
Description
Sewanee, TN – The Food and Beverage Restaurant Manager is responsible for maintaining the restaurant’s revenue, profitability and quality goals. S/he will ensure efficient restaurant operation, as well as maintain high production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards. An effective Food and Beverage Restaurant Manager will be out on the floor and in the kitchen during service times, monitoring and coaching processes and staff.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Accomplishes restaurant human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees
- Communicates job expectations
- Plans, monitors, appraises, and reviews job contributions
- Plans and reviews compensation actions
- Enforces policies and procedures
- Achieves restaurant operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews
- Prepares and completes action plans
- Implements production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards
- Resolves problems, completes audits, identifies trends, determines system improvements, and implements change
- Plans menus by consulting with chefs; estimates food costs and profits; adjusts menus
- Works with Chef to control costs by reviewing portion control and quantities of preparation; minimizes waste and ensures high quality of preparation
- Avoids legal challenges by conforming to the regulations of the alcoholic beverage commission
- Maximizes bar profitability by ensuring portion control and monitors accuracy of charges
- Publicizes the restaurant by designing and placing advertisements
- Invites food editors to review the restaurant by contacting local, regional, and national magazines with feature ideas
- Encourages local businesses to hold social events at the restaurant
- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures
- Complies with legal regulations
- Secures revenues
- Develops and implements disaster plans
- Maintains security and sprinkler systems as well as the parking lot and walkways
- Maintains ambiance by controlling lighting, background music, linen service, glassware, dinnerware, and utensil quality and placement
- Monitors food presentation and service
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities
- Reads professional publications, maintains personal networks and participates in professional organizations
- Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests
- Explores opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
- Perform all reasonable job duties as requested
Job Requirements
- Proven working experience as restaurant manager
- Demonstrated career experience in customer service management
- Extensive food and beverage knowledge
- Computer literacy and familiarity with restaurant management software
- Strong leadership, motivational and people skills
- Acute financial management skills
- Culinary school diploma or BS degree in Business Administration preferred
