General Manager Who Knows Fine Dining (Glendale)

Your knowledge, experience and leadership skills will be highly valued at our very busy and rapidly growing casual fine dining restaurant with an upscale clientele.

Our fast paced environment has a small team of hard-working people who are looking for someone to lead them.

We are opening a second location and we need a strong team leader with experience to take charge.

This is a great opportunity for someone to leave their mark on a successful venture with enormous growth potential. If you have the entrepreneurial spirit along with the best personality, class, enthusiasm and work ethic to thrive in this industry, then this may be the place for you.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- A strong understanding of financials. Must be able to generate and review financial reports, including budgets, projections, forecasting, revenue analysis, disbursement, labor and product costs, wage and salary control and P&L financial statements.
- Monitor ordering and inventory levels.
- Handle guest complaints with professional and sincere attention and enhance their experience.
- Hire and train staff to the standards required, including proper service, customer service and wine knowledge.
- Perform all staff evaluations consistent with guidelines set forth in the Employee Handbook and make recommendations for staff promotions and wage increases accordingly.
- Provide progressive, corrective counseling with staff, including terminations and reviews.
- Monitor staffing levels, labor and purchasing costs to maximize efficiency and control labor expense ratios.
- Coordinate and communicate with other departments.
- Assist in reviewing and and amending contracts; authorize terms.
- Oversee scheduling and labor allocation.
- Direct and assists managers in preparing and attaining future goals.
- Provides each assistant manager with the proper direction and follows up on all assignments.
- Gives the management team clear direction and provides the necessary assistance for them to perform their work.
- Conduct inventory and cash control procedures
- Perform all other duties as directed to improve any area of the restaurant and guest experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum 3-5 years as a General Manager in a full service fine dining environment.
- Strong knowledge of P&L concepts and applying knowledge to make improvements.
- Strong wine knowledge.
- Ability to adapt and work proactively in a changing environment, handle stress well and function successfully in a high-volume environment.
- Ability to find ways to improve sales/manage costs
- Gracious, outgoing and hospitable personality
- Operate within budgeted parameters without sacrificing guest experience, quality of product or staff relations.
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
- Experience with MS office applications such Excel and Word, POS, OpenTable is a MUST.

Please submit a cover letter and resume in addition to salary requirements to be considered for this position. post id: 4637396632

posted: 2014-08-25 9:12pm

updated: 2014-08-25 9:12pm

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