GENERAL RESTAURANT MANAGER

£30-35,000 + company benefits

We are looking for an experienced general restaurant manager to open a brand new in-house customer facing restaurant that will serve all fresh local seasonal produce.

This is a substantial investment for the company and an extremely exciting time to join them as you will be involved in the development, project management, all the recruitment, and setting it up from scratch. You will start a few months before the opening.

They want an inspirational, dynamic, forward thinking, and extremely organised manager to join them. You really need to have some new opening experience, and a background managing large 350 + cover high volume restaurants, large teams of 50 +, and strong financial and commercial acumen. Some branded coffee knowledge would be a bonus.

You will report to the company's head of restaurants and you will have complete financial and operational accountability for managing every aspect of the business.

You will need your own transport.

ROLE - GENERAL RESTAURANT MANAGER

As the General Restaurant Manager you will:

• Open this brand new restaurant completely from scratch
  
• Recruit, train, and develop a brand new team
• Set up and implement all systems & procedures
• Be involved in the development and project management
  
• Have complete financial & operational accountability for every aspect of the restaurant
  
• Inspire, motivate, and enthuse your team
• Control stock, labour, costs, and budgets
  
• Drive sales to increase profitability
  
• Deliver exceptional customer service
• Work to company targets and KPIs'
• Maintain company systems & procedures

ATTRIBUTES - GENERAL RESTAURANT MANAGER

• Experience as a general restaurant manager in high volume fast paced restaurants - branded or independent
  
• Excellent people, communication, man-management, and organisational skills
  
• Recruitment & selection skills
• The ability to train and manage large teams
  
• Very strong financial acumen - managing P & L accounts and all costs & budgets
  
• An inspirational and driven approach
  
• A positive and outgoing personality and outlook
• Sales building skills
  
• Passion and drive to succeed
• A hands-on approach with a keen eye for detail
  
• IT literate - working with systems & process

This really is a very exciting and rare opportunity to join a company investing in such a substantial new venture and to be part of the opening management team.

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Please note: You must be resident in the UK and eligible to work. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of responses to our advertisements we are only able to respond to successful applicants. If you have not had a response from us within 5 working days please assume that your application has not been successful.

Penny Cook Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer, a recruitment agency dedicated to recruitment in the Hospitality Industry.