Contemporary premium casual dining company within an established highly reputable brand of expanding outlets attracting a fashionable and eclectic crowd is currently offering a fantastic and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Area restaurant manager. Inspired British cooking reflecting seasonality in modern contemporary interiors.

Role 

• Responsible for overseeing the daily running and commercial success of two London located restaurants and any future restaurants, ensuring that the company brand and style is maintained
• Responsible for supervising international franchisees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the business performance of the restaurants
• Analyse and plan restaurant sales levels and profitability
• Oversee and manage allocated budget
• Collaborate with Chef to plan and develop recipes and menus taking into account seasonal availability of ingredient, production costs and likely consumer demand
• Overall responsibility for charge and cash receipts, ensuring tills are balanced and reporting any discrepancy Head Office
• Take responsibility for standards of health and safety achieving highest hygiene inspection standards.
• Liaise with Facilities, Head Chefs and Restaurant Managers to inspect supplies, equipment and work areas to ensure compliance to health and safety standards
• Assist Head Chefs and Restaurant Managers in negotiating prices with suppliers
• Assist the Head Chef and Restaurant Manager in the recruitment and training of kitchen staff
• Oversee the refit and maintenance of restaurants
• Act as a link between Head Office and the Restaurants, reporting in on business developments/challenges
• Prepare reports at the end of the shift/week, including staff control, food control and sales
• Motivate , support and lead Restaurant Assistant Managers and Head Chefs
• Reporting approaches from potential franchises
• Assist in selecting potential franchises
• Gather information on franchisees and present it to the Operations Director.
• Responsible for organising training for the franchisees
• Ensure franchisees comply with the operations manual
• Review and update the operational manual on a regular basis
• Occasional travels abroad will be required.

Key Relationships:

• Restaurant and Kitchen staff
• Facilities
• Head Office
• Suppliers
• Franchises

About You

• Strong management skills
• Dynamic can do attitude and a warm people person 
• Previous management experience in food service, preferably multi site
• Previous experience of planning and managing budgets
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Customer service orientated
• Strong organisation and prioritising
• Ability to multi task
• Sound decision making and problem solving
• Strong interest in developing the business worldwide.

Candidate Profile 

• Strong management skills
• Dynamic can do attitude and a warm people person 
• Previous management experience in food service, preferably multi site
• Previous experience of planning and managing budgets
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Customer service orientated
• Strong organisation and prioritising
• Ability to multi task
• Sound decision making and problem solving
• Strong interest in developing the business worldwide.