Restaurant Manager

Role Overview

What You Will Do

• Manage the restaurant's daily operation from opening to closing and ensure consistent service standards.
• Manage a large team of 30+ employees, including supervisors, captains, waiters, hosts, runners, and other restaurant staff.
• Motivate, train, coach, and manage a large multicultural team.
• Manage restaurant sales, labor cost, food cost, wastage, inventory, productivity, and operational KPIs.
• Handle VIP guests, customer complaints, and challenging situations professionally.
• Manage staff scheduling, attendance, manpower planning, performance, and training.
• Drive sales while maintaining service and quality standards.
• Maintain SOPs, guest experience, service quality, hygiene, cleanliness, and food safety standards.

What We Are Looking For

• Minimum 4-5 years of proven experience as a Restaurant Manager in Fine Dining, Full-Service Dining, or Premium Dining restaurants.
• Restaurant experience is mandatory.
• Strong experience in a table-service restaurant environment, where guests are seated and served at the table with a high level of service and dining etiquette.
• Proven experience managing a large team of 30+ employees, including supervisors, captains, waiters, hosts, runners, and other restaurant staff.
• Strong knowledge of fine dining and premium restaurant service standards, including table setting, dining etiquette, sequence of service, order taking, food and beverage presentation, and guest handling.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills with the ability to motivate, train, coach, and manage a large multicultural team.
• Proven ability to manage the restaurant's daily operation from opening to closing and ensure consistent service standards.
• Strong knowledge of SOPs, guest experience, service quality, hygiene, cleanliness, and food safety standards.
• Experience managing restaurant sales, labor cost, food cost, wastage, inventory, productivity, and operational KPIs.
• Strong experience in handling VIP guests, customer complaints, and challenging situations professionally.
• Ability to manage staff scheduling, attendance, manpower planning, performance, and training.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to drive sales while maintaining service and quality standards.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in Saudi Arabia or the GCC is highly preferred.
• Candidates with experience in well-established international or premium restaurant brands will be given strong preference.

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