COUNTRY RESTAURANT MANAGER – Mozambik Restaurant Botswana

DESCRIPTION

Search Light Investments (Pty) Ltd t/a Mozambik Restaurant Botswana is a privately owned Company that operates multi­chain restaurants in Botswana. Inspired by the Afro-Porto fusion cuisine of Mozambik, the brand’s organic evolution has led to its current positioning; the taste of escape.

Role

Our rapidly expanding concept, Mozambik Restaurant Botswana, is seeking a Country Restaurant Manager with a passion for amazing food and hospitality. The Country Restaurant Manager will play a key role in providing leadership and direction to unit-level General Managers and Executive Chefs. Responsibilities include in-house training in all day-to-day operating activities such as retail management training including staffing, revenue growth, expenses, cost and margin control, service and delivery, and monthly, quarterly, and annual financial goal management. This is a highly visible role tasked with consistently delivering guest service excellence, operational effectiveness, and strong revenue numbers.

Responsibilities

⦁ Provides visible leadership to management and employees while generating a restaurant atmosphere focused on great leadership where the expectations of the guests are exceeded routinely
⦁ Attain the financial objectives of the business through effective management of people, products, services and facility processes including a focus on the revenue and profit components
⦁ Help develop policies and procedures to ensure the achievement of goals related to cashflow, revenue growth and cost of goods sold, labour costs, and other operating expenses on a daily basis
⦁ Manages to budget, follows up daily on operating numbers
⦁ Conduct P & L performance analysis and troubleshoot areas of interest while assisting in developing appropriate solutions to identified problems and opportunities
⦁ Ensure all management and employees are focused on exceeding guidelines related to: food quality and excellence
⦁ Facility cleanliness and maintenance practices
⦁ Service procedures
⦁ Train General Managers and Executive Chefs on how to recruit, hire, train, and retain high-quality employees and management
⦁ Conducts performance evaluations on a timely basis, and recommends promotions or corrective actions where appropriate. Ensure that General Managers are doing the same
⦁ Conducts all necessary inspections and audits, develops and implements plans of action on a timely basis
⦁ Ensures that operational and training standards are consistently followed and executed by all managers

Requirements

A diploma and equivalent work-related experience in hospitality and Tourism is required.
The applicant must have qualifications or training in Retail Management.
Wine Training Certificate highly recommended
Must have 10 years of proven success in a high volume, multi-unit restaurant/retail environment.
Strong ability to analyse data, diagnose issues and coach the operations team accordingly.
Must have the flexibility to travel to all nationwide branches 50% of the time