Restaurant and Catering Manager at Resource Intermediaries Limited

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Restaurant Manager serves as a resourceful Officer, responsible for meeting all restaurant’s revenue, profitability and quality goals. S/he also ensures efficient restaurant operation; maintains high productivity of both human and products quality, and customer-service standards.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management of the counters/supply & return.
• Duties: set the menu, make new specialties to be approved by CP before launching them and collate the cost.
• Prepare the garnish and set a design for every drink.
• Makes inventory twice a week and if possible once a week.
• Review the established recipes and propose to CP new recipes
• Work as sales official in the event the lunching is delayed. 
• Manage the waiters and educate them on current trends and practices in the industry.
• Follow-up and supervise the decorations and furnishing of the restaurant areas.
• Manage irate customers in a professional manner.
• Liaise with the Counter Manager
• Responsible for recommending of other products that can give the same taste for the drinks but with cheaper costs.
• Calculation of the drink cost and submission to CP and Control Department for review and discussion
• Carry out regular survey of the cost of product and drinks, and so on in the market as well as other restaurants and private guest houses.
• Managing the food and beverage provision for functions and events
• Supervising catering (food and beverage provisions) at functions and events.
• Planning menus in consultation with Chefs
• Liaise with the Human Resources Department on all HR related matters.
• Any other supervisory services and other duties as may be assigned.

Education and Experience Required:

• Culinary School Diploma or B.Sc. in Business Administration 
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Extensive food and wine knowledge.

Competences and Skills required.

• Excellent Communication skills, written and verbal
• High level of emotional intelligence
• Team Management skills
• Professionalism
• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft office suite
• Computer literacy and familiarity with restaurant management software
• Strong leadership, motivational and people skills.