Description
Job Summary:
The Restaurant Manager is a key operational figure in the Food and Beverage Department, responsible for the daily management of dining room services, bars, events, and banquets.
Key Highlights:
1. Manage and motivate a growing dining room team
2. Ensure a top-tier customer experience
3. Drive sales improvement initiatives and increase average check size
**Job Description:**
The Restaurant Manager is a highly operational and key figure within the Hotel's Food and Beverage Department. Responsible for the daily management of all dining room and bar services, events, and banquets, ensuring a top-tier customer experience aligned with the hotel's positioning.
**Responsibilities:**
* Actively participate in the daily operations of restaurants, bars, and events
* Supervise and coordinate breakfast, lunch, dinner, and banquet services, ensuring proper execution and presentation.
* Directly support operations during peak demand periods or special requirements.
* Greet, attend to, and interact with customers, verifying their satisfaction throughout service.
* Efficiently and solution-oriented manage incidents and complaints.
* Ensure compliance with hotel quality standards, procedures, and protocols.
* Promote upselling and cross\-selling opportunities from service delivery.
* Manage, motivate, and develop a small but growing dining room team, fostering a positive, collaborative, and service-oriented work environment.
* Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and training processes for dining room staff.
* Ensure smooth communication between kitchen and dining room (menus, changes, service timing).
* Coordinate with Events, Sales, Front Office, and Housekeeping departments as required.
* Manage dining room and bar orders (beverages, consumables, tableware, and operational supplies), following department-established procedures.
* Monitor dining room staff productivity and operational efficiency.
* Drive sales improvement initiatives and increase average check size.
* Prepare and analyze reports related to occupancy, service quality, and area performance.
**Requirements:**
* Proven experience as a Restaurant Manager, Maître, or similar role in high-quality hotels or restaurants.
* Clearly operational profile with strong service orientation.
* Experience managing teams.
* Solid knowledge of F\&B and service standards.
* Strong customer orientation and excellent communication skills.
* Ability to operate effectively in dynamic operational environments while maintaining service quality and a positive attitude.
* Proficiency with management tools and POS systems.
* Fluent Spanish and English. Additional languages are valued.
**Key Competencies:**
* Natural leadership and ability to motivate teams.
* Proactive, solution-oriented, and results-driven attitude.
* Energetic, professional profile with attention to detail.
* Commitment, flexibility, and strong sense of responsibility.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
Availability for rotating shifts.
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Location: On-site