Restaurant Area Manager - Cape Town

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a hands-on and commercially focused Area Manager to oversee restaurants within an assigned area for a Restaurant Group based in Cape Town. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving operational standards, restaurant profitability, and management performance, providing practical leadership and support across multiple sites. **What you will do** Key responsibilities include: * Oversee the smooth daily running of restaurants within the assigned area. * Ensure correct operational procedures are consistently implemented. * Identify opportunities to improve operating standards and take corrective action where required. * Develop and implement improvement plans for underperforming restaurants. * Monitor emerging trends that may affect the business. * Visit each restaurant regularly, covering different trading periods, including evenings where required. * Conduct routine inspections to assess compliance with operational standards. * Work with internal audit teams to maintain strong audit results and address declining performance. * Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety requirements and applicable legislation. * Complete monthly safe and petty cash audits and maintenance walkthroughs. * Monitor restaurant profit and loss statements, budgets, expenditure, and financial projections. * Support General Managers in achieving budgeted results and improving profitability. * Ensure adherence to financial policies and processes. * Identify operational and financial risks and implement corrective action plans. * Conduct monthly waste and stock variance analyses. * Submit daily, weekly, monthly, and other required reports accurately and on time. * Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to restaurant management teams. * Support employee relations in line with company policies and procedures. * Manage labour efficiency to balance service requirements and costs. * Monitor employee engagement and morale. * Ensure training, retraining, and succession development are implemented. * Conduct at least one employee meeting at each restaurant every month to address concerns and assess morale. * Hold weekly General Manager meetings to review results, opportunities, and challenges. * Work shifts according to operational needs and assist with additional management requirements. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Grade 12 * A formal hospitality qualification will be an advantage * Significant prior management (3-8+ years) in sit-down restaurants * Experience with POS systems, inventory software, and basic financial reporting * Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and detail-oriented skills * Ability to remain calm under pressure * Entrepreneurial mindset **Who should apply** This role is suitable for a hands-on and commercially focused individual with significant prior management experience (3-8+ years) in sit-down restaurants. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a focus on driving operational standards and profitability, and proficiency with POS systems, inventory software, and basic financial reporting. They should possess strong communication, organization, and problem-solving abilities, be detail-oriented, able to remain calm under pressure, and have an entrepreneurial mindset. A minimum of Grade 12 education is required, with a formal hospitality qualification being an advantage. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/it-computer/other-it-computer/cape-town/restaurant-area-manager-cape-town-id-7614510 Source: jobmail

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