Café/Restaurant Manager (Full-Time)

Aroma Enterprises Pty Ltd ATF Tamana Family Trust
14 Duneba Avenue, West Pymble NSW 2073
Café/Restaurant Manager (Full-Time)
$80,000-$90,000 p.a, exclusive of superannuation
We’ve been successfully operating Avenue Road Café for over 10 years, located in the main shopping district of Mosman Village. We’re well known in the community for our seasonal, fresh and diverse meals and proud to consistently source ingredients from our local producers.
This success has seen us branch out and recently open another venue, Bar Infinita – a modern Italian restaurant and wine bar, located in Gordon NSW. Armed with a woodfired pizza oven and our head chef, being Francesco Lervolino from Naples itself (who has worked at some of Sydney’s finest Italian restaurants including Ormeggio and Firedoor), we’ve already become one of the North Shore’s new neighbourhood favourites in a matter of weeks.
We’re excited to keep improving our processes and refining our menus to offer our customers mouth-watering culinary experiences as well as vibrant environments they will find themselves wanting to come back to.
To ensure we continuously provide premium service to our loyal and new customers at both of our venues, we’re currently on the hunt for highly skilled Café/Restaurant Managers to join our team. The position is critical as only with top management, will our daily operations run smoothly and our community be best served.
As Café/Restaurant Manager, you will be responsible for the following duties including but not limited to:
• Ensure the smooth running of all front of house & café operations
• Adhere to achievable & measurable KPI’s set by the directors and reporting on a weekly & monthly basis
• Maintain quality & service standards
• Manage strategic objectives of our business including food & beverage costings
• Financial management including budget setting & controls, reporting & administration in conjunction with the Accounts department
• Develop & manage the training & development systems for all front of house staff including procedures for opening, changing & closing shifts
• Staff recruitment, selection, training, rostering & performance reviews
• Supervise and coordinate activities of chefs and workers engaged in food preparation and waiting staff, including helping take reservations and greeting guests if needed
• Menu direction & COGS controls including ordering stock
• Order or requisition food and other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation Determine with chefs how food should be presented & create decorative food displays
• Safety, security & hygiene systems management including inspecting supplies and dining facilities to ensure conformance to established standards & monitoring sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
Required Skills:
• A relevant diploma or higher qualification
• Ideally 2 years work experience in a relevant field
• Supervisory and management experience
• Excellent communication and English skills
• Friendly attitude and good work ethic
• Proven ability to resolve conflicts constructively.