Restaurant Manager

Woods & Co Recruitment has partnered with a renowned Japanese restaurant on the search for a Restaurant Manager. The venue offers a unique dining experience across various settings—indoors, mezzanine, Tatami room, and outdoors. The restaurant believes in creating a dining experience where patrons feel special, comfortable, and relaxed. Their warm and engaging personal interactions define the core of their hospitality. They want customers to enjoy not just the food but also the welcoming environment they provide. 

With a maximum capacity of upwards of 140 seats, they operate year-round for dinner six nights a week (closed on Mondays) with a two-week break over Christmas and New Year.

The building is one of the largest Japanese Izakayas in Australia. It retained all mid-century elements while commissioning bespoke artisans from Melbourne to produce handmade furniture, lighting, and metal railings. 

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive Salary of $75,000 - $80,000 + Superannuation.
• Located in the fun and vibrant area of East Brunswick.
• Meals Provided Daily.
• Council Parking Permit (Close proximity to the restaurant). 

What do you do?

• Train, manage, and expand staff skills in sales, service, and systems.
• Lead a team comprising 3 bar staff, 6 front-of-house staff, and 1 assistant manager.
• Be in charge of the overall dining experience, including head wait duties.
• Sell food and beverages with a high level of knowledge and competency.
• Oversee every detail of the dining room.
• Coordinate Bookings and Events. 
• Oversee inventory and stock management.
• Sequence of Service: Deploy and maintain service standards.
• Work with other departments to ensure optimal service and internal harmony.
• Conduct staff reviews, performance analysis and rostering.

What do you need?

• Enjoy interacting with patrons and the theatre of running a hospitality venue.
• Good at making decisions and leading by example.
• High level of communication and listening skills. 
• Able to deal with people confidently.
• Commercially astute

Note: This role is on-site, and due to operational requirements, remote work cannot be accommodated.
  
If you’re as excited by this opportunity as we are, then run, don’t walk and hit the APPLY NOW button!
  
Woods & Co Recruitment is committed to creating a positively diverse and inclusive workforce which values all backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate and encourage applications (no matter age or status) from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or a linguistically diverse background, all members and genders of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
  
Contact Shea at ****@woodsco.com.au or 0407 163 *** to discuss in further detail!