Restaurant Assistant General Manager - Barrie in Wakefield

About Us

Blue Shock Executive Search, established in 2003, is a renowned executive search firm excelling in recruiting top-tier candidates across restaurant, hospitality, and food service-related sectors. As industry leaders, we specialize in forging connections between exceptional talent and leading employers in Canada and the US.

Client Summary

For over 30 years, patrons across 58 locations in Canada and the United States have savored meticulously crafted dishes, distinctive cocktails, and renowned hospitality. The Executive Chef curates an artistically crafted menu, delivering fresh flavors in a captivating ambiance. The dedicated team ensures each dining experience is the highlight of your day.

Job Title

Assistant General Manager

Location

Barrie

Job Description

The Assistant Restaurant Manager is responsible for overseeing, in tandem with the Senior Assistant Manager, all aspects of the Front of the House operations to ensure a seamless and profitable dining experience. This includes managing staff, controlling costs, maintaining high-quality service standards, and maximizing overall efficiency.

Offer

• Competitive Compensation: They offer a competitive salary package, ensuring your skills and contributions are duly recognized. Ranging from $75,000 to $82,000 as a total compensation package.
• Vacation and Leave: Enjoy a generous vacation policy, allowing you the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Comprehensive Benefits: The benefits package includes dental coverage, health insurance, and other wellness perks.
• Opportunities/Development: Acquire essential leadership skills and hands-on experience, advance your career in our swiftly expanding company, foster your personal development through collaboration with senior leaders, participate in leadership development seminars and conferences, explore future prospects to contribute to the launch of new restaurants across Canada and the USA.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for creating and enhancing a restaurant culture that drives excellence in every aspect of hospitality success including top line revenues, excellent service standards, high quality product from the culinary and bar teams, dynamic culture, strong morale, and superior profit management to achieve financial goals
• Monitors, directs and coordinates effective cleanliness and organization of the environment effort throughout the operation
• Establishes, directs and reviews beverage procedures to ensure adequate accountability, quality, presentation and service performance
• Remains current on municipal laws and regulations with respect to our industry. Produces approved budgets, and operates within established guidelines regarding costs, expenses, sales and profits.
• All managers are directly overseeing the recruitment, training, development and mentoring of current leader potentials and existing managers
• Direct involvement in and follow up with, all disciplinary action and performance management of all management team members and staff; (working in conjunction with the GM)
• Conducts frequent audits of your restaurant to ensure excellence in all areas
• Handles or assists with any guest related complaints and/or comments as well as coordinates the proper follow up
• Oversees the development of the front-line crew to ensure training and guidance.
• Included in preparing all local financial and operational weekly reporting required for delivering and analyzing the financial results of the restaurant on a regular basis as a management team. Reviews any significant variances from the budgeted figures. Ensures practices meet or exceed yearly financial targets.
• Monitors the expenses of the restaurant as a group to ensure that effective cost-containment practices are in place (systems). Also ensures that operating expenses are in line
• Evaluates training procedures/results to assure that all employees are contributing to a high level of guest satisfaction and will partake in any training of front-line teams given to them from the GM
• Management, teaching and coaching of our business success foundation
• Champion\’s recognition and motivation efforts throughout to meet our goal of being the employer of choice in the restaurant industry
• Key contributor to long term planning and brand positioning
• Coordinate and implement food promotions, menu planning to maximize guest experience and sales growth
• Develop and maintain positive relationships

Qualifications

• 3+ years Leadership experience in a full-service restaurant or bar
• Proven leadership skills: desire to develop and motivate the people around you to always be their best
• Energetic and positive
• Strong patience and communication skills
• Drive for continuous improvementCommitted to being inclusive and embracing diversity
• Experience in leadership development an asset

Out-of-Country Applicants

We appreciate your interest in our organization. Regrettably, at this time, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assistance with international relocation. To be considered for this position, we kindly request that applicants presently reside in Canada. Thank you for your understanding.