Restaurant Manager

Job Title: Restaurant Manager
Permanent: Full-time Position
Hours Per Week: 42
Pay: Hourly $33 - 35
Region: Bay of Plenty - Papamoa

Job Description:

Thai Thani, located in Papamoa, close to Mt. Maunganui, is looking for a dynamic Hospitality Professional to join our small, but busy team, on a full-time basis. As the Restaurant Manager, your overall responsibility is to ensure a memorable and authentic dining experience for our customers, which will be achieved through:

1. Overseeing the daily functioning of the restaurant, including front-of-house and back-of-house activities
2. Staff Management – Seeking, hiring and training staff to provide high levels of service, as well as preparing and managing shift rosters
3. Stock Control and Inventory Management - Monitor/maintain inventory levels by ensuring food storage and handling protocols are adhered to at all times to minimise waste and cost
4. Menu Planning in conjunction with the Chef to ensure menu is priced correctly while ensuring food quality is high but also cost-effective 
5. Financial Management through Managing budgets, controlling costs, tracking sales and expenses. Creating and presenting monthly financial reports on the restaurant’s operation 
6. Ensure a high level of compliance with health and safety regulations, licensing requirements and other relevant industry standards and requirements
7. Marketing and Promotional activities which benefit the restaurant as well as our local community
8. From time to time and when necessary, working on the restaurant floor, taking orders, delivering meals and following up with customer feedback

As the successful applicant, you are required to have:

1. A tertiary level qualification at level 5 or higher on the NZ National Qualifications Framework, which is related to hospitality OR three years of relevant work experience

NB Some on the job training will be provided to the successful applicant

Other requirements:

• You will have (or have the ability to obtain), your LCQ and Manager’s Certificate
• Be a team player
• Be willing to submit to random drug testing
• Be prepared to work split shifts as well as evenings and weekends
• Have access to reliable transport

How to Apply:

Please email your CV directly to Gazal Malhotra at malhotragazal@gmail.com and a cover letter. In your cover letter, be sure to include:

• Whether you are a New Zealand citizen or resident
• Or if you hold or require a work visa

Note that we will want to contact two recent employers to conduct a verbal reference
check.