Restaurant Manager
Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery & Trattoria features finely crafted Arizona wines paired with freshly made breads, pasta, entrees, salads and wood-oven pizzas. Our restaurant and tasting rooms are well-known and well-established and we look forward to adding talented, dedicated, and energized Manager to our existing team! Check us out at www.merkinvineyards.org.
Position Summary: The Manager is responsible for front-of-house restaurant staff including servers, bartenders, food runners, hosts, bussers and barbacks.
Experience: Two years of experience leading or managing a front-of-house restaurant team. Solid understanding of steps of service. Outstanding communication, leadership and problem-solving skills.
Compensation: Competitive salary depending on experience.
Duties Include:
The following is a general, but not fully inclusive, list of basic daily/weekly job duties and functions:
- Supports the Restaurant AGM with hiring, assigning, training, evaluating and terminating employees.
- Documents, investigates, escalates and resolves all employee and guests incidents.
- Ensures exceptional service standards are consistently met and that activities are carried out effectively.
- Inspects dining room and storage areas to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Estimates front-of-house food and beverage needs, and supervises intake orders to ensure specifications.
- Reviews financial information such as sales, inventory and costs to monitor budget.
- Meets with dining room and bar personnel to plan restaurant activities, special events, share information, etc.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
Benefits: Eligible for health insurance and vacation pay (subject to Company policies).
Additional Requirements: Yavapai County Food Worker Certificate. (https://yavapaiaz.gov/chs/)
This job is ideal for someone who is:
- Team oriented and appreciates providing support to others while expecting support in return.
- Dependable and reliable in relation to their work schedule and work duties.
- Adaptable and flexible to a dynamic workplace that is structured but also evolving.
- Goal oriented and appreciates and responds well to working towards specific results.
- Self-managed and self-aware once provided goals and objectives.
- Collaborative by nature and appreciates offering and receiving creative ideas and constructive feedback.
Merkin Vineyards an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.