General Manager - Edmonton, Canada - Original Joe's

Original Joe's

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

ORIGINAL JOE'S RESTAURANT & BAR
At Original Joe's, we're the bar next door everyone wishes they had. A warm, down-to-earth place where old friends gather, new friends are made, and everyone feels welcome.

From the wide selection of local, craft, and import beers to our fresh take on comfort foods, nobody leaves unsatisfied.

So pull up a stool and stay awhile - you'll like hanging out with us

Our family of companies includes Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, State & Main Kitchen + Bar, Blanco Cantina and Anejo Restaurant.

We never stop looking for unique individuals who can infuse our restaurant and corporate workplaces with original ideas, creative solutions and an extraordinary guest experience.

We offer competitive wages, a comfortable work environment, flexible hours, benefit packages (for those who qualify) and a chance to grow right alongside us.

By joining Original Joe's your future career opportunities are endless

Job Title
General Manager

What You'll Do:

You will report to the Area Manager (although this may vary from time to time depending who is on shift)

You will:

Oversee all activities of the restaurant team. Provides support/ guidance/ feedback as required for effective direction and betterment of the overall team. Places a strong emphasis on doing things right.
Work closely with all team members to ensure the restaurant is at a high level of performance with respect to food quality and customer service.
Responsible for ensuring orders, contracts and wastage costs are with within reason. Involves placing supply orders and managing systems to ensure that inventory levels are adequate, verifying invoices and submitting approved purchases for payment.
Schedule regular daily and/or weekly maintenance tasks. Involves arranging maintenance and repair of equipment as appropriate.
Manage overall labour cost budget for the restaurant. Makes any major decisions about scheduling, allocation of time for training and maintenance tasks. Involves working closely with managers and supervisors to maintain labour budgets and make proper scheduling changes or adjustments.
Conduct training sessions on product/ policy changes with front of house staff in this location and works closely with Kitchen Manager to ensure that the kitchen team is provided training regarding any changes in food production, product specs, quality control, ingredient handling and related procedures.
Lead the process of providing performance evaluations for all frontofhouse staff, and works closely with Kitchen Manager to ensure evaluations are completed for backofhouse.

Who You Are:

You have experience as a General Manager in a fastpaced food service environment.
You are experienced with financials and are very proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
You smoothly sail through stressful moments are able to create a positive atmosphere for your team and guests at all times.
You pride yourself on your ability to build a team, build store morale and create a positive employee experience.
You use your solutionfocused approach in every situation and you never stop looking for ways to make things better.
You are always seeking to reach a higher level of a personal best at all times.
You are a pro in effectively delivering and communicating messages to your team whether positive or constructive.
You have the full spectrum of product knowledge and business savvy required to operate a restaurant.
You might have future aspirations to be employed as Operations Management or in our Corporate team.

Location:
Edmonton, Alberta