Restaurant Manager

Company Overview

Prezzo is owned and operated by managing partner Edward Pozzuoli of P Hospitality Management. P Hospitality is a growing collective of restaurants and bars in the South Florida area.

If you’re looking to make some money in a fun, exciting and upbeat environment then this job is for you.

Job Summary

A restaurant manager directs and oversees all activities of a polished casual restaurant in accordance with standardized policies in order to provide efficient, friendly services and profitable operations.

Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following :

• Handles all staffing responsibilities, including hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, and terminating.
• Purchases all food and supplies and oversees use of food and beverages within required dates and with a minimum of waste.
• upervises staff in terms of food preparation, customer service, cleaning, and repairs to restaurant and grounds.
• Promotes cooperative effort, a team spirit, and good morale among employees.
• Delivers excellent customer service including personally greeting and seating guests.
• Resolves complaints from customers in a polite, friendly manner.
• Performs daily inspections and periodic audits to check safety of equipment and to ensure that food is cooked properly.

Addresses engineering problems involving the cost, installation, and maintenance of such equipment.

• Participates in training about standardized policies and confers weekly with owner and management about restaurant operations.
• Administers payroll and maintains records of sales and cash receipts including related areas of accounting, budgeting, credit policies, and banking methods.
• Provides regular, accurate, computerized reports of operations to owner management.
• Helps with duties of other employees (i.e. cashier, server, cook, etc.) when necessary because of an unexpected absence or extra volume.
• Responds to customer and community interests to develop marketing and advertising.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

High school diploma, GED certificate, or demonstration of sufficient reading and math skills to read manuals and prepare computer reports as required;

hospitality and restaurant management certification or college degree preferred.

• 3-5 years previous restaurant management experience required.
• Previous management experience preferred; successful completion of progressive business management training program helpful.
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends and holidays as required.
• Excellent customer service to treat patrons like family.
• Strong communication skills to train and motivate employees.
• Strong time management skills and accuracy to deal with a variety of duties and prepare reports according to schedule.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The work that restaurant managers do is both physically and mentally demanding. They are on their feet much of the time.

Managers must work well under pressure and exercise tact and patience when dealing with employees and customers. Because the restaurant serves the public and are open on weekends and at night, Restaurant Managers may work longer, irregular hours.

The description of the physical demands and the work environment characteristics here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform and those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance;

and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific sensory abilities required by this job include sight, taste, smell, and hearing.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to raw meat, moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, hazardous materials, and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

Benefits / Perks

• Competitive salaries
• Paid time off
• Benefits
• Energetic, focused and collaborative work environment

We Encourage a Diverse Workforce : Prezzo believes that a diversified group of associates contributes to a culture of values, team spirit and company growth.

We feel this helps us to adapt to and embrace the diverse cultures and beliefs of our customers and the communities in which we live, work and do business in.

If you’re looking for a company that respects your unique merits, professionalism, and skills, we’d like to talk to you.

We thank all that apply, but only those candidates who meet the position requirements will be contacted. Prezzo conducts all employment-related activities without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, citizenship, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local employment discrimination laws.

We are a Drug Free workplace.