Regional Restaurant Manager

Contract

Permanent

Location

Northwest - Ambleside, Bolton, Bold Heath, Birchencliffe, Lytham St Annes, Mirfield, Leyland, Towneley, Tarporley

Hours

Full Time - 45 Hours per Week Including Weekends

Job Overview

British Garden Centres family group of over 75 Garden Centres are looking for a Regional Restaurant Manager; our restaurants serve millions of customers every year.

A Regional Restaurant Manager job description involves overseeing multiple locations, focusing on strategic growth, financial performance (budgets, labour, sales), ensuring brand/operational consistency, and developing on site managers, while handling high level problem solving, policy implementation, staff training, and regional marketing initiatives to drive overall success.

Responsibilities

• Meeting with employees at all locations to supervise the implementation of best practices and provide training.
• Meeting with customers to learn about guest experiences and analyse trends and handle the business operations for the assigned area.
• Overseeing the daily running of multiple restaurants and ensuring high standards are met.
• Leading the restaurant managers and ensuring teams are efficient.
• Monitoring budgets and liaising with both restaurants and directors on performance.
• Ensuring restaurants run in accordance with legislation and best practice.
• Reporting to the Group Operations Directors with feedback on performance and future planning.
• Using company systems and supporting KPI development.
• Liaising with food and drink suppliers to ensure smooth running of the restaurants.

Ideal Candidate

• Experience as a restaurant manager and ideally experience running multiple sites.
• Strong knowledge of food hygiene, health and safety and auditing.
• Able to lead a team, recruit and induct new starters in a fast paced environment.
• Have a passion for food and attention to detail.
• IT literate and be able to comply the systems and processes.
• Must have a driving license and your own car.

Benefits

• No evening work, split shifts or unsociable hours, year round business.
• Security of working in a well established expanding family business & the associated benefits.
• Rate of pay negotiable, dependent upon skills and experience.
• 50% meal discount at any BGC restaurant & 20% discount at any BGC store, additionally discount rates available for Woodthorpe Leisure Park.