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Area Manager – KwaZulu-Natal

Life & Brand Portfolio is looking for a self-directed and detail-oriented Area Manager for the KwaZulu-Natal region. The ideal candidate should have good organizational skills and experience in both leading and working as part of a team in the hospitality or food industry. This position requires a vehicle as there will be travel between stores.

Responsibilities

• Stay tuned in with emerging trends that will affect the business
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability by consistently improving restaurant operating standards and taking the necessary corrective action
• Monitor poor performing restaurants. Implement and execute corrective action plans to improve poor operating or low profitability restaurants
• Ensure standards and regulation compliance of the Ops team.
• Identify and communicate operational and financial risks and create corrective action plans
• Monitor and improve restaurant profitability
• Submit daily, weekly and monthly & other required reports on a timely basis
• Provide leadership, coaching & strategic direction to restaurant management teams.

Qualifications

• Must have multisite experience
• Tertiary qualification advantageous
• Ability to delegate and manage down effectively;
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Word skills;
• High attention to detail and process driven;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Discretion and integrity
• Problem analysis and problem-solving skills
• Stress tolerance
• Strong market knowledge and experience in working across various functions, businesses and regions
• Previous knowledge of Micros advantageous

Equal Opportunity

PLEASE NOTE THAT PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO CANDIDATES FROM A PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND, IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYMENT EQUITY.

General Manager – Gauteng

Life & Brand Portfolio is looking for a self-directed and detail oriented General Manager to run one of our restaurant’s in Gauteng. The ideal candidate should have good organizational skills and experience in both leading and working as part of a team in the hospitality or food industry.

Responsibilities

• Ensure daily store operational requirements are met
• Ensure smooth running of front of house and back of house
• Supervision of staff
• Ensure store hygiene, maintenance, health and safety requirements are met
• Beverage cost, food costs and stock control are within specified range
• Be on duty for busy shifts, weekends and all functions.
• Ensure effective communication between staff as well as management
• Ensure reports are issued timeously

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in a similar role.
• Experience in dealing with high volume, in a similar environment would be preferable
• Strong Leadership ability;
• Ability to delegate and manage down effectively;
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Word skills;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• High attention to detail and process driven;
• Ability to interpret statistical information;
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of management, external customers and third-party service providers;
• Self-motivated and deadline oriented;
• Ability to multi-task
• Discretion and integrity
• Problem analysis and problem-solving skills
• Stress tolerance
• Decision-making
• This person will be for employment in a position of trust and honesty and entails the handling of cash or finances

Equal Opportunity

PLEASE NOTE THAT PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO CANDIDATES FROM A PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND, IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYMENT EQUITY.

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