Restaurant Manager Dear Olivia

Restaurant Manager

Full Time • Dear Olivia
Benefits:
  • Bonus based on performance
  • Competitive salary
  • Employee discounts
  • Free food & snacks
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
Company Overview

At Dear Olivia Bar and Kitchen, we’re all about creating a vibrant, light, and upbeat environment where guests can enjoy elevated American cuisine in a welcoming space. Operated by P Hospitality Management, a growing hospitality collective in South Florida with multiple exciting concepts, we offer an excellent opportunity for team members to grow and develop in the hospitality industry. As part of our team, you'll work in a fast-paced setting, serving modern takes on classic American favorites, handcrafted cocktails, and a curated wine selection. We value creativity, teamwork, and a passion for hospitality, providing a supportive environment where you can thrive and help deliver exceptional dining experiences. Join us and be part of a team that celebrates great food, positive energy, and unforgettable moments for both our guests and our staff. 

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.
  • Supervises 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: Dear Olivia and P Hospitality Management 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. Dear Olivia and P Hospitality Management 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. 
Compensation: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.





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Benefits and Perks

Competitive salaries and hourly wages
PTO for qualifying hourly/salary employees
Health insurance, dental, vision benefits
Team members are eligible for Health insurance, dental, vision benefits Energetic, focused and collaborative work environment
Energetic, focused and collaborative work environment
50% employee discount at Dear Olivia and all P Hospitality managed locations
Monthly stipends