General Manager (Mercat Bistro)

Restaurant General Manager (Mercat Bistro)

Mercat Bistro is a contemporary European-style bistro. Walk into a romantic setting that is inspired by some of the finest European design and culinary practices. Mercat Bistro is revered for being an intimate venue filled with stunning antiquities that have been recycled and reclaimed from all over the world.

As the General Manager, you will manage core values, policies, and guidelines for Mercat Bistro. This role maintains the restaurants revenue, profitability, and quality goals as well as ensuring efficient restaurant operations and keep product, productivity, quality, and customer service standards high. A successful candidate will oversee the daily operations of Mercat Bistro and lead by example to uplift and promote internal growth as well as offering a pleasant dining experience to customers.

• Monitors and coordinates the day-to-day operations of his/her unit during each shift and ensures all FOH and BOH SOP’s (including HACCP) are duly followed and fully executed.
• Is visible, hands on, and ensures a strong personal presence in FOH (mainly during peak hours) and BOH areas. Whenever needed, takes an active part in guest’s service duties (welcoming guests, escorting guests to tables, taking guest’s orders, clearing tables, etc.)
• Effectively forecast restaurant needs.
• Oversees preparation of food and beverage items.
• Ensures his/her unit is adequately staffed with properly trained associates to cover day to day operations as well as on special occasions/events.
• Ensures a spotless service is delivered to all guests anytime, and that their needs and expectations are fulfilled to the highest level and down to the smallest details.
• Ensures guests orderings are always properly executed and delivered in a timely manner.
• Takes part in his/her unit menu design process and in the menu pricing policy.
• Ensure his unit is well maintained and that all equipment, materials and utensils are always in perfect working conditions. Arrange for maintenance and repair of equipment and other services. Reports any defect to DOO.

Guest’s relationships

• Makes sure each guest is given a warm welcome and a fond farewell.
• Makes sure service team memorizes guest’s names and uses guest’s names in every guest interaction.
• Meets and greets guests, builds strong guests’ relationships, constantly inquiries about guest’s satisfaction,
• Makes sure his/her service team inquires ad memorizes guests’ preferences and birthday dates and records these data in the guest’s database.
• Constantly updates guest’s database and maintains it as an effective marketing and PR tool.
• Empowers his team to resolves guest’s concerns in a timely manner to their full satisfaction. Resolves any guest issue that could be not be handled by his direct reports.
• Learns from defects and incidents and implement resolutions to ensure they do not happen again. Makes sure guests’ issues are recorded. Reports on guests issues to DOO.
• Monitors guest’s comments on social media (Facebook, Trip Advisor, etc.) and gives appropriate feedback.

Employee management, engagement & training

• Always manages/leads by example. Takes accountability for problems.
• Schedules work hours for servers and kitchen* staff (*together with Head Chef de Cuisine)
• Effectively Delegate’s task is and administers follow-ups.
• Energizes HH Division mission statement and core values among his/her team.
• Makes sure all his/her associates are perfectly groomed and always behave according to HH codes of practice, image, and core values.
• Provides overall leadership; recognize and motivate members of the team; coach and train the team for operational excellence, with priority focus on upselling and service standards.
• Takes part in designing, budgeting and in rolling out on-going training programs for his/her team.
• Schedules periodic food and beverage service staff meetings to ensure correct interpretation of policies and obtain feedback from staff members.
• Takes part in the hiring and the firing process of all his/her associates.
• Takes part in the orientation process of all his/her new associates.
• Takes part in the annual performance assessment process of all his/her associates and in the setting of annual goals for his/her direct reports.
• Takes part in updating job descriptions for all positions or in creating new job descriptions for new positions whenever needed.
• Empowers his direct reports and gives them room to develop their skills.

Procurement and Deliveries

• Identifies and estimates food* and beverage supply requirements and places beverage orders with suppliers (*together with Executive Chef).
• Checks and orders supplies of non-food items.
• Schedules food and beverage deliveries.
• Checks quality of deliveries and documentation.
• Ensures that all terms and conditions of signed contracts with approved vendors/suppliers of his/her unit are executed and followed. Reports to DOO and to Financial Controller on any contract breach.
• Ensures correct storage of supplies.

Finance, Cost Control & Budgeting

• Monitors restaurant sales and revenue. Is responsible for total restaurant daily receipts and balance against sales, as well as deposit receipts.
• Ensures cash management procedures are completed accurately.
• Reviews and comments on daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for his/her unit. Analyses budget variances proposes corrective actions as soon as needed and implements them whenever approved.
• Is responsible for his/her unit F&B costs, as per budgeted.
• Takes part in annual forecasting/budgeting for his/her unit, and in budgeting annual CapEX.

Meetings & Communication 

• Prepares and analyzes management reports for his/her unit.
• Schedules and holds/chairs weekly decision-making meetings with his direct reports. Makes sure that meeting’s minutes are recorded and that decisions are executed in time.
• Attends weekly meetings with DOO.
• Attends monthly meetings with HH Executive team
• Reports immediately on any major product defect or any major guest issue and takes all necessary corrective actions.
• Ensures a smooth communication with all direct reports and other Restaurants/Units GM’s
• Monitors HH Division social media activities and HH Division F&B unit’s websites. Feeds HH Marketing Manager with helpful news or updates
• Identifies and evaluates competitors.
• Keeps current with trends in the restaurant industry.

Openings

• Gives any lateral assistance needed for new unit’s openings.

Attire, language, and behavior

• Is always neatly dressed and groomed, and always behaves and speaks according to HH Division and Harwood International standards of excellence and image.
• Treats all associates - in public and in private - with respect and consideration, regardless of their position or tasks.

Competencies

• Positive attitude
• Strong attention to detail
• Sense of urgency
• Strong decision-making abilities.
• Reliable and dependable
• "Can-do", team-oriented attitude
• Possess friendly and helpful customer service.
• Ability to think quickly on their feet and multi-task with ease.

Why Harwood Hospitality?

Here at Harwood Hospitality group we have created a community where we care for one another, focus on excellence and growth, and commit to truly enjoying our jobs as the best recipe for success.  This is evident through our expansive associate benefits program.

• Medical Coverage
• Career Growth
• Great earning potential
• Internal discount program

ESCAPE THE ORDINARY.