# Restaurant Manager
**Work Environment:** Restaurant
**Responsibilities and Tasks**
- Analyze budget to increase and maintain restaurant profits
- Develop a budget to determine the cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies
- Evaluate daily operations
- Modify food preparation methods and menu prices based on restaurant budget
- Control receipts to determine labour costs
- Monitor staff performance
- Plan and organize daily operations
- Recruit staff
- Set staff work schedules
- Supervise staff
- Train staff
- Determine the type of services to be offered and establish operating procedures
- Close the cash register and complete balance sheets, cash statements and supporting documents
- Conduct performance reviews
- Establish the cost of products and services
- Apply provincial or territorial laws and regulations concerning alcoholic beverages
- Organize and maintain current inventory
- Ensure health and safety rules are respected
- Negotiate with suppliers regarding the supply of food and other products
- Discuss with clients regarding catering services or facility use arrangements
- Participate in the development and implementation of marketing plans
- Direct individuals or provide instructions
- Resolve customer complaints and address their concerns
- Provide customer service
- Manage events
- Ensure staff training regarding their tasks, hygiene and safety standards
- Supervise and coordinate activities of staff who prepare and distribute food
- Supervise and verify tray preparation
- Supervise and verify delivery of food trays
- Write and submit reports
- Prepare budget and evaluate costs
- Establish methods to meet work schedules
- Establish work schedules
- Estimate ingredients and supplies needed for meal preparation
- Ensure food and service meet quality control standards
- Possess knowledge of the company's culinary styles
- Supervise 5 to 10 people
**Required Qualifications**
- Smart Serve server/server training
- Food Safety Certification
**Experience and Specialization**
- Management Information Systems (MIS or database)
- Electronic cash register
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
- Point of Sale System
**Additional Information**
*Working Conditions and Physical Requirements*
- Fast-paced work environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sitting, standing and walking
- Standing for long periods
- High volume of work
- Walking
*Personal Qualities*
- Precise
- Customer-focused attitude
- Sense of responsibility
- Effective interpersonal relations
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organizational skills
- Reliable
- Team spirit
- Ability to multitask
