Wine Tasting Room & Restaurant Manager
(Wine Jobs:
Wine Retail & Sommelier)
Full Time
Mt Beautiful Wines
Canterbury,
Christchurch/Canterbury
Mt. Beautiful Winery is seeking a hospitality superstar to manage both our Wine Tasting Room and newly acquired Two Rivers Café located in Cheviot, New Zealand on the South Island.
Overview:
Teece Family Vineyards is a distinctive 74 hectare vineyard property in Spotswood, Cheviot. We grow ultra-premium grapes for our internationally distributed Mt. Beautiful wine brand, in addition to fruit contracts for other nearby wineries. The vineyard is also home to a newly constructed 600 tonne state-of-the-art winery facility that specializes in small lot fermentations for Pinot Noir and gentle, hands-on production for our white wine program, which includes Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Riesling varieties.
Teece Family Vineyards is surrounded by Teece Family Farms, an 850 hectare sheep and beef finishing property that is also used for tourism activities. Nearby in the town of Cheviot, we have a modern new Wine Tasting Room, along with a newly renovated six suite luxury guest lodge at Manuka Bay; bringing wine tourism intrigue to the North Canterbury region, and making us an attractive destination for visitors and locals alike.
Other initiatives under the Teece umbrella include Esk Head Station, a 15,300 hectare high country station located 1.5 hours from the vineyard, as well as Caverhill Farms, an 809 hectare beef and sheep grazing property located just south of the vineyard, featuring 4 kilometres of scenic North Canterbury coastline.
We are seeking a switched on, organised and positive individual to join our busy team as our Restaurant and Wine Tasting Room Manager.
Purpose:
Reporting to the NZ Business Operations and Development Manager, the Restaurant and Wine Tasting Room Manager will lead our food and beverage team to deliver an exceptional North Canterbury wine and dining experience.
Essential Skills:
- Coordinating daily Front of House and Back of House restaurant operations
- Ability to deliver superior service and maximise customer satisfaction
- Planning and coordinating menus and food control
- Create detailed reports on weekly, monthly and annual revenues and expenses
- Recruit, train, manage and motivate employees
- Maintain high standards of quality control, hygiene, health and safety
- Confident in organising marketing activities and promotional events
Desired Skills:
- NZ Manager's Certificate
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Great time management skills with the proven ability to multi-task several things across various areas
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently, under pressure and able to react quickly to changing priorities
- You will also possess excellent communication skills both written and verbal together with the ability to adapt to ever changing business needs
- An outgoing and bubbly personality
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a dynamic company and team that is forging new ground in the wine world and a new wine area in NZ.
A remuneration package will be negotiated relative to experience and skills.
