Restaurant Manager (Wine Jobs: Wine Retail & Sommelier)

Full Time

  Wild Earth Wines

  Otago, Otago

Wild Earth Restaurant and Cellar Door at Goldfields Mining Centre provides a truly unique dining experience, showcasing fresh New Zealand cuisine paired with award winning wines. Set in a spectacular location on the banks of the Kawarau River near to Cromwell.

The Wild Earth menu is produced utilising retired French Oak Pinot Noir wine barrel cookers called Stoakers that steam, bake and smoke a delicious array of regional foods. This extraordinary dining experience is attracting increasing numbers of bookings from both international and local clientele for its daily lunchtime service.

The position available is for an experienced Restaurant Manager, who would relish the challenge of developing their skills in this distinctive and dynamic environment.

The key responsibilities of the role are.

  • Agreeing and managing budgets to ensure profitability
  • Recruiting, training, scheduling and supervising staff
  • Maintaining quality and customer service objectives
  • Ensuring compliance with licensing and legislation
  • Promoting and marketing the business
  • Overseeing stock levels and ordering supplies

The competencies this role requires

  • Proven work experience as a Restaurant Manager or similar customer service role
  • Comprehensive food and wine knowledge
  • Familiarity with restaurant management software, Kounta and Deputy
  • Strong leadership, motivational and people skills
  • A full driver's license and your own reliable vehicle
  • The right to work in New Zealand

This role will suit a person who has acute financial management skills, a hard work ethic and a desire to always strive for improvement. They will be expected to lead by example, uplift our staff during busy moments to ensure the restaurant runs smoothly and customers have an exceptional dining experience.

So if you are a team player, motivated and believe you are a fit for this position, we would like to hear from you. All applications should include a cover letter, CV, please make sure your cover letter is specific about your experience and what you are looking for now. 

Applications close Friday 30th June 2017 at 12 noon

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