Assistant Restaurant Manager
Location - Midtown NYC
Reports to: General Manager
Who We are:
We are a large Italian restaurant in the heart of NYC, featuring a restaurant, bar and lounge, dining room and banquet space.
We seek a talented service-centric fine dining room assistant manager with a deep sense of hospitality and style. The ideal candidate has table-side service knowledge, wine and beverage expertise, and is experienced in coaching and training a wonderful young team of potential super performers. Must have New York City restaurant experience.
The Assistant Manager Role:
- Provide supervision for Front of House (FOH) Staff:
- Maintain a presence on the floor for all shifts worked
- Monitor host stand to ensure tables are seated in a timely fashion
- Keep eyes on all tables to ensure quality service at all times,
- Assist with any tasks as needed to ensure dining room runs efficiently
- Interview new FOH staff
- Assist with regular staff training sessions for Food, Beverage & Safety
- Assist GM with planning monthly staff meetings
- Monitor host stand to ensure tables are seated in a timely fashion
- Touch all tables to ensure quality service at all times, assisting with anything needed
What you bring to the role:
- Must have experience working in the United States
- Minimum (3) years of NYC restaurant experience
- Experience working with a POS system
- Ability to handle face-paced setting and high volume environment
- Ability to prioritize and handle pressure during the busiest hours
- Self-motivated, highly organized, and has the ability to follow directions and execute the task with sense of urgency
- Has great engaging personality, team player, multi-tasker
- Has strong communication skills towards the guests and co-workers
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Can identify and greet regulars and VIPs
- Has the ability to handle cash, credit cards and a cash register
- Growing organization.
$70-80,000k salary
