General Manager

Cattivella is a multi-award-winning Wood Fire Italian Restaurant in the Central Park Neighborhood of Denver. We are seeking a General Manager that is passionate about food and drink as well as teaching your team everything that is important to give an amazing dining experience.

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General Manager Overview

• Minimum hours to work 50 hours. Special Brunch days and potential off site catering etc when needed as well.
• Work hours 12pm to close. We close M-Thur at 9pm and Fri-Sat we close at 10pm
• Payroll is weekly
• Vacation is 1 week after one year is completed. 1 day will be added each year after with a cap of 3 weeks. Trip to Italy will not be counted towards this. 1 week of a Trip to Italy will be provided. Flight and housing is included. Meals etc will be on your own. If you choose to stay longer to explore more of Italy you will be on your own financially and only a maximum of 5 extra days.
• Health Insurance paid up to 50% for this position
• Free Parking
• After one year of employment, you will be sent to Italy for a "working" trip to visit and meet winemakers and learn from them as well as going to Cheese producers etc. Flight, accommodations are all paid during your trip. More details will come during interview.
• The GM will be over just the front-of-the-house team. The person will work closely with the Chef Team to ensure all budgeted numbers are hit.

Restaurant General Manager Skills and Qualifications:
Cost Accounting, Developing Budgets, Financial Planning and Strategy, Decision Making, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Verbal Communication, Customer Focus, Management Proficiency, Managing Profitability, Quality Focus, Aloha Mastery, Opentable Mastery, RSI Accounting System, Sales/Marketing, Soliciting and Booking Private dining events
Duties/Responsibilities Overview

• Establishes restaurant business plan by surveying restaurant demand; conferring with people in the community; identifying and evaluating competitors; preparing financial, marketing, and sales projections, analyses, and estimates.

• Meets restaurant financial objectives by developing financing; establishing banking relationships; preparing strategic and annual forecasts and budgets; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions; establishing and monitoring financial controls; developing and implementing strategies to increase average meal checks.

• Attracts patrons by developing and implementing marketing, advertising, public and community relations programs; evaluating program results; identifying and tracking changing demands.

• Controls purchases and inventory by meeting with account manager; negotiating prices and contracts; developing preferred supplier lists; reviewing and evaluating usage reports; analyzing variances; taking corrective actions.

• Maintains operations by preparing policies and standard operating procedures; implementing production, productivity, quality, and patron-service standards; determining and implementing system improvements.

• Maintains patron satisfaction by monitoring, evaluating, and auditing food, beverage, and service offerings; initiating improvements; building relationships with preferred patrons.

• Accomplishes restaurant and bar human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining management staff; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy facility environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; complying with health and legal regulations; maintaining security systems.

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by tracking emerging trends in the restaurant industry; attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

• Accomplishes company goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Daily duties:

• Check Mail: Mail Box 3 located in front of Cho Loan. Please check daily.
• Check phone messages upon entry.
• Create/ Check staff schedule in Conneteam App to insure coverage and trimming needs.
• Check RSI costs: Labor and Wine and Beer
• Work in conjunction with Chefs to maintain food cost and payroll.
• Front of the house payroll: 6-7%, Liquor, Beer and Wine costs: 18-20% combined.
• Back of the house payroll: 12-14%, Food Cost: 27%
• Marketing and Sales: create new marketing and sales strategies, schedule and execute: Done on a quarterly basis.
• Training of the new AGM

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $78,000.00 - $88,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Physical Setting:

• Fine dining restaurant

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Every weekend
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay
• Quarterly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Denver, CO 80238: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Restaurant management: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)
• Night Shift (Required)

Work Location: One location