Bar Manager
Job Description
The opportunity:
Global Talent 2020 are proudly working with one of Edinburgh’s most established and successful operators. They are looking for a driven, charismatic, and energetic Bar Manager to join their operation at one of the best boutique hotels in the city center. The venue is a well-established and reputable spot, with a newly refurbished restaurant and bar area that is popular all day, and evening and is a late-night destination with a wide-ranging clientele looking to have fun and party as they host a range of birthdays and celebrations.
The wet side of the business is exceptionally busy and popular, with a wide-ranging cocktail menu and newly refurbished bars to serve them from.
The role:
Global Talent 2020’s client will require the Bar Manager to support the business in leading the bar team across the site. You will be responsible for assisting the management team in managing all front and back-of-house personnel and operations. You will need to be very customer-facing and lead by empowering your team and creating a memorable customer journey. You must possess an eye for detail, and have sound commercial nous, especially with a P&L, cellar management, stock ordering processes, and expenditure controls.
You will manage the staff across all areas as required through your management team. Great understanding of, health & safety, training, and development of others, as well as possessing first-class communication skills are prerequisites for this diverse and fast-paced role with our popular client.
The role requires a creative and ideas-driven mind to drive the revenue at the site and recognize the full potential of the venue. A sound understanding of how to drive top-line revenue is a must. The revenue is a mix of food and wet, so someone with great all-round knowledge and understanding of driving food and drinks service and quality is a must with an obvious focus on wet sales and how to increase high standards of drink quality and delivery.
This is a challenging site with many different factions to the operations, so someone who can step back and manage multiple areas of the business through effective delegation is a necessity.
The person:
Our client at Global Talent 2020, is looking for a positive approach type leader, with a focused, well-organized mind, who possesses an approachable manner and is driven commercially.
This is a multi-tasking, challenging role, in an amazingly presented environment, so it will need someone used to leading by example in an operation at all times. Quality understanding of all areas of a volume bar and restaurant operations are key skill sets required by Global Talent 2020’s client for this opportunity.
Our client requires the ideal candidate to possess quality people engagement skills, with a “right-first-time” approach with customers, and colleagues alike. A sound understanding of P&L and costs is also highly desired, and this role would ideally suit a current Bar Manager or a senior Bar supervisor candidate.
The benefits:
- An excellent base salary package.
- Generous TRONC structure (Approx £8,000 annually).
- Career progression within the company and portfolio.
- Re-location packages are available to applicants outside of Edinburgh.
- Free entry to all their late-night venues.
- 28-30 days annual leave and a flexible schedule
- An extra day of paid leave for your birthday.
- 20% employee hotel discount.
- 25% off food and drink in all their venues, 7 days/week.
- Discounted taxi fares home.
- Wellbeing & beauty discounts.
- Restaurant and high-street discounts.
- Regular incentives and competitions with around 4 international team trips/year + distillery and brewery trips.
The opportunity is with Global Talent 2020 long established, highly respected Scottish operator. They offer an Excellent base salary package, generous tronc structure (approx. £600 – £800 monthly), first-class company benefits in a premier refurbished venue, with huge career growth opportunities.
Interested? Get in touch, apply today, and then let’s talk…
