Job Description
- To manage and lead the operational teams in meeting company and client objectives, maintaining highest possible standards of food service and maximising profitability.
- Manage Lexington’s Operations to ensure organisational accomplishment
- Strategic planning to meet operational and financial targets
- Prove policy compliance periodically as determined by the directors
- Coordinate preparation of annual business plan, including: operating, capital and cash budgets, marketing schemes, wage and benefit packages, financial analyses and future plans
- Provide directors and clients with information and support in development of long term plans
- Set measurable objectives periodically for all managers
- Candidate requires strong financial acumen – financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting
- Monitor deviations from budget and take corrective action to meet established goals
- Ensure compliance with all applicable laws: business licenses, permits, health regulations, labour laws, etc
- Focus on delivering outstanding food and service quality across restaurant and hospitality operations
- Work with staff to develop and project Lexington’s public image
- Coordinate community outreach programs with operations
- Ensure orientations and on-the-job training for all staff
- Ensure timely evaluations for all staff, based on written job descriptions and performance standards
- Ensure a safe, healthy workplace for employees
- Excellent man management and interpersonal skills that enables the candidate to nurture and develop the onsite team, establish channels for employee input and recognition
Personal Spec
- B&I experience in a fixed price and cost-plus environment
- Good at planning ahead and able to look at multiple options to help a final well-informed decision
- Positive, polite and realistic
- Must be friendly, a great team player, excellent communicator, fun, enthusiastic and professional at all times
- Able to prioritise and work under pressure.
- Financial acumen and computer literacy is a must
- Enthusiasm for the industry, passion for food and understanding of the changing industry
- Experience of dealing with and developing a client relationship that requires patience and confidence
- Experience in writing monthly / quarterly client reviews
- You will be a driven self-starter who will relish this challenge
Experience
- Ability to work independently under the general direction of Lexington directors
- Successful experience as a GM or manager in a hospitality environment
- Good communication skills, written and verbal
- Demonstrated initiative, leadership ability
- Ability to handle multiple demands
- Demonstrated ability to follow through on commitments
- Supervisory experience: hiring, training, evaluating, redundancies
- Knowledge of current trends in the natural foods industry
- Ability to interpret financial statements
- Willingness and ability to learn to meet the changing requirements of the job
- Experience leading business or organization through times of expansion and growth
- Ability to work within team setting
- Computer proficiency
Because of the changing nature of our business your job description will inevitably change. You will, from time to time, be required to undertake other activities of a similar nature that fall within your capabilities as directed by management.
