General Manager - Restaurant

Job description / Role

A prominent chain of restaurants is currently looking to recruit an experienced and entrepreneurial General Manager to add value to the business’ growth activities and lead their dynamic team.

With the goal of promoting the company’s commercial activity and maintaining its reputation, it is expected of the General Manager to deliver in the following accountabilities:
- Develop and implement the growth and expansion strategy of the operations across the UAE, and oversee the achievement of performance targets
- Provide leadership for the UAE operations in order to achieve the business’ objectives.
- Ensure timely supervision and meeting with store managers to review performance and operations.
- Provide direction to operations team members on daily activities and restaurant operations.
- Develops financial projections, strategic annual forecasts and budgets.
- Establishes and manages financial controls.
- Oversees and reviews financial statements, sales activities, analytics, reports and performance data to measure productivity and program performance.

Requirements

- 5 years of proven experience managing a large diverse team in a fast-paced environment within a quick service restaurant sector
- Experience in opening new outlets and building a team
- A business degree or equivalent
- Entrepreneurial with a strong for passion for food and people
- Utmost dedication to excellent customer service and product quality

If you are a highly result-driven person looking to be part of an ever growing organization, this could well be your next long term role. Attractive package with strong bonus scheme and an opportunity make significant changes awaits the successful candidate.

About the Company

Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years' experience in sourcing the world's best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.

With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:

Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.

We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants' skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors.