General Manager - Restaurant
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About the Role
A confidential company is seeking an experienced Restaurant General Manager to lead a premium Mediterranean dining concept in Dubai, with a tentative start date in September 2026. The role involves overseeing operations, financial performance, team development, and brand growth.
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Responsibilities
- Recruit, mentor, and inspire a high performing restaurant team while fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration
- Drive employee engagement, training, and career development to build a strong leadership pipeline
- Oversee all aspects of the restaurant's daily operation, ensuring consistently high standards of service, food quality, and presentation
- Maintain exceptional guest satisfaction by anticipating guest needs and resolving service challenges promptly
- Ensure all operational procedures and brand standards are consistently implemented
- Take ownership of the restaurant's financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, labor management, cost control, and profitability
- Monitor operational KPIs and implement strategies to maximize revenue and improve overall business performance
- Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency without compromising the guest experience
- Ensure compliance with all health, safety, hygiene, and licensing regulations
- Oversee inventory management, purchasing, supplier relationships, and stock control
- Maintain operational reports and support continuous improvements across the business
- Work closely with senior leadership to support local marketing initiatives, partnerships, and business development opportunities
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Restaurant General Manager within a high end Mediterranean restaurant
- Strong track record managing luxury dining operations
- Excellent financial acumen with experience overseeing budgets, P&L performance, labor costs, and operational KPIs
- Passionate about delivering exceptional guest experiences and developing high performing teams
- Strong leadership, communication, and decision making skills
- Commercially minded with the ability to balance operational excellence and business performance
- Comfortable with a tentative September 2026 start date, understanding that the project timeline may be subject to change
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About the Opportunity
- We are seeking an experienced Restaurant General Manager to lead a premium dining concept, with a tentative start date in September 2026. As the project timeline is still being finalized, candidates should be comfortable with some flexibility around the start date. This opportunity is suited to a ho
Key Responsibilities
- Recruit, mentor, and inspire a high performing restaurant team while fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
- Drive employee engagement, training, and career development to build a strong leadership pipeline.
- Creating a positive and guest focused working environment.
- Oversee all aspects of the restaurant's daily operation, ensuring consistently high standards of service, food quality, and presentation.
- Maintain exceptional guest satisfaction by anticipating guest needs and resolving service challenges promptly.
- Ensure all operational procedures and brand standards are consistently implemented.
- Take ownership of the restaurant's financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, labor management, cost control, and profitability.
- Monitor operational KPIs and implement strategies to maximize revenue and improve overall business performance.
- Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency without compromising the guest experience.
- Ensure compliance with all health, safety, hygiene, and licensing regulations.
- Oversee inventory management, purchasing, supplier relationships, and stock control.
- Maintain operational reports and support continuous improvements across the business.
Candidate Profile
- Proven experience as a Restaurant General Manager within a high end Mediterranean restaurant.
- Strong track record managing luxury dining operations.
- Excellent financial acumen with experience overseeing budgets, P&L performance, labor costs, and operational KPIs.
- Passionate about delivering exceptional guest experiences and developing high performing teams.
- Strong leadership, communication, and decision making skills.
- Commercially minded with the ability to balance operational excellence and business performance.
- Comfortable with a tentative September 2026 start date, understanding that the project timeline may be subject to change.
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