Project Manager - East London, South Africa - Empact Group

Empact Group

Verified Company

East London, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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The Main Purpose of the job

Education and Experience required:

Relevant tertiary qualification in food and beverage services or hospitality or culinary arts is compulsory
Minimum 3 Years of experience in a similar role
Experience in highly commercial and sensitive markets is compulsory
Project Management experience in a hospitality/catering industry would be an advantage
Implementation of change programmes, unit mobilization experience is advantageous
Experience of working within brand guidelines to deliver results
Experience in costing, budgets, forecasts and invoicing is advantageous
Proven experience in managing successful departments/teams
Driver's License is required

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

Knowledge of the catering environment ranging from fine dining to restaurant dining
Knowledge of South African and industryspecific laws
Customer service skills
Management skills
Communication skills
Ability to arrange exceptional functions
Ability to balance the budget and save on soft costs
Ability to draft and extract reports

Key areas of responsibility:

Managing daily operations of the assigned unit in accordance with sector strategy, contract specifications, and statutory regulations
Implementation of the food production process
Provide great quality service to clients
Manage the execution of creative functions
Menu planning, standardisation, adoption and costing
Monitor the kitchen to ensure the cooks are using standardized recipes and quality of food is of the highest standard
Daily bookkeeping procedures on worksmart capturing of issues, sales, stock, banking's etc.
Managing the Food GP's as per the budgeted targets
Cash Handling weekly banking to be balanced for pick up for G4S
Managing the unit's budgets to ensure that the budgeted targets are met monthly
Implementation of minimum & maximum stock levels to controls stock days
Electronic Meal ordering system to be fully functional and implemented within the unit
Managing the HSE daily to ensure all records are up to date
Managing People (i.e. staffing workforce planning, payroll administration, leave management, performance management)
Managing Customer Experience (through surveys and using data to improve the service offering)