General Manager - Renato's King St Bristol - #2188124

Renato’s is looking for a General Manager to take full ownership of our late night bar and pizzeria in the heart of Bristol city centre, on King St.

The venue has two service points. The Bar and Snug has cosy vintage decor, with craft beer, natural wine, cocktails and cider. The Pizzeria serves New York slices and Detroit-style deep-dish, with DJs and live music on the weekends. We are a thriving late night venue, and we want someone who is excited about continuing to grow it and cement its place on King St and in the city.

You will be passionate about being behind the bar and on the floor, serving our guests and supporting your team. The role is full time, 40 hours a week. Renato's trades seven days a week and busiest late at night, your rota will include evenings, late closes and weekends. Renato's is part of the Left Handed Giant family. You will report to the Director of Venue Operations and work closely with the wider LHG leadership team, bringing ground-level insight into the room as readily as taking direction.

What you’ll be doing

• Running Renato’s day to day operation, bringing the bar, kitchen and late night trade together as one team
• Owning the venue’s financial performance, including turnover, gross profit, wages and budgets
• Leading and developing your assistant managers and wider bar team with a focus on practical training, regular coaching and fair, constructive feedback.
• Working closely with the kitchen team to deliver quick, consistent food service, and making sure training, hygiene and food safety standards are met and exceeded every day
• Working with the kitchen team to pursue whole building financial targets and one team culture.
• Keeping the venue fully compliant with licensing, health and safety, fire safety and employment requirements
• Programming and delivering DJs, live music and events that bring in the right crowd
• Using sales strategies and creative problem solving to keep growing the business
• Championing LHG’s ethos, values and brand, and driving a culture of continuous improvement

Who we’re looking for

You will be:

• An Organised, clear thinking leader who stays calm when the venue is full and is a steady presence when the pressure is on
• A Motivator who can bring a large team together across bar, kitchen and front of house
• A Trainer and Developer who builds people up and trusts them to work independently
• Commercially Aware and comfortable with targets, data and reporting
• Takes Ownership. We give our managers as much autonomy as possible to shape the role and the venue, supported by the senior leadership team.
• Fun to work with, hardworking and passionate about guest experience on every shift

Required:

• Proven experience as a senior management role in a busy, late night or high-volume venue
• Experience running both a large bar and a food operation, and working closely with a kitchen team
• Experience making cocktails
• A track record of developing and keeping good people

Desirable

• A genuine interest in craft beer and pizza
• A good knowledge of wine
• A valid Personal Licence
• Food Safety Level 2,
• First Aid Accreditation
• Fire Safety Level 2

About us

Renato’s is focused on providing our customers with a world class drinks offering and our now famous NY slices and Detroit-style deep-dish pizzas. These regional American styles of pizza are our speciality and we are proud to bring them to Bristol using the best ingredients available.

We are employee centric and recognise that our staff are the key to our future success. We provide the best training and support that we can, empowering our team to fulfil their potential. We also offer several employee benefits, to ensure that our staff are as healthy and happy outside of work as possible. We have a zero tolerance approach to harassment and provide support and training to all our staff.

Business should be a force for positive change. We believe that keeping employees at the front of our decision making and carbon neutrality are two key ways in which we can make small but meaningful impacts into our environment and our employees’ wealth, health and happiness.

We are carbon neutral and have placed our environmental impact as an absolute priority in every operational decision we make. We believe passionately that we have a responsibility to prioritise our people and our planet before our profit and growth.

What you get

• Salary range between £35,500 to £37,500 depending on experience, plus a performance based bonus paid quarterly
• Employee Assistance Program
• Private healthcare after 1 year’s service
• Sick pay provision
• Increasing additional paid holiday, years 2 to 5
• Company pension
• Paid breaks
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Work within a carbon neutral business committed to its social and environmental responsibility

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

If this interests you, please include a covering letter with your application, or simply tell us 'why Renato's?

Send applications to [email protected]