restaurant manager

Sagar RatanHalifax, NSJob Bankpublished 08/30/2026

Education:

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years.

Tasks:

  • Analyze budget to boost and maintain the restaurant's profits.
  • Develop budget to determine cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies.
  • Evaluate daily operations .
  • Modify food preparation methods and menu prices according to the restaurant budget .
  • Monitor revenues to determine labour cost .
  • Monitor staff performance .
  • Plan and organize daily operations.
  • Recruit staff.
  • Set staff work schedules.
  • Supervise staff.
  • Train staff.
  • Determine type of services to be offered and implement operational procedures.
  • Balance cash and complete balance sheets, cash reports and related forms.
  • Conduct performance reviews.
  • Cost products and services.
  • Organize and maintain inventory.
  • Ensure health and safety regulations are followed.
  • Negotiate arrangements with suppliers for food and other supplies.
  • Negotiate with clients for catering or use of facilities.
  • Participate in marketing plans and implementation.
  • Address customers' complaints or concerns.
  • Provide customer service.
  • Manage events.

Supervision:

More than 20 people.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

  • Fast-paced environment.
  • Work under pressure.
  • Repetitive tasks.
  • Physically demanding.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking.

Personal suitability:

  • Accurate.
  • Client focus.
  • Dependability.
  • Efficient interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent oral communication.
  • Excellent written communication.
  • Flexibility.
  • Organized.
  • Reliability.
  • Team player.
  • Ability to multitask.

Employment terms options:

Evening.

Experience:

1 year to less than 2 years.

Employment terms options:

Morning. On call. Day. Weekend.

Support for persons with disabilities:

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.

Support for newcomers and refugees:

  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .

Support for youths:

  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.

Support for Veterans:

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans .

Support for Indigenous people:

Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .

Support for mature workers:

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
  • Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .

Supports for visible minorities:

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.