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What does a Bar Manager do?
Bar managers keep their bars running smoothly by handling day-to-day operations, managing resources, and employees, and creating a safe, fun environment for staff and patrons. These professionals may also be known as pub managers.
Bar Manager Role
Bar Managers manage their bars efficiently by handling daily operations, managing resources and employees and creating a safe, fun environment for staff and patrons.
We are actively looking for a committed, proactive Bar Manager with lots of energy who enjoys working in an exciting, fast-paced environment. As Bar Manager you will promote and grow the business, hire and train waitstaff and ensure that patrons are receiving excellent drinks, food, and service. You will also manage inventory and resources, plan promotional events, ensure that quality and safety controls are followed, maintain current licences and update vender contracts, create schedules, and set business objectives to increase profits and maximise customer satisfaction. We also expect someone who should be able to work with diverse personalities and diffuse tense situations.
To excel as a Bar Manager, you should be observant and have the ability to think critically and efficiently. You should be a skilled communicator with excellent problem solving, observation, and interpersonal skills.
Bar Manager Duties
- Restaurant or management experience or more education is generally preferred.
- Strong understanding of business management and accounting principles.
- Excellent computer, problem-solving, and customer service skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to diffuse tense situations and resolve conflicts.
- Willingness to work during peak hours, including nites, weekends, and holidays.
- Effectively delegate responsibilities and maximise resources.
- Decisiveness.
- Ability to walk, stand, and occasionally carry heavy items in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
Bar Manager Requirements
- Manage the business aspects of the bar, such as keeping a current liquor licence, negotiating supplier contracts, taking inventory and reordering supplies, managing budgets, and setting goals.
- Hire and train staff to provide excellent service to patrons.
- Create effective schedules and quickly resolving conflicts to ensure that bar is well staffed during peak hours.
- Set and enforce quality and safety controls.
- Ensure licences are updated.
- Work with diverse personalities both on the staff and patrons.
- Plan and take part in promotional events.
- Diffuse tense situations between patrons or staff members to prevent possible safety or legal issues, ejecting unruly persons, if needed.
- Maintain a fun, safe atmosphere for patrons.
- Restaurant or management experience or more education is generally preferred.
- Strong understanding of business management and accounting principles.
- Excellent computer, problem-solving, and customer service skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to diffuse tense situations and resolve conflicts.
- Willingness to work during peak hours, including nites, weekends, and holidays.
- Effectively delegate responsibilities and maximise resources.
- Decisiveness.
- Ability to walk, stand, and occasionally carry heavy items in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
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Job title: This should accurately reflect the role and include keywords that top talent might be using to search for jobs.
Job duties: The day to day duties, such as administrative tasks, which vary depending on the company and inform the candidate if they can complete the role.
Technical skills: These are the hard skills required through training, such as proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Soft skills: These include the interpersonal skills and general abilities the right candidates will possess. For example, the competency to prioritise multiple tasks, handle customer queries and customer complaints, work alone, or build a good relationship with coworkers.
The company's culture: Highlighting your company culture and values ensures employees thrive and find outstanding job satisfaction. Candidates that are not the right fit won’t waste their time completing the application process, meaning you can focus on qualified individuals and hire in a more timely manner.
Career progression: Including the career path will entice candidates looking for career growth.
Training and development programs: Smaller companies may need employees with previous experience or provide educational assistance over internal training offered by larger organisations with more significant resources.
Employee benefits: Compensation and benefits often fail to appear in job ads and while you may want to hold your cards close to your chest, failing to include them is a mistake. Consider answering common questions, such as working hours and paid leave. Researching the average salary for the role in these early stages will ensure you don’t waste your interviewer’s and the candidate’s time.
Skill gaps: Your company may need to bring in new skills beyond those required to complete the key role and duties. Thinking on an organisational level can be beneficial when contemplating skills diversity.
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