RIVIERA DINING GROUP · 2 months ago
Director of Restaurant Operations - RDG
RIVIERA DINING GROUP is a collective dedicated to excellence in the luxury restaurant industry. They are seeking an experienced Director of Restaurant Operations to oversee daily operations, manage procedures, and lead a team to ensure efficiency and success in their restaurant venues.
Food and BeverageHospitalityRestaurants
Responsibilities
Must be a self-starter, must have analytical abilities and self-criticism
High level of communication skills
Will oversee multiple outlets within one venue or multiple venues
Develop a set of management principles and accountability principles
Create budgets along with finance dept and ways to manage these budgets
Develop strategies and vision
Communicate Company vision and mission
Create a positive and respectful work environment
Develop systems and processes
Focus relentlessly on the customer
Lead a team consisting of General Manager, Assistant General Manager, Floor Managers etc
Be close to your KPIs: measuring financial performance, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, product satisfaction and other key indicators
Extremely organized, professional, and efficient
Operate with business transparency: open, honest, and aligned with core values and management/company culture
Bottom-up management: Encourage creativity and proactivity and autonomy => leading to greater employee engagement and productivity and accountability
A bottom-up approach emphasizes the fact that those who are out “in the field” every day can provide significant insights that management, from their perspective a bit higher up, might fail to notice
Transparency & collaboration with a hands-on HR Team is a MUST! Please ensure that you give HR “visibility” into your property, and all allow them provide you guidance on best practices and mitigate potential legal claims
Fostering a creative culture: More minds (often from dramatically different backgrounds and walks of life) can increase an organization's creative ideas. This can lead to new processes, products, and potential revenue opportunities
Product driven – insuring tasting and product evaluations are happening daily. Inconsistencies must be disclosed
Passion for providing top-notch hospitality to guests: operating at or above 4.6 stars Guest satisfaction (Food, service, and ambiance)
Integrity to make the right decisions for the restaurant, staff, and guests. Honesty is the best policy and a nonnegotiable
Confidence in your knowledge of the industry: The company must provide an annual restaurant/hospitality experience expenses budget per DOO to keep up to date with trends, ideas and constant inspiration and improvements
Problem-solving and relationship-building skills
Ability to strategize based on customer demographics
Ability to manage multiple projects at once
Ability to successfully train and coach a team: Training calendars, train the trainers
Members and VIP driven operations: VIP treatment, recognition at the door, expedited services, developing relationships, connecting VIPs, VVIPS, and VVVIPs to VIP reservation line and VIP directors. (Facilitate reservations.)
Identify problems in the day-to-day operations and ways to fix them
Manage day-to-day operations while also working toward long-term business goals
Large emphasize on hiring, training, and staffing according to Payroll analysis and company requirements to maintain high guest satisfaction
Identify profits and losses and operate within the parameters of budgets
Daily communication across many teams (accounting, operations, human resources, and executive management)
Interview, hire, train and manage new supervisors and managers: Sourcing talents for your own business: use of LinkedIn, going to other restaurants
Develop the team and provide paths for growth within the company
Maintain company culture and staff morale
Keep operations as streamlined as possible
Understanding and management of operational standards (grooming, policies, and procedures)
Understand key revenue drivers and identify any room for improvement
Make decisions on how to operate the business from both a guest and financial standpoint
Know how, when to use support center and various department heads to help you and your operation strive
The “devil is in the details!” It is very important to be as efficient and decerning as possible
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 10 years previous experience as a Senior GM or DOO in a fine dining/luxury, high volume, recognized dining, and cocktail bar/lounge venue setting
Bachelor's degree in business administration, hospitality or related field of study or any equivalent combination of education and/or experience is required
Demonstrated experience managing a multi-use venue (multiple restaurants in one location)
Must be detail oriented and possess effective communication and written skills
State compliant food handling certificate & TIPS certification required
Ability to multi-task
Must be a team player
Self-motivated and performance driven
Punctuality and regular and reliable attendance
Effective communication, written and interpersonal skills
Time management skills
Maintain confidentiality of company information
Ability to work a flexible schedule inclusive of weekends, holidays, am, and pm
Must be able to travel among RDG properties and accept new assignments when necessary
Company
RIVIERA DINING GROUP
Riviera Dining Group manages restaurants and clubs offering Mediterranean cuisine and curated dining experiences.
Funding
Current Stage
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The Real Deal
2025-11-24
2025-11-21
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