
Full Time Job
General Manager
Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club
- Paid
- Full Time
- Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
The General Manager is fully responsible for all aspects of the venue’s business operations to ensure optimal guest, employee and community experience and relations. The GM recruits, hires, trains, and develops department heads and managers; resolves team member and guest conflicts/concerns; develops, maintains and ensures all workplace policies and standards; and directs revenue growth and cost controls initiatives.
Required:
- Proven leadership experience managing music venue and F&B
- Strategic thinker with strong short- and long-term problem-solving skills
- Ability and experience with leading and developing people
- Experience and strong interest in food, wine, spirits and mixology
- Proven success in event sales and promotion
- Creative approach to generating revenue through different streams
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Profit analysis and budgeting expertise
- Flexible schedule (days/nights, weekends and holidays)
- Reside within 45-minute commute to Jimmy’s
What You’ll Do:
- Facilitate excellent communication and organization throughout all levels of the venue
- Ensure that all F&B and events are executed to customer satisfaction
- Maintain positive relations, develop solid understanding of the music industry, ensuring artists and industry representatives have positive experience
- Identify, develop and retain high potential team members to build business bench strength
- Provide overall leadership and support for all staff and management, creating positive culture in the venue through his/her own personal and professional conduct
- Provide leadership and direction resulting in employee retention
- Promote positive employee relations including effective delegation of duties and fostering high staff morale
- Develop new revenue streams including programming, F&B promotions, talent and retail
- Maintain food & beverage budget through inventory management, pricing and process improvement and proper training of staff
- Work closely with local and state organizations in maintaining highest standards for responsible alcohol service as well as health, sanitation and cleanliness.
- Create and maintain framework for strong interdepartmental communication to effectively implement cross-promotional goals and objectives
- Foster and maintain community and partner relations that will further the interests of the company and venue
- Create very positive guest relations/experiences in a manner that portrays an energetic, upstanding image of the venue
- Analyze market demographics and look for opportunities to increase revenue in area; work with marketing, special events and promotions staff to create internal, external promotions
- Review all special events contracts for profitability and feasibility for execution; ensure that all special events are executed to Jimmy’s standards
- Participate in preparing annual budgets in conjunction with executive leadership team and office support team members
- Participate in developing short- and long-term plans for revenue growth and cost control
- Ensure systems and processes are in place for all cost control/inventory processes
- Manage physical venue and its systems to ensure proper maintenance and repair
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-mk6mb2-216-73-216-187-42 in your application.