Job Description

Restaurant Manager - High-Volume Operation
Dorset
45-60,000 depending on Experience
The Business
A unique, destination-led hospitality venue operating within a highly seasonal model. The site trades seven days a week and flexes dramatically throughout the year, from quieter winter months to extremely high-volume summer trading. The foundations are in place from a systems and infrastructure perspective, but the restaurant operation now needs stronger leadership, sharper commercial control and a manager who can genuinely run the business.
The Role
This is a senior Restaurant Manager position with full ownership of the restaurant P&L. The focus is firmly on fixing and stabilising the operation, particularly FOH and mid-management, where performance, accountability and delivery are essential. You will be responsible for driving standards, managing labour in line with seasonal demand, and implementing a service model that can contract in winter and scale rapidly for summer. There is full backing to make changes, including restructuring teams, replacing underperforming managers and tightening control around wages, productivity and service delivery. The role also plays a key part in evolving a more tech-led, flexible service model, including outdoor dining, pop-up food offers and extended trading hours during peak season.
The Person

• Proven Restaurant Manager experience within high-volume, seasonal or complex operations
• Strong financial acumen with clear experience owning and driving a P&L
• Confident managing labour, wage budgets and productivity in a flexible staffing model
• Comfortable making decisions, holding people accountable and leading change
• Detail-focused, commercially driven and calm under pressure
• Able to flex service styles and team structures based on demand and weather
• Career-focused hospitality operator who wants responsibility and long-term growth

Other Information

• Highly seasonal operation
• On-site parking available
• Strong long-term progression potential as the wider group expands into multiple sites

If this sounds like you - get in touch - kate@corecruitment.com

Skills Required