General Manager

About the role
Renato’s is looking for a General Manager to take full ownership of our late night bar and pizzeria in the heart of Bristol city centre, on King St. The venue has two service points. The Bar and Snug has cosy vintage vibes, with craft beer, natural wine, cocktails and cider. The Pizzeria serves New York slices and Detroit-style deep-dish, with DJs and live music on the weekends. We are a thriving late night venue, and we want someone who is excited about continuing to grow it and cement its place on King St and in the city. You will be passionate about being behind the bar and on the floor, serving our guests and supporting your team. You will report to the Director of Venue Operations and work closely with the wider LHG leadership team, bringing ground-level insight into the room as readily as taking direction. What you’ll be doing
- Running Renato’s day to day, bringing the bar, kitchen and late night trade together as one team
- Owning the venue’s financial performance, including turnover, gross profit, wages and budgets
- Leading and developing your assistant managers and wider bar team with a focus on practical training, regular coaching and fair, constructive feedback.
- Working closely with the kitchen team to deliver quick, consistent food service, and making sure training, hygiene and food safety standards are met and exceeded every day
- Collaborating with the kitchen team to ensure whole building pursuit of financial targets, and a holistic approach to team culture.
- Keeping the venue fully compliant with licensing, health and safety, fire safety and employment requirements
- Programming and delivering DJs, live music and events that bring in the right crowd
- Using sales strategies and creative problem solving to keep growing the business
- Championing LHG’s ethos, values and brand, and driving a culture of continuous improvement Who we’re looking for You will be:
- An organised, decisive leader who stays calm when the venue is full and the pressure is on
- A confident motivator who can bring a large team together across bar, kitchen and front of house
- A trainer and developer who builds people up and trusts them to work independently
- Commercially sharp and comfortable with targets, data and reporting
- Capable and independent. We give our managers as much autonomy as possible to shape the role and the venue
- Fun to work with, hardworking and passionate about guest experience on every shift You will have:
- At least 3 years in a senior management role in a busy, late night or high-volume venue
- Experience running both a large bar and a food operation, and working closely with a kitchen team
- Experience making cocktails and a good knowledge of wine
- A track record of developing and keeping good people
- A genuine interest in craft beer and pizza
- A valid Personal Licence
- Food Safety Level 2, First Aid Accreditation and Fire Safety Level 2 are desirable but not essential

About us
Renato’s is focused on providing our customers with a world class drinks offering and our now famous NY slices and Detroit-style deep-dish pizzas. These regional American styles of pizza are our speciality and we are proud to bring them to Bristol using the best ingredients available. We are employee centric and recognise that our staff are the key to our future success. We provide the best training and support that we can, empowering our team to fulfil their potential. We also offer several employee benefits, to ensure that our staff are as healthy and happy outside of work as possible. We are carbon neutral and have placed our environmental impact as an absolute priority in every operational decision we make. We believe passionately that we have a responsibility to prioritise our people and our planet before our profit and growth. Business should be a force for positive change. We believe that keeping employees at the front of our decision making and carbon neutrality are two key ways in which we can make small but meaningful impacts into our environment and our employees’ wealth, health and happiness. What you get
- Salary range between £33,500 to £36,000 depending on experience, plus a performance based bonus paid quarterly
- EAP
- Private healthcare after 1 year’s service
- Sick pay provision
- Increasing additional paid holiday, years 2 to 5
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Work within a carbon neutral business committed to its social and environmental responsibility If this interests you, please include a covering letter with your application.

Job Type
Full-time Pay: £33,500.00-£36,000.00 per year

Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay Work

Location:
In person