Our client, a new restaurant, tasting room and venue for indoor and outdoor events to be launched in 2023, located in Suid-Agter Paarl, is looking to appoint a General Manager to manage the daily operations. This position requires extensive management and leadership experience in the hospitality industry. The successful incumbent will manage a team of 60 staff. The incumbent will be responsible for: *Strategic management of the restaurant and tasting room *Representing the company at relevant industry associations, events and social media *Identify and evaluate potential growth opportunities to lead and develop marketing strategies to promote the business *Lead, manage and oversee the overall brand profiles and positioning in the market *Compile and manage short, medium, and long-term budgets and forecasts *Personnel management *Implement strategies to grow the business market share, visitors and revenue *Liaison with the public and all relevant stakeholders *Handle customer complaints efficiently *All other duties related to the position. Essential qualifications, skills and experience: • BCom degree in Business Administration/hospitality management; • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a restaurant management position; • Professional knowledge and thorough understanding of hospitality/restaurant environment; • Sound knowledge of financial administration, marketing and business environment; • Good personnel management; • Excellent attention to detail (food preparation and service delivery); • Fully bilingual (Afrikaans & English); • Valid driver’s license. Please apply online at www.m3online.co.za before 09:00 on 12 January 2023. For general enquiries, contact our team at M3 Human Capital Management on 021 863 1444. Please note that only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you don’t hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.