Restaurant Manager, New Restaurant

About Us: 

Arriving in 2025, The Morris Proper is a full-service restaurant located in the heart of Morristown. The menu, crafted by award-winning chefs, highlights ingredients sourced from New Jersey and the surrounding areas, showcasing a sincere and nourishing approach to local cuisine. 

Chelsea Hospitality Group (CHG) is a family-owned hospitality company based in New Jersey, dedicated to creating world-class food and beverage experiences. CHG's latest project in Morristown, NJ involves managing multiple food and beverage outlets within a sustainably built, mixed-use property. These outlets include a ground-floor restaurant, conference catering, pantry services, and pop-up concepts. 

What You'll Do: 

• Inspire Memorable Hospitality: Create meaningful, memorable experiences for our guests, while fostering a culture where hospitality is at the heart of everything we do. 

• Stay Guest-Focused: Work closely with your management team to stay connected to guest feedback. Seek out every opportunity to enhance the guest experience and build a community of loyal regulars. 

• Nurture Your Team: Provide ongoing feedback that inspires your team to reach new heights of performance and excellence. You'll cultivate a group of hospitality professionals who are dedicated to making every guest feel special. 

• Partner with the Restaurant: Build a strong, collaborative relationship with both the front-of-house management and kitchen teams, ensuring alignment of all business goals and initiatives. When the front and back of the house are in sync, magic happens. 

• Champion Growth and Development: Mentor and guide your team members, helping them see and reach their potential. You'll create clear pathways for growth that allow everyone to thrive. 

• Build a diverse and Inclusive Team: Seek out opportunities to recruit and nurture talent that reflects our values of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, making our team stronger and more vibrant. 

• Balance Operational Excellence: Juggle daily operations and strategic responsibilities with grace, making decisions that benefit both the immediate needs and long-term success of the business. 

• Establish Clear Systems: Create an environment where roles, goals, and resources are clear. You'll ensure that systems and processes are efficient, accessible, and set your team up for success. 

• Collaborate with Home Office: Partner with Home Office departments to align on company-wide initiatives, and support the rollouts, training, and communication needed to make them a success. 

• Foster Relationships: Build and maintain trusting relationships with other Chelsea Hospitality Group leaders. By sharing best practices and supporting one another, we all win.
  
  

What We Need From You: 

• 1 years of leadership experience in restaurants and hospitality 

• Proficient knowledge of systems and processes in restuarant management 

• Warm and inviting personality, with an ability to make guests feel at home 

• Understanding of seating management, great communication skills and reservation-system experience highly preferred 

• A passion for great service, a must 

• A strong hospitality mindset with great attention to detail 

• A collaborative and adaptable attitude, with the ability to work effectively across teams and departments 

• Ability to walk or stand for long periods of time 
  
  

What You'll Get From Us:  

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Life and Vision insurance 

• 401(k) to help you invest in your future  

• Paid time off to help support your life outside of work 

• Work alongside collaborative team members who support CHG's core values and are eager to be a part of CHG's founding operation