What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Manager position at The Show Pony?
Southern Comfort Food Nashville style. Continuing Johnny and June's legacy of great food and even greater hospitality.
About Icon Entertainment Group Founded by celebrated entrepreneur and real estate investor Bill Miller, Icon Entertainment & Hospitality is a real estate development and hospitality company that owns and operates some of the most popular establishments in Nashville – including the Johnny Cash Museum, Sinatra Bar & Lounge, Patsy Cline Museum, Nudie's Honky Tonk, House of Cards, Johnny Cash's Bar & BBQ and Skull's Rainbow Room – as well as the Southern Turf Lofts and Music City Threads merchandise line. Since opening the Johnny Cash Museum in 2013 – the first component of a presence in downtown Nashville that is now comprised of more than 100,000 square feet of commercial real estate – Icon has welcomed millions of patrons from around the world to its dining and entertainment establishments. USA Today, Forbes, Time, Rolling Stone, Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic, Southern Living, Marie Claire, AAA and TripAdvisor are just a few of the outlets and organizations that have honored and awarded Icon’s establishments with distinction, solidifying their status as “must-visit” Music City attractions and dining experiences.
The Operations Manager oversees all operations at a restaurant (except for the kitchen). This individual shapes a restaurant-goer’s experience by maintaining the dining room’s appearance, hiring and training quality staff, and ensuring good customer service.
Job Duties
- Interview and hire for a restaurant’s bar and waitstaff. Ability to develop a specialized hiring process to meet a restaurant’s needs.
- Manage the training of the servers, bartenders, hosts, and bussers to meet the specific needs of the restaurant.
- Supervise Upkeep of Guest Areas by directing staff to attend to messes or accidents as well as personally assisting in cleanup.
- Responsible for shift planning using the scheduling systems to assign waitstaff based on anticipated demand. Ability to direct staff to handle unexpected situations and customer concerns throughout a shift as needed.
Skills and Qualifications
- Proficiency with restaurant Point of sale systems, including refunding customers, providing discounts, and comping items.
- Organizational skills, able to juggle many responsibilities at a time.
- Training experience to lead staff onboarding
- Leadership skills to keep staff on task, motivated, and focused.
- Conflict resolution skills to manage staff conflicts and customer’s concerns
- Management experience in hiring, firing, training, and disciplining staff.
- Customer service skills dedicated to providing excellent customer service and improving the customer experience.