Cielo has partnered with Paradies Lagardere to hire a General Manager for Vino Volo at the Philadelphia Airport!
Job Descriptio
nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIE
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All Vino Volo (a Paradies Lagardere Company) positions, including the General Manager, require that you embody a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and team members at all times. We invite you to embrace our family culture by following the Vino Volo core values: Be Extraordinary, Cultivate Community, Plant and Grow, and Share the Win
e.
The General Manager will provide 100% support and commitment to achieving the company’s strategic goals including profitable growth, guest satisfaction and associate engagement. The General Manager is responsible for ensuring that their team surprises and delights Vino Volo customers through sophisticated customer service and wine expertise at the tasting bar, in the tasting lounge, or in the retail section of the restaurant. The General Manager strives to develop and mentor the their team, acting as a role model and a teacher. The primary goals of the General Manager are to lead and coach his or her team to 1) impress customers with the quality of the Vino Volo experience; and 2) sell flights, glasses, food pairings and retail bottles of wine to these same customers. Functions include, but are not limited to the following are
as:
Pe
ople
Build a great workplace for strong performers by promoting and driving an engaged workforce, career development, and lear
ning.
• Must love and support your
TEAM!• Deliver and coach employees to charm and captivate customers with a service level they have never-before experienced at an airport, and rarely ever encountered at stores or wine bars outside the a
irport• Inspire and mentor all team members to reach their full potential. Develop bench strength for all positions within your location, ensuring upward mobility for high performing team me
mbers.• Consistently recognize team members when they excel. Ensure that a coaching culture thrives, holding direct reports accountable to all policies and standard operating procedures, using the progressive discipline process when performance expectations are no
t met.• Source high potential candidates using variety of recruiting avenues. Ensure each candidate is screened using approved interview g
uides.• Ensure all direct reports complete all compliance based and brand specific training by the due
date.• Set clear performance goals and expectations for your team that meet Vino Volo’s approach to wine, service, and sales. Following up consistently, providing feedback on an ongoing
basis.• Ensure performance evaluations and disciplinary actions are delivered on a timely
basis.• Drive associate engagement through a variety of methods, including the annual Speak Up! Survey. Be an active listener and leader, holding regularly scheduled meetings to access the teams moral and making necessary adjustments to action plans, as n
eeded.• Leading shifts when nec
essary
Operational Exc
ellence
Strengthen expertise in the industry and deliver on our plans, keeping the needs of our internal and external customers
in mind.• Ensure positive guest service in all areas. Investigate and resolve complaints concerning food quality and service, responding to guests with a resolution within 24 hours. Take all appropriate actions to turn dissatisfied guests into return
guests.• Engage customers in an approachable but sophisticated manner and help them to discover and fall in love with Vino Volo’s wines, making them want to buy these wines by the bottle. Create a relaxed, refined, and enjoyable environment for customers – a pleasant contrast to the stresses, noise, and crowds of the
airport.• Listen and empathize with customers, with a focus on gently and persuasively up-selling them on bottles of wine or enrollment in Vino Volo’s loyalty program and wi
ne club.• Role model the behaviors and service expectations you have of your team. • Maintain professional restaurant image, including restaurant cleanliness, proper uniforms, and appearance st
andards.• Be a visible presence. Available to members of the team, guests, and airport partners. Monitor the performance of your team and operational
systems.• Must create a culture where poor health and brand partner inspections are unacc
eptable.• Ensure that all HACCP related initiatives are being followed and acted on when necessary. Enforce sanitary practices for food handling, general cleanliness, and maintenance of kitchen and dinin
g areas.• Ensure consistent high quality of food preparation and
service.• Ensure all opening and closing checklist are being used and take appropriate disciplinary action when they
are not.• Verify that all nightly, weekly, and monthly closing procedures are completed accurately, including paperwork, time adjustments, and voucher and invoice dat
a entry.• Creating and printing daily menus, organizing “flights of the day”, and generally managing the offering of the customer in accordance with Company s
tandards• Ensuring that all collateral materials including but not limited to menus, wine discovery books, flight blotters, merchandise tags, and point of purchase materials are up-to-date, attractively displayed and
accurate
Profitab
le Growth
Drive top line sales and pro
fitability• Analyze financial data on a daily basis and take appropriate action to maintain prof
itability.• Ensure schedules are written to maximize sales and ensure guest satisfaction. Labor and payroll goals, as a percentage of sales, must be
achieved.• Maintain an acceptable food cost percentage by oversight food and beverage purchasing, quality and cos
t control.• Ensure all recipe and portioning standards are being followed to minim
ize costs.• Monitor supply purchases, utility usage and miscellaneous expenditures, making adjustments as necessary to ensure prof
itability.• Ensure personnel/payroll related administrative duties are completed accurately, on time, and following company policies and p
rocedures.• Ensure that proper security and loss prevention procedures are in place to protect associates, guests, and compa
ny assets.• Ensure a safe working and guest environment to reduce the risk of injury and accidents. Completes accident reports promptly if a guest or associate i
s injured.• Review financial information frequently with your team to assist with achieving financial goals. All managers are required to know the cost and bud
get goals.
Innovation
Identify opportunities and
solve them.
Productivity
Maximize resources to improve process and grow
the business.
Effectiv
e Communication
Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of diff
erent audiences.• Role model and provide accessibility to all staff for open communication, leadership, direction,
and motivation.• Open-min
ded to feedback.• Must have sufficient self-confidence, poise, charisma, and interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively as part of a team and to take part in professio
nal discussions.• Must demonstrate the ability to be a team player and quick learner in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with varying levels of patrons and team
members present.• Must exhibit leadership courage and the ability to coach up as well as coach
direct report
s.
QualificationsEducation and Experie
nce Requirements:• Five or more years as a General Manager, Assistant General Manager, or Floor Manager of a well-respected fullservice restaurant, wine bar or winery tasting room, F&B Manager at full-service hotel or equivalen
t position in thehospital
ity industry; and• Strong foundation in wine fundamentals. Two or more years performing in some aspect of
the wine industrypreferred but not required. Examples include wine distribution, fine dining, wine retail o
r wine production• A four-year college degree is preferred, and two years of college educa
tion is required.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abi
lities Requirements• Ability to manage a team, scout for employee candidates, conduct interviews, spot talent, hire,
coach
, and evaluatestaff• Knowledge of wines, including how to taste, evaluate, purchase, and sell wines preferr
ed but not required• Skilled at and enjoys delivering excelle
nt customer service• Highly respo
nsible and reliab
le• Detail-oriented• Ability to train staff, either individually or as a g
roup in a new store• Ability to manage vendor relationships at a local level, including knowledge of how the wine di
strib
ution industryworks• Successfully passing required TSA screening a
nd background check• Basic understanding of restaurant economics, how to read a P&L and
how to manage costs• Experienced with and proficient at using retail po
int-of-sale systems• Proficient in Microsoft Offic
e suite of products• 21 years of age or older (must be able to taste an
d evaluate product)• Fully functional sense of smell and taste, needed
to understand wines• Ability to communicate in English effectively, both or
ally and in writing• Able to lift and carry a st
andard case of wine
